Marisa Bate

journalist, writer, mother. say 👋 [email protected]. WILD HOPE is out now. I have a newsletter about women and writing. Sign up below

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

When my mum saw this today she said she felt like "father Ted when he won that award". Me and my superwoman in @guardianfamily

[Assal Rad @AssalRad]

.@savechildrenuk’s Shaima Al-Obaidi:

“I will never forget the small boy I saw standing on a pile of rubble, using his small hands to move concrete. I wondered what he was looking for, only to be shocked when he said: ‘My mum.’

This cannot, and must not, be accepted as normal.”

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

This is getting stranger and stranger

[Sky News @SkyNews]

"It's such a big day in history and it's so empowering."

Reality TV stars Khloe Kardashian and Kris Jenner stand by in Texas ahead of an all-female crew being launched into space.

Live ➡️ https://t.co/N1f15altyO

📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube

[Jackie Singh @HackingButLegal]

Watch an Australian leader describe present day United States.

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

Parks & Recs only gets truer and truer as each year goes by

[Acyn @Acyn]

Watters: What kind of husband goes grocery shopping with his wife?

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

Larry has always been one of my favourite things about this place. I wear my Larry for PM tote with pride. He is now the last good cat/voice standing in the sewage this place has become. Someone has got to call these liars out

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

@Dominic2306 Cat check: Rudakubana was referred to the anti-extremism Prevent scheme three times. The first of those referrals was in 2019 when you were the chief advisor to then Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Were you and he part of that uselessness? Did you cover it up?

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

Everyone knows a man like this one - to some degree. completely unable to see their own wild stupidity. @vicderbyshire’s face says it all

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Utterly surreal

Victoria Derbyshire repeatedly asks, Jacob Angeli Chansley to explain his views on the january 6th insurrection

He repeatedly speaks down to her, demeans her, insults her, insults the BBC, repeatedly hints about conspiracy

And yet when she repeatedly asks her to explain what he means, he refuses, speaks down to her again, and mocks her for not understand what he's saying, even though he's not actually answering the questions he's asked

[yasemin dildar @yasemindildar]

This photo made my day. Solidarity with #GiselePelicot and all survivors.

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

Hello. a call out to those in the VAWG sector. I'm putting together an exciting European-wide project + looking to talk to survivors of domestic abuse about the mental health impacts. If you can help/would like to be involved, please drop me a line: [email protected]. thanks!

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

credit where credit is due: A 111 doctor being able to watch my son sleep and monitor his breathing via a video link was amazingly reassuring.

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

Over 3 hour wait for GP for my toddler. Gormlous receptionists shrug. Ever since I’ve become a parent I’ve only had terrible experiences with the NHS - a time where it’s never been more critical. The way we speak of it with reverence & in quasi holy terms is wildly unhelpful

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

@sianharries_ @FramePRUK That’s precisely it - feels like a parallel universe

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

Over 3 hour wait for GP for my toddler. Gormlous receptionists shrug. Ever since I’ve become a parent I’ve only had terrible experiences with the NHS - a time where it’s never been more critical. The way we speak of it with reverence & in quasi holy terms is wildly unhelpful

[Julie Thompson Dredge @FramePRUK]

@marisajbate Me too. From the way they talk to you, even in birth, just disdainful, tired, bored, it’s like a needle in a haystack to find someone interested and who doesn’t make you feel like you’re wasting everyone’s time

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

@FramePRUK couldn’t agree more

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

@PenelopeEA Omg - the trifecta of hell. Just in time for Christmas. I just feel so niave. Nobody warned me!!! Sending solidarity and speedy recoveries all round 🤞🤞 (before the next thing…🤦‍♀️)

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

First winter with a 2 year old in nursery and it is BRUTAL. Everyone sick all the time. Everything canceled. Is this normal? How does anyone do anything???

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

A man of god who, despite everything, still doesn’t think he’s got anything to ask forgiveness for. Staggering. True colours fully on show here. Continue to feel absolutely outraged for all the victims
https://t.co/Pswx64LY0f

[Krishnan Guru-Murthy @krishgm]

I can’t believe they let her go - Mishal has been one of the best things on BBC News for ages. https://t.co/Oo6y0nPJ70

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

Will forever be in awe of the strength and service of @RebeccaBeatti12 in raising awareness. Nearly 1 million women trapped due to economic abuse. Staggering numbers. Great work from @sara_darcy and @SEAresource.

[Channel 4 News @Channel4News]

Nearly one million women in the UK are trapped in dangerous relationships because of financial abuse, according to a groundbreaking study shared with Channel 4 News.

Campaigners say successive governments have failed to tackle this “hidden crisis.”

https://t.co/0vgU4mr6pl

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

@SBtweets_1 !!!!!

[Marisa Bate @marisajbate]

Powerful men of faith are the most dangerous - and sickening

[Peter Bradshaw @PeterBradshaw1]

Ian Hislop in ⁦@PrivateEyeNews⁩ on his encounter with the unrepentant Justin Welby