Melody Mason 🧡

Academic Mentor (MAppLing with TESOL @MasseyUni /MA Feminist Performance @BristolUni) UK/Aotearoa/New Zealand.

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Save Black Studies at Birmingham City University - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/mQXvJHbCn9 via @UKChange

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Sunset...

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Sad to say goodbye to an incredible bunch of Year 13s this year. I will miss our Positivitea breaks on Thursdays. Such a diverse range of university offers, apprenticeships and gap years. Good Luck to them all in their A-levels next week!

[Lou Calvey @LouCalvey]

They’ve just shut down visa access to women in Afghanistan living under the Taliban, the women of Sudan seeking safety from war & famine.

Happy International Women’s Day from your Labour Government.

[Shabnam Nasimi @NasimiShabnam]

Today, the world celebrates women.

@ShabanaMahmood is putting them in danger.

Happy #InternationalWomensDay, Minister.

My piece in @Independent which I really hope she reads👇🏻

https://t.co/q0QepBleoS

[Marina Hyde @MarinaHyde]

My latest column on Epstein - conveniently becoming a scandal about something other than abuse and debasement of women and girls

https://t.co/3VTvl8ERHg

[Lindsey Hilsum @lindseyhilsum]

Unbelievable that a man who spent US$75m on a film no-one wants to see about Melania Trump has just fired almost all the foreign correspondents on the newspaper he owns. You might think nothing was happening in this world. @JeffBezos @washingtonpost #SaveThePost

[Harriet Harman @HarrietHarman]

To all the bereaved families of the men and women UK armed forces killed in Afghanistan; you heard us read out the name of your loved one in solemn respect in the House of Commons when they died and promised we’d never forget them. And we won’t. I hope Trump’s ignorance hasn’t worsened your pain. We remember your loss.

[Barry Malone @malonebarry]

What's happening in Gaza is now almost entirely absent from the top international headlines. But Israel is still killing Palestinians and their babies are freezing to death. We can't afford to stop talking about that.

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

On my normal walk through Holy Trinity Church and someone has left flowers for #Hamnet. I haven't seen the film yet but read the book. Love that two Irish actors played the main parts. My partner's family are half Irish and half Shottery ( Anne Hathaway's village) 🥰

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Merry Christmas from the River Avon, Warwickshire. A wonderful bright and chilly day.

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Merry Christmas to everyone in Aotearoa/New Zealand. 🎄

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Happy Winter Solstice/Yule/Yalda. Light returning in the darkness. 🕯

[🐺 Moonstone Gem @ElizMariz]

Winter solstice. The longest night. The turning point.

While the world rushes toward artificial light, you stand at the edge of the year's deepest dark, watching the cosmos breathe.

Winter solstice isn't about surviving darkness. It's about owning it.

You've walked through your own long nights this year. The kind that strip away illusions and show you what you're made of.

Here's what the solstice teaches, the light doesn't return despite the darkness, it returns because of it. The turning only happens at the bottom.

The year dies. The year is born. Same breath.

Tomorrow, the light returns.

So do you.

[Meral Hussein-Ece @meralhece]

An ‘immigration special’ What about a ‘poverty’ special or why we have homelessness ‘special?

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Highly recommend reading this issue with Nasima's powerful account of resilence and community building from teaching in Afghanistan to empowering others through volunteering in the UK. Really inspirational lived experience of displacement and development.

[IATEFL ESOL SIG @iatefl_esol_sig]

Dear all,
We're delighted to inform you that the latest issue of the IATEFL ESOLSIG Newsletter ESOL Matters, October 2025 is now out!
If you’re an ESOL SIG member, check your email for the link.
Happy reading!
#esol #iateflesolsig #esolmatters #esolteacher #iatefl #esolsig

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Nearly there! Such kind people have donated nearly £4000 so far to support families settling in #StratfordonAvon The campaign ends on Sunday 12th so every little bit helps to reach £5000 🧡https://t.co/diS9oAYwtx

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Just a reminder that gender apartheid and access to education online for women and girls is being increasingly decimated by The Taliban on #WorldTeachersDay2025

[The Asian Feminist / @theasianfeminist.bsky.social @theasianfmnst]

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shut down internet
For many women like Fahima, the internet was her last lifeline to the outside world. On Tuesday, that lifeline was cut off when the Taliban imposed a nationwide internet shutdown.
https://t.co/rRMkpuuS4i

[UNICEF @UNICEF]

Horrific scenes are a reality in Al Aqsa hospital, Gaza, with children gravely injured and a severe lack of medical supplies.

UNICEF Spokesperson @1james_elder, who is back in Gaza, reports from the ground.

Ceasefire NOW.

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

https://t.co/diS9oAXYDZ

[Melody Mason 🧡 @MsMMason]

Incredible #kindness shown by people supporting this amazing organisation in supporting a #refugeewelcome to families in #Shakespeare's home town of #StratfordonAvon. Please spare what you can to reach their target. @MP4Stratford @TheRSC @StratfordDC