Rip-Off Red

A red yes. Simultaneously both and neither. Words @SydReviewBooks, @xraylitmag, @mascarareview

[Rip-Off Red @RipOffRed]

New piece! This was not easy to write; child sex abuse is hard to think about, perhaps especially when the author is someone I know, admire and love. But this is a wonderful book and I could have said three times as much. And I'm so glad I got to work with @catri one more time.

[Sydney Review of Books @SydReviewBooks]

New on SRB this week: @RipOffRed on Emma A. Jane.

'Like Jane, I’ve come to view the sex-positive third-wave feminism I embraced in my twenties with a more critical eye.'

https://t.co/J35lF6jV4Z

[Rip-Off Red @RipOffRed]

Ita Buttrose complaining about unions then wondering why the young folk aren't 'engaging' with her brand of news these days. Hm, yes, a MYSTERY.

[AJ+ @ajplus]

"Noa look, your boyfriend brought you a new necklace from Gaza."

Israeli soldiers are recording themselves stealing jewelry, home furnishings, clothes and cash from Palestinian homes in Gaza – each of these videos documents a war crime.

[Rip-Off Red @RipOffRed]

A wonderful essay on the sonnet, by @GarthGreenwell https://t.co/FiVxZogU2E

[James Barnes MSc., MA @psychgeist52]

"Abuse is main driver of mental ill health in women and girls, say psychiatrists."

In other words cPTSD, which Judith Herman was explicitly trying to get psychiatry to acknowledge about 40 years ago, but which was rejected.

https://t.co/OnRbiVS4o3

[Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine]

Another fine example of a scribe’s error being corrected. Here the words are being pulled down by one man towards another who waits between the fourth and fifth lines to receive them - c. 1300, English Book of Hours, Walters Ms. W.102, f. 39v

[Medieval Military Medicine @MedMilMedicine]

Another method for fixing an error in a medieval manuscript - This scribe employed the figure of a man using a rope to pull along the accidentally omitted portion of the text - 1st half of the 15th century, British Library, Arundel 38, f. 65r

[Grace Lavery @graceelavery]

I’m thrilled to be able to share with you an essay reviewing three recent books by Julie Bindel, Kathleen Stock, and Helen Joyce. These three books exemplify the intellectual and political commitments of the so-called “gender critical” movement.

https://t.co/n0f70ymDni

[Rip-Off Red @RipOffRed]

@dr_nic It's funny, no matter what you wear, I'm always gunna see the cute Goth boy I met in my 20s. (That's meant as a compliment, in case that is not clear!)

[Rip-Off Red @RipOffRed]

@julesfurious Fabulous!

[Rip-Off Red @RipOffRed]

@elias_greig 'safe zone ally'

[weird medieval guys @WeirdMedieval]

feeling a deep sense of kinship with the 15th century flemish illustrator who drew this adorable tiny dog crawling through the page of a manuscript 🥹

[The Thanatos Archive 💀⚰️ @ThanatosArchive]

A Victorian dollhouse, late-1800s 🏚️

[Jean Rhys @MsJeanRhys]

What can I do but stay calm and watch the flood?

[Rip-Off Red @RipOffRed]

'Trauma is not cognitive. It is not a set of thoughts, but a set of instincts.'
Psychodynamic therapy helped me overcome trauma when CBT couldn’t – https://t.co/oWXWI70uvm via @psyche_the_mag

[David Shoebridge @DavidShoebridge]

YES: We are now closer than ever to legal weed NATIONALLY.
Everyone has been patiently waiting…
Our draft Cannabis bill is here!

[Prof James Davies 💭 @JDaviesPhD]

Educating young people to be 'resilient' to the effects of deep social/structural injustices & inequalities is literally becoming a flagship neoliberal policy - rendering the next generation tolerant of a rigged economy that acts against their health, flourishing & happiness.

[Autistic Cherry @Autistic_Cherry]

What’s the most inappropriate thing a therapist has ever said to you?

I’ll go first. Mine told me I should OD.

[Natalie Wynn @ContraPoints]

My January Tangent on New Atheism is live on Patreon. The full video is more than an hour long and is available for $2+ patrons now: https://t.co/o4hw760Qs2