Robyn Jankel

Londoner up north. Fan of eyeliner, dogs, trams, eco glitter, solo travel, and gifs. Intersectional feminist + cycle campaigner = great at parties. She/her.

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

I'm annoyed with myself for not tweeting about this yesterday on actual #InternationalWomensDay but OH WELL.

I am one @YorkCycle's co-chairs, and I am proud to bring a much-needed female voice to the overwhelmingly male-dominated worlds of cycling and transport planning. /1

[York Cycle Campaign @YorkCycle]

@AndyDAgorne @iTravelYork @YorkBikeBelles It's a good thing that York Cycle Campaign is co-chaired by two women 😀 We're doing our bit but female involvement at the planning level will make a huge difference to ensuring infrastructure and decisions which are truly inclusive #InternationalWomensDay

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

@TheFox89688362 @TheBossnME They aren't talking about cycling for 30 miles. Most car trips are less than 5 miles.

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

@vagina_museum I know you've already reached your target (which is awesome), but I missed your funding plea before and this post has galvanised me into donating. Thank you for everything you do!

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

This man never fails to have me nodding in sage agreement

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

I'm often the target of people who loudly want everyone to know they're against fashion. I secretly think they do so because they want everyone to pat them on the back for being morally superior and more intelligent than us "sheep."

Fashion is not limited to runways and red carpets. It surrounds us. Fashion includes how subcultural groups such as punks, skaters, and hip-hop fans dress. It's about cultural expression. People self-fashion even in non-capitalist societies. They even self-fashion in prison! Prisoners customize their dress as a way to regain some sense of humanity and individuality. It's central to human expression.

The Met Gala theme this year is “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style," which is based on Monica Miller's brilliant book "Slaves to Fashion: Black Dandyism and the Styling of Black Diasporic Identity." It tracks three centuries of Black dandyism, from when dandyism was imposed on Black men to when these clothes were a way for Black men to create new political and social possibilities. It's a great look at how clothing can be central to identity and self-empowerment.

I've always believed that fashion is uniquely disrespected because it has historically been considered a "feminine" subject. Areas of culture or the arts that have been historically coded as "masculine" are not routinely treated with such disrespect and disregard. It has been a struggle even to get academic institutions to recognize the importance of fashion as a field of study. Since fashion is coded as "feminine," it's thus also seen as "frivolous" and not "high minded."

IMO, you can take any area of study and link it to fashion: globalization, economics, politics, sociology, history, etc. If a story involves humans, it will likely include fashion because humans wear clothes.

Every time I see someone loudly and performatively declare how much they hate fashion, I notice that they, too, are very particular about their dress. These people, often men, will have specific preferences about clothes. If given a choice between a free pair of pink jeans and $50 blue jeans, they will choose one based on what they think the colors represent. Counter-cultural types will also dress in precise ways to signal their cultural identity. They are not, in fact, indifferent to clothes.

I try very hard to communicate that you should never judge a person's more profound, more important qualities based on their clothes. I've also spent the last 15 years writing about how to build a wardrobe on a budget (including doing three eBay roundups per week). I cover a breadth of styles, including workwear and Americana. The things many people project onto me are more about their narrow-mindedness regarding the importance of dress in society.

Fine to hate me, but at least please accurately represent my arguments. I'm not telling you to buy Gucci and Louis Vuitton. I'm simply saying that dress is important to culture and a form of cultural language.

[Prince Charles Cinema @ThePCCLondon]

#SaveThePCC

Some of you may have read about the situation regarding our new landlord wishing to add a new redevelopment break clause, with only 6 months notice to our lease.

For now, we're simply asking you all to share & sign the petition below; https://t.co/AEWMVUwQYZ

[helen (taylor’s version) @HelenJSlater]

The first person to correct bad spelling, voted for himself as two faced, laughed in Leanne’s face, jumped into a bush, sper ba yuhh yuhhh yughhhh. A king. #TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK

[becky🦋 @thenickjshow_]

Leanne: I’ve voted for Alexander
Alexander: It’s okay. I’ve voted for Leanne
Leanne: *eye roll* Of course🙄

WHY CAN YOU ACCUSE BUT YOU CANT BE ACCUSED, LEANNE, ITS THE GAME

#TheTraitors #TheTraitorsUK

[LBC @LBC]

'How's that on a scale of medieval misogyny?'

Private Eye editor Ian Hislop tells ＠AndrewMarr9 that Elon Musk is 'riddled with contradictions'.

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

@OpenMindMH I know right?! It's Americanisation! We consume so much American media and that's how they pronounce it on the other side of the pond, so I suppose it's inevitable really (but doesn't make it any less annoying!)

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

Dear Traitors (and indeed Faithful), it is pronounced kleek. Not click. #TheTraitorsUK

[bonky @shesbonky]

alpha bros be having podcasts where they coach other men to be hyper-masculine controlling red-flag assholes meanwhile every woman i know is completely horny for this 40 sec clip of tom holland in drag shaking his little ass to a feminist anthem

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

@juliasanders7 All of this is too much information for me to take 😂 Amazing!! He was the best bit of the whole film!

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

Has anyone watched A Very British Christmas? In the tradition of shit Christmas films, this is truly one of the shittest and I'm only 15 minutes in. Her plane got diverted from Vienna to "a provincial airport in northern England". Dude, do you mean Leeds Bradford?!

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

@ViewFromEssex Whaaat?!?

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

In my excitement and festive horror I fucked up the thread - it continues here: https://t.co/OdaefMjpkJ

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

It hasn't. Sad music. Man has obviously lost his wife. Oh dear.

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

He says he's offered breakfast and the mum is shocked, "We don't do breakfast" - are you not a B&B? Maybe that's why you've not had any guests. Sling 'em a sausage and you've got customers for life.

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

And with that I end my live tweeting of this truly awful film.

Merry Christmas to all of my fellow fans of the traditional shitty festive movie!

[Robyn Jankel @RobynJankel]

My main takeaway is that apparently taxis not only exist in this world but she is aware of their existence. This entire debacle could have been avoided if she'd just TAKEN A TAXI TO A HOTEL FROM LEEDS BRADFORD AIRPORT.