Sarah Allen

Human shaped person.☢️

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

You think stepping on Lego is painful?

I can attest walking into and hitting your head on an X-ray tube is much worse🤕

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

@Watchmakermaker So why is it needed for the World Cup?
If the MLS can have 45min halves and everyone copes without a hydration break, why is the World Cup having one creating 20min quarters?

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

Why are they needing hydration breaks if the roof is closed and the air con is on?? Just admit it’s for America to have ad breaks😂😂

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

@Watchmakermaker America famously has more ad breaks than most countries. The way sports are televised in the US compared to Europe are very different and for a game that’s not as common in the US but incredibly popular in Europe, to change the format of it, it’s really jarring.

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

@Watchmakermaker But they’re not needed, especially in an air conditioned stadium like England Croatia was played in, football has always been a game of two halves and not 4 quarters. I’d rather they just admitted it was to fit more adverts in and stopped pretending otherwise😂

[Ben @BenJT87]

Alan Cumming is INCREDIBLE in Tip Toe & Russell T Davies’ amazing script with a chilling message; LGBT people have been more visible for the last 15 years but they still hate us & the way the world is with populist right wing voices being amplified & encouraged… ‘something big’.

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

If anyone wants a Pooch and Mutt code for £10 off - RAF-4AB4F689-FJRUY0 #poochandmutt

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

@fletchersrosie I have the same number of World Cup minutes as she does so maybe I can start calling myself a World Cup champion too?🤔

[Wes Hall @Wes_HallTx]

#PrideMonth #BeYourself

[Jay Darkmoore @JayDarkmoore]

I have seen a lot of posts and videos in relation to the new MAFS BBC Panorama documentary, essentially asking why, if women were being mistreated on the show by their partners, they didn’t just leave.

I was a police officer for many years, specialising in cases of domestic abuse and abusive patterns of behaviour.

I thought we had got past victim blaming in relation to domestic abuse?

People don’t leave abusive relationships, even short-term ones, for a variety of reasons.

The person is not abusive 100% of the time. When they are kind and compassionate, it can become intoxicating, especially in contrast to when they are awful. This makes victims crave the good parts, and they are conditioned to believe that the bad parts are their fault. This makes them want to “try harder” and “be better” for their abuser, because the good times become the reward.

There is also the fact that abusers can be scary, and they can play serious mental games with a victim. The victim literally may not understand that they are being abused.

The victim may fear that they will not be believed, or that the abuser will create a smear campaign against them, making them out to be the bad one, and trying to ruin their life and/or reputation.

Abusers deny that they have done anything wrong when called out, and are masters at turning the tables on their victims, convincing them that they are the abusers, not them. This is called DARVO: deny, attack, reverse victim and offender.

Throw in a reality TV show with cameras, the promise of fame, and the impact of leaving a show and the reputational costs this can have depending on what is aired in your absence, and it creates the perfect scenario for abuse to breed, go unchallenged, and for victims to feel trapped with someone who is hurting them.

Instead of asking ‘why don’t they leave?’ we need to ask ‘why does the abuser act like this?’

@Rachel_SUTDA

[Bee 🐝 @beemyli]

The neurodivergent urge to over-explain myself during misunderstandings to try to avoid further misunderstandings, but then confusing people in the process, which does, in fact, causes, yep, you guessed it, more misunderstandings.

[Dobby Club @DobbyClub06]

Reform waking up to realise Nige isn't prime minister but they're now just in charge of multiple bin collections

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

@KateTigs_ It’s not brilliant, no. Manchester still looks mostly labour thankfully. Not that I particularly like labour either but anything and anyone is better than Reform!

[Manchester City Women @ManCityWomen]

WSL CHAMPIONS! 🏆🩵

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

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[Sky Sports WSL @SkySportsWSL]

Manchester City are WSL CHAMPIONS! 🎆

They have claimed the title for the first time since 2016 following Arsenal's 1-1 draw tonight with Brighton & Hove Albion.

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

How are we at 99 minutes when there was only 6 minutes of added time?!?🤯

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

Brighton might be my 2nd favourite WSL team if they keep this up

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

@vivere99 @MCWFCXtra Yes, a lot better in the second half. Made it difficult for themselves though.
I’m now an avid Brighton fan and hope they maintain their form and draw/beat Arsenal. Arsenal could be quite tired too with 3 games so close together, hopefully they’ll drop some points for us🤞🏼

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

@vivere99 @MCWFCXtra No real energy either. It’s like they’ve already given up. Need to work on their accuracy and finishing ability too. It’s a very dull game so far. All Liverpool need is one lucky shot and we’re done.

[Sarah Allen @SarahAllen_]

If Brighton would like to keep this form up and beat Arsenal too that would be lovely!🤞🏼