Emma Braithwaite

Mother, lover, theatre goer
Idina & Kristin fan, Wicked obsessed, Marvel & Harry Potter geek

[Emma Braithwaite @WickedToCore]

This is my forever go to quote. It's a tough lesson to learn but I'm forever trying xx

[Emma Braithwaite @WickedToCore]

@triplej15 How does anybody turn their back on their own child? For being gay of all things? I don't understand this. I don't understand how religion is seen as more important than your child. So happy to have been brought up cult free 👍

[Bill Bailey @BillBailey]

It’s three years since we lost Sean. He’s never far from my thoughts . Miss you old pal

[Naomi Fisher @naomicfisher]

Imagine you start a new job and they send a strict dress code, down to the colour of your socks and style of your shoe. They also send you a list of equipment which they say you must have every day. Some of it seems a bit strange - two green pens?- but off you go dutifully to Smiths and equip yourself.

On the first day, you’re lined up with your colleagues and inspected. Anyone whose clothes aren’t exactly according to the dress code is told they’ll have to work an extra half hour. Same for any missing equipment. The penalties add up - wrong colour socks and missing protractor? One hour after work.

You’re a bit concerned at this because you had arranged a lift home and if you have to stay late you’ll miss it. You check your clothes and equipment, all seems okay. You pass the check, but the woman next to you has the wrong shoes. She’s distressed at the news that she’ll be staying late - she had plans later. Tough. She starts worrying about how she’s going to get new shoes to avoid the same tomorrow whilst also staying late at work. You don’t know how to help.

You get into your office and look around at your colleagues, but there’s no time to chat. On the whiteboard is a list of expectations for the day. You must be on task at all times and this will be monitored through your computer. Toilet breaks are limited to particular times and you’ll be queuing because it’s the same time for everyone. Eyes must be kept on your computer and this will be tracked. You must sit facing forwards and not slouch. You must use a regulation ruler whenever you read a document. If you break the rules, you’ll be kept after work the same day.

You’re told that if you get too many ‘after works’ then you’ll spend a day in the Quiet Room where no one will talk to you for the whole day and you can’t eat lunch with your colleagues or go to the toilet more than twice. You start to feel a sense of unease. You’re worried about whether you can comply and what will happen if you start gazing off into space or rocking on your chair.

The office is very quiet. ‘Isn’t it lovely?’ says your manager. ‘People here appreciate our structure and clear boundaries. You’ll do the best work you have ever done here because no time is wasted. We’ve set it up so you don’t have to worry about making decisions, you just do what we say and concentrate on your work’.

You think perhaps this isn’t the right place for you, but they remind you that you’ve signed a five year contract without a get out clause. There are no other options. You are powerless.

What effect would that have on you? Would you be happy and relaxed at work? Would you be motivated and doing your best for those five years? Might you feel anxious and trapped or resentful and angry?

And why would we think it would be any different for our kids?

[Fascinating @fasc1nate]

Iqbal Masih was a Pakistani boy who was sold into bonded labor at the age of four.

For six years, he was forced to weave carpets for 12 hours a day, seven days a week, for pennies.

At age 10, he escaped and helped free 3,000 other children from slavery.

After being freed, Iqbal became an activist against bonded child labor. He traveled the world to speak out against child labor. On April 16, 1995, when he was 12 years old, Iqbal was shot and killed.

[Agnes Bergman 💙💛 🇺🇦StandWithUkraine @AgiBergman]

@DreyfusJames Rape culture and male sexual violence exist on a spectrum of increasingly violent behaviours. Women have no way of knowing which behaviour will lead onto a more serious one. This is why from a woman’s perspective every man is a potential rapist.

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

14 years of Tory failure has left you worse off.

Want change? Join us in telling Rishi Sunak that it’s time for a general election 👇
https://t.co/QxGW0KvOPl

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Don’t worry, couple walking side-by-side towards me on the pavement, I can see you’re so in love that releasing each other’s hands is simply unthinkable to you, I don’t want to be the cause of unnecessary heartbreak, I’ll just take my chances with the cars and walk in the road.

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

The Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, has taken a £1000 bet from Piers Morgan that asylum seekers - including women & children - will be deported to Rwanda, a country deemed unsafe by the Supreme Court .

New. Low. Sunk.

[A Shining Wit @Caffeine748]

The Queue Jumper
#AwfullyBritishHorrorFilms

[Fi 🇪🇺 @rahhead01]

Reservoir Moggs #AwfullyBritishHorrorFilms

[Fi 🇪🇺 @rahhead01]

Dead Moggs and Broomsticks
#AwfullyBritishHorrorFilms

[Richard Pulsford @RichardPulsford]

The Thing on a Swing #AwfullyBritishHorrorFilms

[A Shining Wit @Caffeine748]

Never Ending Tory
#AwfullyBritishHorrorFilms

[A Shining Wit @Caffeine748]

A Nightmare on Downing Street
#AwfullyBritishHorrorFilms

[Fi 🇪🇺 @rahhead01]

An American were wolf in Londis #AwfullyBritishHorrorFilms

[The London Economic @LondonEconomic]

"It's just Etonians and public schoolboys passing around rewards between each other, creating a ruling class that's even more sharply defined, probably, than it's ever been in recent times."

Mick Lynch reacts to the return of David Cameron 👇

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

The supermarket speakers: “Simply having a wonderful Christmastime, simply ha… 🎵”

The supermarket floor: A woman angrily kicks a trolley out of her way, a man has a breakdown because all of the parsnips have gone, the cheese aisle in gridlocked and a small crowd of people try to work out which multipack of kitchen roll will leave them the least in debt.

[Tim Minchin @timminchin]

As many of you will already know, every year, all proceeds from the sale of (either version of) Tim’s sentimental Christmas song ‘White Wine In The Sun’ over the Christmas period (Nov-Jan) go to an organisation which supports children and adults on the autism spectrum: @AutismSpectAust.

This video, uploaded last year, is the latest version of the song, from Tim’s special, BACK, which was filmed at the Shepherd’s Bush Empire in 2021. More details on https://t.co/yxvGlWJDGP including a link to the YouTube playlist with two other versions.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

The best types of tea:

-The tea brought to you in bed on a Sunday morning
-The tea that comforts you after bad news, gives you the energy to carry on
-The leaning on the worktop after cleaning the kitchen tea (usually held in two hands)
-The “struggle to take a glove off as someone hands it to you” gardening break tea
-The tea you almost forget to drink when you’re in a rush but you remember it just in time
-The hotel room tea
-The tea with a cooked breakfast
-The recovering in hospital tea
-The tea on the freezing sidelines of a Sunday League football match
-The back at the desk after a long meeting tea
-The first tea of the day
-The first tea of the new year
-The tea you take to bed
-The tea while slapping a new coat of paint on the walls
-The tea in the shed
-The tea while staring out the window on a rainy Saturday afternoon
-The tea you celebrate with (and calm down with) when you’ve just received very good news
-The tea you didn’t expect to be offered
-The tea in a museum cafe
-The free tea
-The tea after an argument
-The tea that gives you an excuse to open the good biscuits
-The tea with a view
-The tea with buttered toast
-The “afternoon tea” with lots of little sandwiches and cakes
-The tea in a tent while camping
-The tea from a flask on an Autumn hike
-The tea while reading a book in an armchair on a rare day off with not a care in the world
-The tea after a hard day at work
-The tea after getting in from a run / bike ride
-The first tea back in your home after a holiday
-The picnic tea
-The ‘break up a long car journey’ tea
-The tea you make for someone and they say it’s a really lovely cup of tea, one of the best teas they’ve ever had
-The tea made by your Mum/Dad

[Emma Braithwaite @WickedToCore]

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