Brigid Lowe

Rep @PGJpublishing
Erstwhile academic now wa/ondering @large
The Bloody Branch -embodied feminist myth retelling
Shiver - psychological Scottish swimodyssey

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

Book is definitely happening :-)

Harvill Secker snaps up Brigid Lowe's retelling of The Mabinogion https://t.co/B979r2gu7n

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

@BenShindel But imagine if people channel the amount of time and energy they spend recycling paper and plastic into some other more obviously environmentally beneficial inconvenience: tracking and eating all the food they buy, putting on a jumper, having a less "low maintenance" driveway.

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

@ness_owen

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

I'm wandering around talking about my embodied feminist retelling of Welsh mythology The Bloody Branch.
As well as these dates, Welsh launch in The Beau Book Nook, Beaumaris this Tuesday 6:30, Scottish launch at Golden Hare Stockbridge 6:30 this Thursday. All friends welcome.

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

@MikeMitdit @WombsNotForRent I can't understand any benefit when there are millions of already-born children who have no one to take care of them.
There's no way of stopping monsters from becoming parents in the ordinary way, that's not a relevant comparison

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

@MikeMitdit @WombsNotForRent The strongest argument against surrogacy isn't even the terrible things that go wrong. It's that it legistimises an attitude towards babies &birth that leaves people able to read horrors like that without being moved. There's no way of arguing you back into basic humanity.

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

@MikeMitdit @WombsNotForRent Wow. Boiled frog much. Whatever their views on surrogacy most parents would find these examples difficult to read without deep distress.

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

Life landmark, seeing my essay in the beautiful new @FoldingRockMag

Despite 100s of 1000s of words of lit criticism, I’ve not published a scrap of “creative” writing since teenage fanzines and romcoms for a job at an online mag when the web was still smaller than Andora….

[don paterson @donpatersonpoet]

Introducing North Sea Poets. We run online classes for poets and readers in the UK and Ireland (and for early birds and night owls planet-wide).

We look forward to meeting you online soon. #NorthSeaPoets
#Poetry
#PoetryCommunity

https://t.co/pRVOODbcua 🌊
@northseapoets

[North Sea Poets @NorthSeaPoets]

Introducing North Sea Poets – offering online masterclasses, workshops and webinars for poets and readers in the UK and Ireland (and across the world).

Website launching 1.3.25 🌊
https://t.co/gFtlrg1i7i
#NorthSeaPoets #Poetry #PoetryCommunity

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

@KuroNo_Birthday @babybimbler But statistically gender's irrelevant to the risks of someone being a criminal, their sex is Very relevant. Males also more dangerous because strength/penis. Most people don't really notice gender id - they just see individuals -and it's not rational to do so in assessing risk

[suzanne moore @suzanne_moore]

Now Guardian do all your big names . Class wise. Go on... .https://t.co/uTouBMv1Ic

[The Culturist @the_culturist_]

Every aspect of life is being stripped of color.

Many have noticed this trend — but why exactly is it happening?

Something deeper is going on… (thread) 🧵

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

@Alan851603 @hoovlet It obviously isn't if you're a baby aborted or killed at birth for being female, or a pregnant woman. Check your privilege maybe?

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

Amazing cover from @needledesign

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

Everything you need to know about blue: Martian sunsets, the dark side of swallows, wasps that scared Darwin, and my dad's eyes. I'm back in print, in the first edition of Wales's new definitive literary magazine.
Become a founder by preordering here: https://t.co/sZKDFJVOHz

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

Honoured to share such company Sophie Mackintosh
Pamela Petro
Rachel Dawson
@joedunthorne
Jay Griffiths
@Durre_Shahwar
Anthony Shapland
@nothumanhead
@brigidsquill
@philippablewis
@mmayajones
Liberty Smith
@egramich
Mari Huws Jones

[Folding Rock Magazine @FoldingRockMag]

Featuring:
Sophie Mackintosh
Pamela Petro
Rachel Dawson
@joedunthorne
Jay Griffiths
@Durre_Shahwar
Anthony Shapland
@nothumanhead
@brigidsquill
@philippablewis
@mmayajones
Liberty Smith
@egramich
Mari Huws Jones

[Folding Rock Magazine @FoldingRockMag]

Folding Rock 001: Roots | 06.03.2025

Cover by @needledesign

Edited by @rjph91 @kathryn_tann

Pre-Order: https://t.co/Iu6byZeOpd

[Brigid Lowe @brigidsquill]

The Gaiman story shows we can't substitute the notion of 'consent' for proper attention to the terrible abuse which can spring from power, wealth and fame. Violating consent is one red line we should keep clear. We must set other limits without blurring that one.

[Genevieve Gluck @WomenReadWomen]

In the wake of the Neil Gaiman sexual abuse allegations, there are some who are claiming he hid behind BDSM practices in order to abuse.

But it's more accurate to say that BDSM itself provides cover for abuse, by design, under the banner of "consent".