Last night I went to a bar and instead of vomiting or snogging or pissing my pants, I had 2 mugs of ginger tea and befriended an elderly couple who are taking me to do tai chi in the park tomorrow morning. Evolution
cw: domestic violence
Everyone should watch this. The lack of funding for women’s refuges is a source of national shame. When women flee their homes & seek refuge they face hard choices. They have to leave their communities & take their kids out of school. They lose everything.
Why the fuck is this spun as a positive story? If ever you wanted a snapshot into how far the BBC has crumbled into a soulless soundboard for the Conservative party, here it is
If you're wondering how starved I am of affection, I just replied to a medium rare man on tinder whose opening line was "is it weird that you look identical to my mum"
Errr this grown ass white woman in her 30s is coming home from vacay in ISIS while #ShamimaBegum the groomed child had her citizenship revoked and was left in a refugee camp for her baby to die.
What?!
https://t.co/xBtMDAWCnJ
No one writes about human messiness with the wit and texture and warmth of Roxane Gay! Like she writes sentences that make me flush warm with an *I felt _that_* feeling, and for that I unequivocally stan
[thread] This article and its total erasure of Shamima Begum, who was in almost identical circumstances (except not being White), is really astounding. Of course Lisa Smith should be brought home, but couldn't that logic have applied to Shamima as well? https://t.co/DvlxPwx21B