Emma

funky little boat race

[J.K. Rowling @jk_rowling]

I see Nicola Sturgeon is once again complaining that I posted a picture of myself wearing a T-shirt with her name on it and the legend 'Destroyer of Women's Rights.' Apparently this didn't 'elevate the debate.'

Is there a clinical term for an individual who has extreme thinness of skin when it comes to their own perceived hurts, coupled with a rhino-hide when it comes to the fear and suffering of others?

I'm thinking in particular of the two women Isla Bryson raped, who had to watch their First Minister squirm and smirk on TV as she tried to avoid admitting he was a man; of the five survivors of male violence who were ready to give evidence to Sturgeon's committee on gender self-ID, but were told to put their concerns in writing while seventeen trans-identified people appeared in person; of the mother of a young girl with a learning disability who campaigned against self-ID because she wanted her daughter to be guaranteed same sex intimate care, should she need it (the mother was presumably one of those female opponents Sturgeon calls 'shrill' and 'hysterical' in her memoir); of the ten-year-old girl sexually assaulted in a public bathroom by a 6'5" paedophile who served his jail sentence in a women's prison because he called himself 'Katie'; of Sandie Peggie, forced to discuss her own menstrual history in public to justify not wanting to undress in view of a 6ft straight cross-dresser in the nurses' changing room; of Marion Millar, dragged into court because she tweeted a picture of suffragette ribbons; of the Scottish rape crisis centres reliant on government funding who were pressured to admit trans-identified males into their services if they wanted funding to continue.

When Sturgeon refers to an 'elevated debate', she means a discussion that takes place within a tiny, smug bubble from which regular women suffering real life consequences of her policies are firmly excluded. These faceless ants are loftily dismissed as bigots, or, to be more precise: 'transphobic, misogynistic, homophobic, maybe racist as well.'

Nicola, you hated the T-shirt picture because you couldn't ignore it, as you'd ignored so many other women trying to make you understand their concerns. Appeals to your empathy, your intelligence and your compassion all failed. Apparently the only way to get through to you is through your vanity.

[Emma @ElgEmma1]

People don't dance in the streets as much now do they
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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

I am so lucky to be a mid old giffer...
Love the 70s, 80s and the best of the 90s before it all went to shite.
There's not another generation who will know or truly appreciate all those decades
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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

Suede....
Hmmmm...
Let's just say....
They've a lot to thank David Bowie for.

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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

Good grief.... this is worse than rubbing dog dirt in your eyes
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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

Shite
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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

@DreyfusJames You're not old. Just brought up properly.
Don't put shitty shoes on the seats.
Don't have whatever crud you have on your phone play out loud.
Don't spit. Don't vape. Don't swear.
Don't cut your fingernails. Don't shave. Don't pick your nose. I could go on.
Commuting is shite.

[𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰 ✨🎵 @Hoang_HQ]

Wow, absolutely brilliant, sooo cool👏👏😎

[Emma @ElgEmma1]

That lovely man on #GMB
...I can see in my minds eye the rows and rows of white stones.
....The sacrifice wasn't worth the result.
'....what do you mean by that though'
Really?? What do you think he means.
Wear your poppy with pride.

[Emma @ElgEmma1]

@AlexTheGuiri Yes, I'll be right with you... I just need to roll my jacket sleeves up. I know this isn't Miami Vice but it's the closest we're going to get....

[Emma @ElgEmma1]

My 2 sisters & I are coming to see you at the Alhambra on Sat... sitting in the same 3 seats as last yr. Amy is travelling up from Bristol on the National Express, as trains are on strike, to spend less than 24 hours up north to see you.
Dedication's what you need
@danny_robins

[Emma @ElgEmma1]

Oooof !
Naughty Naughty
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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

@GingerJames02 My favorite ELO song

[Emma @ElgEmma1]

Quite tortorous.

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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

@JaneGerson He looks a fine fellow... best birthday jumper on too.
Wishing your father a very, very happy birthday.

[Emma @ElgEmma1]

@TRobinsonNewEra You must get one... but you don't need one... we can't do anything if you don't have one...and, oh by the way, it will have zero effect on illegal immigration.

[Emma @ElgEmma1]

Pretty sure not playing any of those instruments .
But I really did love their sound back in the day.

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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

Whoah yeah.
Love in an elevator...
Premier Inn with 3 floors is not as exciting as you might imagine....
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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

The fucking London Boys

Pre cursor to Right Said Fred.

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[Emma @ElgEmma1]

@AlbertEdmunds10 Absolutely agree.