Jennifer Matthews

lost my voice there for a minute but found it again, nestled next to the hot water bottle in the airing cupboard

[Jennifer Matthews @jenwritesagain]

"When we open ourselves to a work of art, and are moved, the ‘suffering with’ element of compassion is a yearning to connect ... " New article on Substack on recent works by Doireann Ní Ghríofa, @daithitoms & Ocean Vuong.
cc: @TrampPress @bansheelit
https://t.co/stWW7CXxd6

[Ian Duhig FRSL @ianduhig]

via Martin Malone

[The Blindboy Podcast @bbboatclub]

The streets are wine o clockpilled. They are live laugh loveified

[Jennifer Matthews @jenwritesagain]

Just over halfway, please consider donating to this institution in Irish poetry.

[Jennifer Matthews @jenwritesagain]

@elainefeeney16 🔥🔥🔥

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

An underwater encounter with the beautiful and unusual "feather star" (Crinoid sp.), these ancient invertebrates first appear in the fossil record about 300 million years before the dinosaurs.

📽: Els van den Eijnden

[Planned Parenthood Action @PPact]

Reminder: "Late-term abortion" is a made up phrase used by anti-abortion politicians to confuse people and stigmatize abortion.

[Jennifer Matthews @jenwritesagain]

“I'm writing to let you know I'm releasing you, I'm amputating you. Be happy and never seek me again.” 🔥

[Historic Vids @historyinmemes]

Frida Kahlo takes a family photo, wearing a 3-piece suit and holding a cane, 1924.

Nearly 30 years later, in 1953, she writes a letter to Diego Rivera as she awaits surgery to amputate one of her legs.

"I'm writing this letter from a hospital room before I am admitted into the operating theatre. They want me to hurry, but I am determined to finish writing first, as I don't want to leave anything unfinished. Especially now that I know what they are up to. They want to hurt my pride by cutting a leg off. When they told me it would be necessary to amputate, the news didn't affect me the way everybody expected. No, I was already a maimed woman when I lost you, again, for the umpteenth time maybe, and still I survived.

I am not afraid of pain, and you know it. It is almost inherent to my being, although I confess that I suffered, and a great deal, when you cheated on me, every time you did it, not just with my sister but with so many other women. How did they let themselves be fooled by you?

…Let's not fool ourselves, Diego, I gave you everything that is humanly possible to offer, and we both know that. But still, how the hell do you manage to seduce so many women when you're such an ugly son of a bitch?

The reason why I'm writing is not to accuse you of anything more than we've already accused each other of in this and however many more bloody lives. It's because I'm having a leg cut off (damned thing, it got what it wanted in the end). I told you I've counted myself as incomplete for a long time, but why the fuck does everybody else need to know about it too? Now my fragmentation will be obvious for everyone to see, for you to see... That's why I'm telling you before you hear it on the grapevine...

…I'm writing to let you know I'm releasing you, I'm amputating you. Be happy and never seek me again. I don't want to hear from you, I don't want you to hear from me. If there is anything I'd enjoy before I die, it'd be not having to see your fucking horrible bastard face wandering around my garden.

That is all, I can now go to be chopped up in peace.

Goodbye from somebody who is crazy and vehemently in love with you,

Your Frida"

[Jennifer Matthews @jenwritesagain]

@SJSwords @TheSwellSeason @CWBdotie @MidnightMango @IrishArtsCenter @poetryireland @RadioCity @culture_ireland Ahhh congratulations!!

[Dr Victoria Kennefick (She/Her)🍉 @VKennefick]

Get the NPWS to buy Conor Pass and turn it into a National Park for the benefit of people and nature. Sign here to support nature restoration: https://t.co/hCugh5w5V0 via @UpliftIRL

[Ian Duhig FRSL @ianduhig]

Where Robert Frost got the idea

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

History of human migration.

Credit: History In Context

[Madeleine D'Arcy @MadeleineDL]

Madeleine D'Arcy is running three free workshops on The Short Story at Cork City Library at 1.30pm on August 12th, 19th and 26th. Details here:

https://t.co/tx1JlQg0wB

[Wonder of Science @wonderofscience]

Beautiful timelapse of the Moon, Venus, and the Pleiades Cluster rising just before sunrise over the Ko'olau Mountain Range in O’ahu, Hawai’i.

Video credit: Travis Shak

[Jennifer Matthews @jenwritesagain]

@NualaNiC @pascalepoet @Joannechocolat Not. On. 🤬

[Jennifer Matthews @jenwritesagain]

@safetocreate_ie Awesome thank you

[Niall M Oliver @NMOliverPoetry]

Parents: does it really go this fast?

[Jennifer Matthews @jenwritesagain]

@safetocreate_ie Hi there, if we’ve already disclosed in the earlier ITI survey, would this be counted already, or is it worth reporting here as a distinct entity please? Fantastic to see this development. 👏👏

[SafeToCreate @safetocreate_ie]

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Please read our e-newsletter about Report + Support and share it among your arts/creative colleagues: https://t.co/ukA4TV36sp

[SafeToCreate @safetocreate_ie]

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Through Report + Support, you can voluntarily report incidents of bullying, harassment and sexual harassment experienced or witnessed... (1/2)

[Jennifer Matthews @jenwritesagain]

@altkrelb Formative!