Jules Wright

Feminist LGBT+ ally.
Barge dweller.
She/her
Peace, love and respect are subversive and radical in the 21st century.

[Jules Wright @juleswright16]

This maverick is our rescue boy called Eric.

[Larry the Cat @Number10cat]

@glennbeck @BishopDewar Cat check: This is bollocks.

[Maggie Oliver @MaggieOliverUK]

BREAKING🚨 The woman who accused Harvey Weinstein of r*ping her just walked away from the case — not because it wasn't true, but because the system broke her before it broke him.

Her name is Jessica Mann. She has spent EIGHT YEARS testifying against Weinstein. Two grand juries. Three trials. She told the same painful story over and over, sat through cross-examination about the most traumatic thing that ever happened to her, and never once wavered.

This week, she said she couldn't do it a fourth time. And honestly, who could?

Read what she wrote to the court: "The court gave so many privileges to Harvey Weinstein that it makes accountability nearly impossible. I have not had power or position in any of this. I have not had great wealth, nor have I had my own long-term legal representation."

And then this, which should stop you cold: she said pursuing justice "is better left a pipe dream."

Let that sink in. Not "I made it up." Not "it didn't happen." A woman who told the truth, consistently, for eight years, finally concluded that the system is so stacked toward a rich and powerful man that justice was never actually on the table for someone like her.

To be clear about what this is and isn't: Weinstein is still in prison. He's still convicted of sexually assaulting another woman in New York, and of rape in California. Prosecutors said plainly they believe Mann. They called her brave. This isn't him being cleared. It's him being protected by exhaustion — by a process designed so that a billionaire with endless lawyers can outlast a survivor until she simply can't stand up again.

That's the quiet way powerful men win. Not innocence. Attrition.

[dave lawrence 🐟🐟🐠 @dave43law]

Another financial investigation in to Farage

Farage used around €1.8m in EU funds to bankroll his Brexit campaign, FT investigation reveals – and Transparency International is calling for an inquiry
https://t.co/FzL4OhM6yw

[Dr Rachel Saunders @rejserin]

Trans people are now protected from sex based harassment under the Protection from Sex-based Harassment in Public Act 2023.

This means that gender critics can potentially be prosecuted for harassing, alarming, or distressing trans people in public.

https://t.co/d8Br74Q7fZ

[HOPE not hate @hopenothate]

The weather isn't the only thing making Farage sweat today 🥵

[Taj Ali @Taj_Ali1]

Police are appealing for information after a woman was subjected to racist abuse and assaulted in Blackpool.

Incident took place on Friday 29th May 6.10pm at South Pier Promenade

Two men racially abused the woman, made threats of violence, and then pushed her down the stairs.

[Florence Lox 🇬🇧🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @floboflo]

Did you offer a by-election after you changed parties Robert?

[Jules Wright @juleswright16]

@hecheateddotorg @GyllKing Yet, if you meet the parents of trans people there is no simple connecting factor (such as you have described).
Have you tried believing trans people are who they say they are?

[Jules Wright @juleswright16]

@GyllKing @hecheateddotorg So they are assuming that trans people's parents are telling their children that they are a boy even though they are a girl. What would be their motivation for that?

[HollyHox 🌈🐇🎨🌳🔭🎬 @HollHox]

PLEASE put water out for wildlife this week, and keep it topped up.

It will save lives 🦔🐀🦋🐇🐝🐸🦡🐞🐌🦇🕷️🐦‍⬛🦊

#UKHeatwave #Heatwave

[Jules Wright @juleswright16]

@GyllKing All will be insisting they are the grown ups. their faces aglow with naked capitalism.

[Miffy @miffythegamer]

For the record: the offices of the anti-trans hate group, the LGB Alliance, are based out of 55 Tufton Street.

@AllianceLGB

[Jules Wright @juleswright16]

It's like people are being encouraged to believe that white rapists, murderers and child abusers are somehow a better 'class' of perpetrator.
Also, if they are 'christian', straight, cisgender, rich, celebrities or in politics it's not 'quite' the same crime.

Fuck that.

[Jules Wright @juleswright16]

@joss_prior @TheParty1sOver It's like they didn't read 'The Cass Report' recommendations which is strange, what with her being in their team.

[Dr Claire Hubbard-Hall | The Spy Historian @thespyhistorian]

Hilary Mantel was a very wise woman:

"History's what people are trying to hide from you, not what they're trying to show you. You search for it in the same way you sift through a landfill: for evidence of what people want to bury".

#Writing #Hero

[Miners Strike @Miners_Strike]

The attack upon miners at Orgreave took place #OnThisDay 1984.

The press told a story about those events, designed to demonise the strike and convince ordinary people that trade unions were their enemy.

Article by @GavinHawkton for @tribunemagazine

https://t.co/hgIgx1FBm1

[Alastair Muirhead 🍃 @Tairmuir]

Deeply saddened by today’s announcement that Dundee University’s Botanical Gardens will close. For generations, this beautiful space has been a place of learning, tranquillity, and connection with nature. A real loss for Dundee, its students, researchers, and artists.

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

At a time when the Trans+ community continues to face real hostility in the UK, things like Trans+ History Week really matter.

It shouldn’t need saying, but transgender, non-binary, gender-diverse and intersex people deserve to feel safe, respected and included. Too often, that simply isn’t the reality.

That’s why I’ve signed a parliamentary motion supporting the third annual Trans+ History Week, and recognising both the challenges people are facing now and the importance of celebrating Trans+ lives and history - past and present.

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

Reform want to turn the clock back on women's rights. Don't fall for it.