Our safety is only assured when our rights are tied to our human dignity, not to whatever utility others perceive our bodies (or their constituent parts) to have 💜
A defining moment of this trial: #GisèlePelicot, in her final time on the stand, addressed her decision to keep the surname "Pelicot":
"When the trial began, my children were 'ashamed' of the name. I have grandchildren called that. I want them proud. My name is known worldwide now. They shouldn't be ashamed. Today we will remember Gisèle Pelicot."
Never forget what this woman has achieved.
#ShameMustChangeSides
Spiking is already covered by more than one law (the Offences Against The Person Act and the Sexual Offences Act).
Women don't need a new law. We need the ones we already have to be actually enforced!
A bunch of right wing dweebs are trying to say this conductor is “inappropriate and distracting”
As a former orchestral musician, for once I actually know what I’m talking about on here so let me take this opportunity to be the insufferable expert (xpert?) in the room:
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We need to talk about men pretending to be nice in order to trap or trick women
If we trust them, we are told we should have picked better and deserve what happened to us
If we are cautious, we are told we are misandrists and man haters
The DWP released statistics showing that fraud in the disability benefits system is a 'non-issue', so why the plans to spy on Disabled people’s bank accounts?
Because the wealthy tax avoiders have political influence, while we do not.
https://t.co/gewBmSYp5k
I am nonbinary and take hormone blockers and HRT (estrogen, progesterone and testosterone) for reasons unrelated to my gender.
I recently received this letter from my GP.
15 y/o Holly Newton who was stalked and murdered by her teenage ex-boyfriend was considered too young to be classed as a victim of domestic abuse, instead her death is filed as a knife crime…
Holly’s mum: "He didn't like her having other friends, he didn't like her going out without him, he needed to know where she was at all times.”
"It was all just control, everything was controlling and when he couldn't control her there was a problem.”
Holly’s family believe her death should be recognised as a victim of domestic abuse in order to learn valuable lessons and save young people from abusive relationships in the future.
➡️ https://t.co/3qWJd8kYwN
Nobody should be given a job they can't do well - but not hiring someone because of their diversity hurdles (whether that be socioeconomic, disability, gender etc) which don't actually stop them doing a great job, should be considered - that includes poor-as-hell white kids.
@GyllKing@BrigidBenson1 Right? Like was there a point buried in there? And the use of 'hysteria' in a sentence admonishing you for supposedly using language that is 'used against women'🤨🤨😒 . The complete vacuum of insight/awareness would be laughable if it wasn't so scary to watch in action sonetimes
Last year nearly 200 environmental defenders were killed — certainly an undercount. The leading culprit? The mining industry. The most dangerous region? Latin America.
These are the stark realities we need to confront as we face a new mining boom linked to the energy transition