Kat O

My award nominated, young adult fiction novel series ‘Georgie’ and ‘Georgie: The Plot Solidifies’ are out now! Buy paperback or ebook below 👇

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

How in the goddamn fuck do we live on a planet where climbing the Empire State Building to kiss and unfurl a woke banner gets you handcuffs and multiple indictments but being a rapist, pedophile and criminal grifter gets you a job as President?

#NewsCorpse

[Cʜʀɪs Sᴛᴇɪɴ @chrissteinplays]

Happy Birthday Debbie

[JayJay @JayJay91341991]

This grifting old hag wants Australians to keep working into their 70’s and 80’s until they drop and not claim Age Pension.

Meanwhile Poorleen is on a salary of $350k pa and rarely turns up to work.

That’s all you need to know about this vile parasite. 🤮

#insiders #auspol

[The Shovel @TheShovel]

Australians will pause at 11am tomorrow to observe a minute’s silence, in order to reflect on the hardships endured by rich men who sabotaged their careers on purpose in order to generate maximum media coverage and victimhood status.

Read more: https://t.co/4ain0rsixR

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Holly. Every day for the past 5 years, she picks out a stick and brings it to her favorite spot for “zen time.” While her stick may change, her routine never does. 13/10

[Stephen King @StephenKing]

It will be at least 40 years before our loved and lovely America recovers from the wounds this selfish, stupid, and ego-driven man has inflicted. That it will recover seems certain to me, but it will leave scars.

[The Figen @TheFigen_]

Old cartoons are legendary.

Flowers and Trees, 1932.

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

He's the best co-worker.

[Toby the dog @fulcandles]

If you need a smile, you can have mine.

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

How in the goddamn do we live in a world where wind and solar farms are bad because they’ll ruin the countryside but data centres bigger than the MCG apparently … don’t?

#NewsCorpse

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

A lot of people are saying on social media today that a public campaign against Premier Jacinta Allen using the phrase “Ditch the Witch” isn’t sexist because they’ve heard of MFW and know we proudly use the word witches.

Please.

They must not have heard about how we started, which was as the result of an extraordinarily sexist text message sent by Peter Dutton to a mate, and which he accidentally sent to a woman journo instead.

They must not understand history, in which all women who were in the slightest way outspoken or different or not perfectly aligned with patriarchal requirements were called witches and often viciously murdered for their so-called sins.

And they must not understand parody, in which we witches have re-claimed the word “witch” to mean all women who protest the outrageous misogyny so many men practice with barely any constraint.

Because we’re here to clearly say that yes: the campaign against Allen is deeply sexist, just as it was sexist when it was used to denigrate then-PM Julia Gillard (pic in comments), and when it’s been used to stir up hatred towards any women with power or influence or anything other than simply being perfectly pretty and perfectly unheard.

What’s more, the campaign couldn’t be anything BUT deeply problematic, funded as it has been by a consortium of what appears to be a deeply right-wing group of men who want nothing more than to oust Allen from her job, and promoted widely in #NewsCorpse publications in ways which further harm Allen and her government:
“‘[Allan] doesn’t answer questions. She’s not accountable to everything … It’s just how people are feeling. That’s what they’re resorting to’ Puleo said. ‘That’s not a political ad. It’s basically what the Victorian public feel’.”
https://t.co/GQ2N1VsQiN?

The campaign is despicable, and the billboards should be banned. Today. Anything else is unacceptable, and does nothing but show the endemic hatred for women among large sections of conservative men and politics in this country (and among many progressive men and groups too, but that’s another story).

For fuck sake, ban these billboards. They’re hate speech. And us calling ourselves witches as a way to parody that hate will never make the use of the word okay in other settings and formats.

That’s all.

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We won’t stop till advertisers stop funding filth. Go to https://t.co/gefVqPNei2 to learn how to contact advertisers. Or go directly to FOE lists for ongoing campaigns here: https://t.co/Es49qK4lMQ . Send all responses you get. From companies to [email protected].

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#ToYourBrooms

[Animal Justice Party @animaljusticeAU]

FOUR DAYS UNTIL BARBARIC BRUMBY SLAUGHTER 🐴🐎

Only FOUR days left until the killing of brumbies begins. You can stop this! In four easy steps. Please do all if not some or even one action to stop the ‘cull’.

1. Sign the petition https://t.co/R3qi3VCo7E

2. Write to Premier Chris Minns https://t.co/ljcY99rgp4.

3. Write to your local state Member of Parliament .

4. Write to Penny Sharpe MP https://t.co/lFkXZWtUvo

Express your opposition to this cull.

Silence does not end animal cruelty. Your voice does! Please write in the comments what you have done to encourage others and get the algorithm to work for us.

#Horses #Brumbies #Animals #NSWPol #AusPol #Politics #Politics #Conservation #AnimalRights #AnimalWelfare #Brumby #Vote1AJP #AnimalJusticeParty

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Bodie. His presence indicates the beginning of Pride Month. May his whimsy and steadfastness bring joy and confidence to all. 14/10 the parade starts right behind him 🌈🐾

[Fun with cartoon @cartunplce]

Classic cartoons from the golden era never disappoint me 😛🎬

[PuNk and Stuff @PunKandStuff]

Joe Strummer mural in Frenchay village nr Bristol, painted by Ollie Gillard

[old toons @oldtoons_]

Mickey Mouse praying before bed.

🎥: Mickey's Nightmare (1932)

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

How in the fuck do we live on a planet where AI is being used to write useless books, paint useless paintings and design unnecessary furniture instead of to solve world hunger, manage the climate crisis, make billionaires pay their fair share, and root out and prosecute government/corporate corruption, insider trading and wage theft?

#NewsCorpse

[WeRateDogs @dog_rates]

This is Daisy. She just learned about the tooth fairy. Wanted to make sure they knew that she has teeth. Just in case. 12/10

[old toons @oldtoons_]

Reasons why 'Three Little Bops' (1957) is a timeless masterpiece...

• Jazz-scored retelling of 'The Three Little Pigs'.

• Friz Freleng’s most seamless fusion of animation and music with Jazz not as soundtrack, but as narrative spine.

• Shorty Rogers’ score driving the whole short with irresistible swing, while Stan Freberg’s sly, rhythmic narration (a rare non–Mel Blanc vocal credit) gives the piece its voice without a single line of dialogue.

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

This man brushing a crow suddenly stops, but the bird gives the brush back as it wants more