Do English people realise that until 1973 a landlord with 20 tenants had 20 votes and the tenants had none in Northern ireland ?
what do ye think the trouble was about.
People getting shot shouting "one man one vote " was a party ?
J.K. Rowling
Rowling’s monthly tirade against trans people led to a devastating cancellation forcing J.K. to survive off her £800 million fortune & continuing book revenue.
What is wrong with people in the UK? In other countries if people had been shat on so badly for so long there would be huge protests & strikes. France has capped their energy, they know if they don't people will be storming to the streets. 😤😡🤬
It’s the very first day of black history month and Jimbo is doing blackface and not only doing blackface but not being called out for it and not only not being called out for it but being REWARDED for it. What in the hell. #DragRace#dragraceuk
The broad trend is destruction and recreation of history: The actual events, as narrated by the people they happened to, are declared unacceptable in their current state, and are replaced with books tailored to modern sensibilities, which are then declared the "correct" account.
A historical atrocity can never be a metaphor for all bigotry because the specifics are what makes it an atrocity. The Nazis didn't just do "bad things, generally," they did THESE things. And leaving out the details is simply historical erasure.
You say that it’s fucked that gingerbread men live in gingerbread houses, but to a gingerbread person, gingerbread is as inscrutable and fundamental as carbon. The people and homes are no more alike than humans are to diamonds. Only we, their gods and creators, can see the horror
@allaboutthedame Heartbreaking. I hope to god that she had moments of light and happiness in this last year & months. You two have brought us so much joy and companionship through the podcast through this last dark two years especially. Been with you since 2018.