researcher and freelance trouble maker. interests: political histories, 1980s ephemera, contemplating the things we know but cannot tell. she&they.
Joined July 2009
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18 Jun 2023
There are ppl who talk about queer lives & ideas - whether w. curiosity or hostility - like they're outsiders looking in. & there's ppl who talk about them like they're a jacket they're considering putting on. @yourewrongabout's Sarah Marshall's was always one of the latter...
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18 Jun 2023
seems to be lots of ppl around me coming out in their 30s (a byproduct of millennial extended kidulthood?) - which makes for some interesting dynamics when those who are 20 years into queer journies encounter ppl the same age but fresh off the boat in terms of living queer lives
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18 Jun 2023
obvs nothing new but has some different qualities now that ppl are less likely to have left a het marriage/had kids before coming out later (& being queer is cool now?) can make it harder maybe to name the differences in experience & how they impact on relationships
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Debs Grayson retweeted
25 May 2023
OUT NOW! @SoundingsJourn 83
@an_scharenberg and Chris Armstrong: Ocean justice
Gareth Fearn @UCL_BSP: Labour energy policy
@km49 @debsgrayson @SabrinaMoroPhD @giu_sapio @Charlottebsn @janicemorphet @vronsta @littler_jo @SobieKaker @Mark_Schm
Read ▶️ bit.ly/3BSOj6F
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24 Apr 2023
See also: the Brown report plan for democratic and economic renewal of the UK, which they call... 'New Britain'.
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23 Apr 2023
1 August 2020 - Barry Sheerman MP tweets about "silver shekels" in reference to 2 Jewish businessmen.
He deletes the tweets and apologises.
Labour's statement: "Barry has deleted the tweets and apologised. He deeply regrets the offence caused."
That is the end of the matter.
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11 Mar 2023
Insane own goal from #BBC to pull Lineker from #MatchOfTheDay & make it into the talk of the pubs on a Saturday. Combined w pulling Attenborough's prog from linear TV discovering the Chair being involved in arranging loans for Johnson, its lack of independence is plain as day
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11 Mar 2023
governments have always wanted a docile BBC but we've never had so many ppl in senior gov positions who actively want to destroy it. Now it seems like the gov appointees at the top of the BBC are also trying to kill it off
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11 Mar 2023
There is another way forward! At @mediareformUK we've got plans for a devolved, democratised, independent accountable People's BBC. All that's missing is political will. mediareform.org.uk/key-issue…
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Debs Grayson retweeted
11 Mar 2023
With all this talk about @GaryLineker, the BBC & impartiality I though I’d share some interesting points from @mediareformUK’s BBC and Beyond campaign where they built a “manifesto for a people’s media”
🖥️ bbcandbeyond.net/
🧵 👇🏽
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7 Mar 2023
Really enjoyed chairing this session where I got to explore some of my personal bugbears about contemporary podcasting
7 Mar 2023
If you missed our event last Thursday, we had an excellent conversation with @HamzaMSyed & @ShirishMM about reporting with personal stakes, the fallacy of objectivity and the furture of journalism. Watch it back on youtube:
youtube.com/watch?v=8tIkQUa4…
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7 Mar 2023
Less than 3 weeks til the Media Democracy Festival! Sat March 25th, 11-5.30pm, Birkbeck
We've got sessions on unions, responding to culture wars, future of the BBC, building the left online keynotes from @zarahsultana & Lexie Kirkconnell-Kawana @impressreg.
Full programme:
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1 Mar 2023
We will be live in conversation with @HamzaMSyed & @ShirishMM this time *tomorrow*! Not to be missed if you loved the Trojan Horse Affair pod or are interested in journalism and community organising. 7pm tomorrow on youtube, facebook & here on twitter.
youtube.com/watch?v=8tIkQUa4…
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2 Feb 2023
Excellent report by Laura Miller and Anu Priya and highly relevant not only to @jrct_uk but #philantrophy & funders.
jrct.org.uk/sustainable-futu…
#power #privilege #funding #reparations
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18 Jan 2023
"All boats are in the same storm but why is ours on the rocks? You have to blame those in charge!”
Years of systemic mismanagement have led us to this point where ALL staff @uniofeastanglia fear that they can lost their job within the next few weeks.
timeshighereducation.com/new…
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19 Jan 2023
We’ve won the fight to keep Channel 4 in public hands – now we need a People’s Channel 4 👇
@We_OwnIt @vlvuk @38degrees
mediareform.org.uk/blog/weve…
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31 Oct 2022
Yesterday there was a terrorist attack on British soil, a literal suicide bombing. You would hardly know because the intended victims are not treated as part of our communities. And then they were rehoused at Manston - a site already notorious for violating human rights.
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