Happy new year lovelies x

shout out the guardian photo editor one time

#perimenopause #menopause should come with a Lonely Planet guide. Instead, most get a cryptic postcard. If we truly cared about wellbeing, we’d fix the information architecture, not blame the travellers.

Are you here to stand with people through the storm of #perimenopause #menopause, or just selling umbrellas now that the forecast looks profitable?

For Black women in any stage of menopause. 5 star reviews. Join us on our third trip next year. www.menopausewhilstblack.com/about-the-jo...

It’s a consequence of my dedicated use of digital calendars that every Tuesday at 7.30pm I get an email saying “You have been invited by Rhodri Marsden to an event entitled Put Bins Out”

Maybe the most radical act isn’t perfecting #perimenopause #menopauseBut refusing to apologise for it. That’s how culture shifts:, one imperfect truth at a time.

I see Prince Nonce made the news again

True privilege is thinking “oh if I’m accused of sexual assault I can just change my job title and the fuss goes away”

#perimenopause #menopause awareness without inclusion risks creating comfort for some and invisibility for others. True awareness transforms systems, not hashtags.

🕷️ Happy Publication Day! 'BOG PEOPLE - A Working Class Anthology of Folk Horror' out today and in your favourite bookshops now, published with Chatto and Windus and edited by Hollie Starling - my piece is titled I AM HAGSTONE - I love this collection! ✨

There are certain households within a mile radius of where I live that are proudly, unabashedly, Trumpy. Somebody has been leaving antifa chalk art on the sidewalk in front of their houses. I giggle every time the dog and I walk past.

"Adding #alttext only takes a few seconds per image, but it can make all the difference to your content's performance and how accessible the web is to those with visual impairments." 👀 www.howtogeek.com/821673/what-...

So, people are going to have to pass A level english to live here are they? I hope they study what I did at A level, Translations by Brian Friel, about the colonial evil of the English forcing people to adopt the English language

If you care about the future of books and publishing, I highly recommend you get behind this initiative with your whole hearts - (for what it's worth I think the whole of publishing should do this) www.thebookseller.com/news/uk-star...

Last week we held another People’s Forum in Islington North, this time to discuss the alarming erosion of civil liberties and freedoms. Our community has always stood together against injustice at home and abroad. We will continue to defend the right to protest!

📚❤️ This Thursday 16th October: 6pm - 7pm. Poetry Pharmacy, Oxford Street. Readings and book signings, FREE entry. See you down there! Thank you lovelies @canongate.co.uk Xx www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/with-love-...

Nice lil feature in this months #topsanteuk menopause special highlighting the nuances and differences in Black folx menopause experience. Good to see our voices amplified

Yesterdays #SilentSunday

Also Davina McCall described me as ‘a gift’ on her podcast Begin Again in conversation with activist & author Kate Muir. It’s on YouTube. 7 or so mins in. GASSED.

How was my week, you ask? Welllll my debut book Grandmas Locs, illustrated by #CamillaRu , WON Readers choice in the #DiverseBookAwards children’s picture book category! Congratulations to all the nominees and winners! And THANK YOUUUU to all the GORGEOUS readers who voted! 🙌🏾🎉

#perimenopause #menopause isn’t a pop-up shop. Black history isn’t a pop quiz. We’re not a seasonal special, this is our daily reality.

Today three different people said lovely things about my children’s book Grandmas Locs. Today is also my grandsons 6th birthday - the subject of said book. Happy birthday Keiko! 🎉🎉🎉 (here he is at the launch last year looking at himself in his book ☺️)

LinkedIn. Odd place. I don’t wanna but I fear I may need ta. Cover me.

What if I don’t want to find my niche? What if I love experiencing and am excellent at offering many things? What if I am my niche? Asking for a friend…🙃

When #perimenopause # menopause support reflects true diversity, people gain agency to ask for the help that fits their lives.

It's banned books week and so I'm legally obligated to bully you, a person who has ever had their name on a book, into joining @authorsabb.bsky.social. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... We fight the source of book bans with calls to action, partnership w everyone in the game, and offer training.

Not me posting like the buses lol

Anyway…MOOD

Woke to Zionist flags outside my window and among the seafront in Hastings. Every flagpole for 1 km or so. Council wouldn’t touch them until tomorrow. Our local SUTR deflagging group pontificated. It took locals from our GM community and allies to get the job done. All gone. Free Palestine.

It’s not #SilentSunday but the world is on fire so wgaf

I couldn’t agree more with this. An opportunity to new beginnings

Robert Redford leaves behind a long legacy of activism for film, democracy and the environment.

Comedians are far quieter today than I would have hoped.

Where tf is Keir starmer?

Where is Keir Starmer? Where is the leadership? Fascists marched on our streets yesterday and he hasn’t said a single word. Instead the Prime Minister spends his time defending the “best pals” of paedophiles. He is a coward. He should resign.

I had a blast at yesterday’s Hastings Book Fair! My first as an author! My liquorice all sorts dress & hat were a hit too! #Booksky #GrandmasLocs

Shaken by Sareeta Domingo’s untimely passing. What a loss. Condolences to those who knew & loved her. RIEP. 🫂🧡

Fascists aren’t welcome in our streets. Not today. Not tomorrow. Not ever.

Over 1,600 people have been arrested since Labour banned Palestine Action — the first time a non-violent direct action group has ever been proscribed in Britain. The UN has condemned it as “disproportionate” and “unnecessary”. Opposing genocide isn’t a crime, it’s a moral duty.

A row of St George’s flags appeared overnight on lampposts opposite my friends home. This isn’t patriotism > it’s Intimidation. Reported to council & land owners who said they’re scared to do anything before the EDL rally tomorrow! Monday earliest. Trust me. They’re coming down before that .

Via Vean Ima on the camera apps 🧵

I’d never even heard of CK before yesterday. From what I can gather he doesn’t seem to have made much in positive contributions to the world.

i’m not going to be lectured about political violence by people whose politics is violence

I Just rejoined LinkedIn And In related news I need a hug.

Butterflies need our help. If you’re in the UK please sign and share. 🦋 @savebutterflies.bsky.social #pesticides butterflyemergency.good.do/rescue-missi...

really? don't water it down by calling Charlie Kirk a "right wing influencer", he was a straight up Nazi. he wasn't just some fiscal conservative Libertarian, he was a full blown fascist propagandist with a media empire.