Rebekah Barry

I didn't think anyone would read this. I certainly wasn't expecting it to resonate so much. A massive thank you to everyone who has shared their experiences ❤ We all deserve better.

Research what happened to Argentina's Black population which at one point was 35% of the country's population.

Can we once and for all dispense with this tedious "But he always took the bins out and said hello" commentary, as if there was a contradiction here that needed explaining. Violent men ARE "nice guys". They're nice to everyone but the women they abuse. That's the whole point.

Par for the course isn’t it? Of course the person directly impacted isn’t centred. In any decent World she would be invited to speak first, instead she’s silenced while people around her bray and cheer.

I stopped engaging in the design discourse on here for no other reason than because it's super fucking boring. It's the same surface level "blah blah blahs". "Your portfolio is blah blah blah" "AI is going to take blah blah blah" "Design as a craft is blah blah blah"

“It’s come to mean something else” from Vine there. No it hasn’t, it’s just been hijacked by thicko’s and patronising old white men.

Today is as good a day as any to test that site you’re working on with a keyboard. Can you fully access all of the interactive elements without a mouse? Can you see which element is selected as you move through each page?

“Stop the Boats” is just the UK’s version of “Build The Wall” isn’t it?

@vonRunte Middle name (if you have one)

One for #ContentDesigners in the UK. Full name form: Middle name (optional) or Middle name (if applicable)? | | Optional seems to infer that filling it up is optional - even if the user has it. If applicable gives me the impression that if the user has it they should fill it.

It’s always the victims of racism that are expected to “rise above it” - usually by people who don’t know what it feels like.

PD's @tomskitomski writes in praise of Tell Us Once and the miracle of its continued existence public.digital/2022/12/05/the…

Written by a very close friend, this makes me both smile and blub. A beautiful, subtle and powerful essay about love, respect and social exclusion 💔

Can everyone please stop adding their Mastodon usernames to their Twitter names? It’s really frustrating for screen reader users. Hearing them being read out loud when scrolling down my timeline isn’t fun. Add it to your bio or make a pinned tweet instead.

I am available for new work shortly, so if anyone is in need of a content contractor give me a shout 🙂

@Keir_Starmer @UKLabour Please can your team not put up images without alt text? Lots of people can't read this. You could also link to the statement on a proper web page so it's readable

After 12 years of Tory failure, the British people deserve so much better than this revolving door of chaos. We need a general election, now. My full statement:

@Amy_Hupe @joelanman I sometimes struggle with this one. Like there should be content but there's nothing to say

@joelanman Oh I see... Yeah I agree. What's the point of it? Where do you stand on a ## heading with only a nested ### under it? E.g. ## Fruit in: # Food ## Fruit ### Apples Jazz apples are the best

@candiwrites Book incoming 🙂

So proud to be partnering with the @NHS_RHO on this incredibly important work. Please share far and wide, the more people that are aware of what we're doing, the better!

@claracloggins It's not proper pedantry because it's "wrong" but I hate em dashes with a passion. They are way too long and look shit.

Ahhhh. I feel so much better now. I've given you my language and content bugbears. You might as well add to them. What're yours?

OK, ok, ok... I'll be the first to admit it. Content design is a profession for pedants. Hi. My name's Clare and I'm a pedant (@RichProwse + @NiaRCampbell know this only too well). But. I might argue that some of it is inherited pedantry. Here's why. /1