Jessica

Books in 2026

There are provincial museums full of Victorian tea sets covered in hand-painted, simpering field mice in smocks and bonnets which are less kitsch and played out than this.

Everyone on earth takes a poll by pressing either a red or a blue option. If more than half the population presses red, everyone gets a red button If less than half of people press the red option, only people who pressed the blue option get a blue button YOU MUST CHOOSE

@Simy_78 @countrypunker Mother + baby defo have a biological connection. Mother's nutrition, hormone / stress levels affect the baby's life; mother and baby exchange cells that stay in eachothers' bodies; mother 100% provides oxygen, nutrients, antibodies; baby is attuned to mother's voice + heartbeat.

@countrypunker Do you know what biological means? Do you know what being an egg donor is? Yes the lady carried the baby and went through the full experience of pregnancy but STILL has no biological connection to this child. She was the SURROGATE!!!!

Adam Frisby and Jamie Corbett’s surrogacy petition to be considered for parliamentary debate attitude.co.uk/news/adam-fris…

Here's a story that will tell you a bit about @UniofOxford (and a bit about me). When I was an undergraduate in the 80's I had a girlfriend, who I will call C, who was not at my college (Trinity) and not on my course (PPE). Her college and her course had an eminent, youngish, left wing don, with a significant profile and a feminist-friendly reputation. But he was a bit of a drunk, and quite bit of a lecher, who made C feel uncomfortable, in the days when that meant something. C, being C, a socialist feminist, decided to do something about this, and put the word out that she wanted to do something. C arranged a meeting and *every single female undergraduate on that course in the whole college* - some twenty people- turned up. They reported the same sorts of behaviour conducted in private: drunk tutorials, inappropriate remarks, sitting down, too close, to individual student on the sofa, leering, organizing one to one tutorials, with the female students but not the males, oversharing about his private life, all the actions you can imagine. Every single woman knew what he was like, every woman objected, despite the fact that many of them had applied to that particular college because of their respect for him. By acting, C broke the spell. They arranged to see the head of the College. All of them, every single female student studying X at college Y. The head of the college had to act, and an unsatisfactory Oxford compromise ensued. The don in question was relieved of all undergraduate teaching and moved to a graduate only college. He wasn't dismissed, and there was no publicity. But I remain full of admiration for C. Sexual harassment at Oxford is not new - and this 👇is sexual harassment. Some clever men in positions of authority engage in this sort of action with impunity, particularly putting female students on edge, even when their behaviour is otherwise formally correct. It takes great courage to call them out, especially for female undergraduate students . But maybe, when you do, you will find that lots of female students feel the same.

Books in 2026

Yep

So the MHRA finally grows some balls. Which, given the aim of the trial, is ironic.

@teaforpterosaur @sheebadigeebies Reminds me a little bit of that terrible 'spend Sunday with me' column that Gregg Wallace wrote a while ago when he was like 'at 2pm i spend a bit of time with my son that I never wanted'

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@teaforpterosaur @Jsoosty 😂

This MP's response to harassment, intimidation and threats towards women who are lawfully gathering to talk about things like sexual and domestic violence, women's health, racism, education and the law is to blame the women.

@teaforpterosaur 'something more permanent'