Police hunt ‘thug’ who knocked out man on London Overground train in Denmark Hill
#Echobox=1721674295" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">standard.co.uk/news/crime/bri…
🧵: The “false allegations of rape” storyline is one of society’s most successful conspiracy theories and one of our most pervasive moral panics. Of course, it happens. All humans are capable of lying. But the number of false allegations is NOT statistically significant. 1/4
@lib_thinks@SAFFYHFIFI They/them can be a singular pronoun, it's used all the time.
'If someone knocks at my door, I let them in'.
'If someone comes to my house, they are welcomed.'
As the parent of a child with Down's Syndrome I always find it's these "small" things that have the greatest impact. I teared up as soon as he took that step. It may seem insignificant, but it really isn't. Absolute respect 🥰👏🏻
#DownSyndrome
“This powerful production makes clear the importance of efforts to prevent intimate partner violence and to support survivors who live with its enduring impacts.”
Marco De Ambrogi reviews the production of ‘Dixon and Daughters’ now on at @NationalTheatre: hubs.ly/Q01SqPxy0
Dunno if the above is helpful, but if you're stuck on ideas, try stepping away from the plotting and fiction, and drill down into what you really believe. What beliefs influence your life choices? What would you teach? What do you see as true in the world?
Try it.
/END
Just got off a zoom with a very talented young filmmaker I'm (sort of) mentoring -- and I shared an exercise that I find useful for storytelling. I'll share it here too in case it helps someone reading...
"It's a space for us to be able to find a voice for our life experiences."
We talk to our co-producers of Dixon and Daughters, @CleanBrk, to understand their process and approach to theatre.
Dixon and Daughters is now playing in the Dorfman Theatre.