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13 Mar, 5 tweets, 1 min read
Protest is a human right. It is protected under the Human Rights Act. Right now the government have effectively banned it under the Coronavirus Act and it's not ending there - Priti Patel is attempting to make that permanent with the new Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill.
We cannot let this happen - will be more info in upcoming days about how to resist.
(the actual way police are currently enforcing a 'ban' on protest is via coronavirus regulations, part of a constantly changing matrix of restrictions made deliberately confusing)
Anyway, you don't ask permission to protest.

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12 Mar
Sharp reminder that those across the pond have no context to the conversations happening across the UK
No one here is really to blame, it's just a jarring recall that without context, something can look bizarre. Americans etc don't know that a woman has been murdered and there's an outpouring of grief and trauma being shared. They just catch the stray tweets.
I guess the takeaway is... look for context!
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12 Mar
I get people are trying to "raise awareness" but flattening the deaths of many people of colour into one singular narrative feels off.
Yes, there is a clear issue with how racism impacts the investigation of a case. Yes, some victims will get more airtime and traction. But I'm seeing people spread misinformation and make false equivalences between cases that feels... disrespectful.
There's a tension also in the fact that some of the names I'm seeing being wielded now as part of this narrative were widely reported stories at the time, across mainstream media.
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11 Mar
Really furious that an obsessive little sect of people are trying to redirect what could be a v productive opportunity for change to instead try and draw a line between which women should get support for gender based violence.
Imagine: a woman is missing, presumed dead and the country is listening, really listening for once, to people who want to properly reimagine how we deal with gender-based violence. And that lot want to talk about toilets and send abuse to trans women. Pathetic.
For the rest of us, I encourage us to channel the anger and frustration where it can really make a change. We have ears open for a moment at least and it will take a united front to keep them that way. The threat is the patriarchal system we live in.
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2 Feb
Captain Tom's last year and his death really says a lot about the UK.
1) The state venerating a war veteran to idol status because he was a v successful charity fundraiser for the NHS, something only necessary due to Tory cuts.
2) Using him to deflect critique & as a symbol of 'coming together' but ensuring he & his familiy got celebrity status
3) As the crisis worsened, Captain Tom was able to escape to Barbados for a bit but subsequently died from a virus STILL ravaging the country at full force, despite so many opportunities to crack down on it.
4) Now he'll be mourned as one more life lost & no lessons learned.
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1 Feb
Today we're publishing a year-long @galdemzine investigation. I've talked to whistleblowers in the UK's violence against women sector about how rising transphobia is preventing trans women from getting help for sexual and domestic violence. gal-dem.com/transphobia-se…
It's the beginning of Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week. Trans women are twice at risk of experiencing domestic & sexual abuse, yet I discovered they are becoming both invisible to vital services & being deliberately frozen out by a cohort of powerful feminists.
We spoke on record to workers at some of the biggest frontline and second tier services in the VAWG sector. All were too scared to waive their anonymity for fear of legal reprisals and being targeted by transphobic feminists who wield massive power and influence.
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31 Jan
The replies to this tweet are both misogynistic, puritanical and seem to be from Americans. Worry about your own.
So much intense projection that insists on taking an innocuous statement about missing a way of life and claiming that it is beyond the pale. Grow up! Frivolity - whether for you that means clubbing or night or having a few mates over for a drink – is what makes life worth it.
As Leo points out, a lot of Americans seem incredibly obsessed with shaming every little bit of behaviour that seems transgressive right now – even when that's just discussing something you miss, like clubbing. Why is that?
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