Activist, punk musician, event promoter, feminist academic. Illegal lesbian.
http://ruthpearce.net
why not cancel *your* TV license today?

@notrightruth.bsky.social
Activist, punk musician, event promoter, feminist academic. Illegal lesbian.
http://ruthpearce.net
why not cancel *your* TV license today?
red white and blue a-okay though, god save the king!
I was recently informed by a musician friend that the BBC have, in fact, not only banned slogans on their entertainment shows, but also flags, *and* have also recently banned people from wearing colours that might be reasonable "construed" as representing a flag. So no you probably can't wear this.
Bethany wore a “Protect The Dolls” t-shirt during rehearsals. The BBC posted it on their socials then quietly deleted and reposted it without showing her from the front. On TV last night they actually blurred the message #Strictly
seriously just incredible musical and lyrical depth, back to back bangers
This is clearly a good result for Labour, but it also doesn't strike me as a terrible result for the Greens. Vote share held up from the local elections in a constituency that was never really a target for them
It's been three years since I first heard Wallsocket - as of this morning I'm still discovering new things about the brilliant music on this album, and developing new theories about the storyline. An absolute masterpiece. Concept album of the decade.
destroy power!
Next trans-oriented book on the reading list is: Understanding Trans Health by @notrightruth.bsky.social! Two chapters in and enjoying it so far! ✨🏳️⚧️
So yes, it enables you to code faster, but then all the extra finding and fixing mistakes cancels out that advantage.
This is what rigging in a democracy-turned-fascist ethnostate looks like. Even as Opposition parties & other groups protest the regime's vote rigging and mass disenfranchisement of Indians in Delhi, the BJP happily turned a by-poll in my state into a one-party election in their favour.
Everything is Gender:
The UG students where I work have no 'choice' over the modules they study, Jo. Back in my day I had a wealth of options. These students – who are lucky to study there at all since we don't recruit in history anymore – do the modules they're given.
Wrote something a while back about imperialism and claims to meritocracy. The same thing happens over and over because it's always about power.
This analysis of the far right in Brasil is spot on - and to me it also describes the politics of ressentiment in the UK and the US as well. It is just that in these two countries, it is targeted at migrants.
It’s us!!
Sometimes my wife and I like to send each other text messages as though they’re democratic fundraising messages, and I believe she has produced the jewel of the form.
You're never too old to get excited about seeing a really big tree.