Reposted by Alexandra HeminsleyJW Mason @jwmason.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is the master key to deciphering contemporary debates about free speech. www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2026/se... 3234061269
Reposted by Alexandra HeminsleyDoccy B 🌿🌿🐝🌿🦔🌿 @merylbatchelder.bsky.social · 01/07/2026Being in a standard classroom with windows that don't fully open on an exceedingly hot day, with 30+ teenagers, makes you feel incredibly unwell. Learning grinds to a halt, tempers flare, misery ensues. Any journalist writing that schools are making a fuss over nothing should spend a day in one 🥵 9398125
Reposted by Alexandra HeminsleyLisa Power @thisislisapower.bsky.social · 24/05/2026Today’s the anniversary of the passing into law of Section 28 in 1988, the first homophobic legislation in a century. Politicians and media said it was our own fault, told us to shut up and give up. We didn’t. Dont you dare give up now on trans people. 122595569
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 17/07/2025I got my QTS certificate from the DofE today and am officially a qualified teacher! Best decision I ever made. I could never have imagined loving a job this much, even if I had also not imagined hearing the term “swear down miss” nine billion times a day either. 190
Reposted by Alexandra HeminsleyDamian Barr @damianbarr.bsky.social · 22/05/2025Brighton and Brighton-adjacent pals and spiritual Brightonians, I’m doing a Brighton launch with my beloved @citybookshove.bsky.social I’ll be talking with one of my fave people. Hope to see you there ❤️ ropetacklecentre.co.uk/events/city-...ropetacklecentre.co.ukCity Books Presents: Damian Barr 'The Two Roberts'The Two Roberts were two of the 20th century’s most brilliant artists. Collected by major galleries, photographed by Vogue, filmed by Ken Russell, they lived as hard as they worked… scandal was no st... 2187
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 16/04/2025I am sending love to my trans friends. Always xxx 050
Reposted by Alexandra HeminsleyBennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 10/01/2025The reviews have started to come in for The Diverse Curriculum and I’m so excited that I want to give a copy away to one lovely person/school! If you’d like a copy, repost, follow and introduce yourself. I will draw names out of a hat in one week precisely! 53317
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Back to school for me tomorrow. *packs social media carefully into box full of straw* Here, have a poem to last you til spring locuscommunis.blog/2024/06/18/t...locuscommunis.blogThe plum you’re going to eat next summerThe plum you’re going to eat next summerdoesn’t exist yet; its potentiallives inside a tree you’ll never seein an orchard you’ll never see, will be touchedby a certain number of water dropletsbefor… 040
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 13/11/2024Hello. I don’t post much anywhere these days because I am currently working in a totally phone free environment. But I’m loving seeing so many people turn up/follow and am quietly reading lots in return 🤗 080
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 17/08/2024I wrote about not relying on bystanders on trains. It bummed me out but did remind me that I love bystanders on trains. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comYes, bystanders can save women from sexual assault. But I know first-hand that’s not always enough | Alexandra HeminsleyViolence against women on UK trains is increasing – no wonder, when courts often seem more concerned about the ‘impact’ on perpetrators than their victims, says author Alexandra Heminsley 020
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 05/12/2023I’ve never watched Doctor Who but I know my 6yo will love it and is interested - but where to start?! It’s like trying to get into the Archers! 110
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 01/12/2023Does anyone know if there’s a Brighton equivalent of this? It looks so great! manchestermill.co.uk/about 010
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 09/11/2023This is sad. I learned a *lot* from jezebel, especially back in the pre Twitter era 100
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 27/10/2023I’ve been avoiding social media in a sort of sickly funk because I forgot about here. It’s very calm 🤗 010
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 08/10/2023I wrote about being ‘fat but fit’ www.theguardian.com/society/2023... 031
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social · 24/09/2023On a bus full of people clearly going to the same Acaster gig as me. It’s like the not-Hogwarts Express 010