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@callthistea.bsky.social
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Feminist. Not the fun kind. [UK] Low tolerance of misogynists and homophobes, particularly from the US. Compliance is not consent.

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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 8h
I don’t know why they can’t just buy 10 and send them around on a circulation list like we used to do.
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WildAsparagus @wildasparagus.bsky.social · 9h
My favourite part is when they claim to be challenging the patriarchy. By effectively denying us the right to self-determination and all the rights that flow from this, by reifying the sexist stereotypes used to oppress us (such as being compliant) and by making violent threats. Extraordinary really
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 19h
Men, it’s never too late to leave your fraternity. Membership is lifelong. And these segregationist institutions use your name to uphold the power they abuse. This is what your fellow alums are doing. Do you really want to be associated with that?
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
All of these responses are tinged with himpathy, implying that rapists can be healed by empathy and education. You cannot educate someone who does not respect you. Men getting more empathy than their victims is why rape is so common in the first place.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16h
Also, as you might imagine, survivors had horrific experiences trying to get their images taken down. According to the survivors we interviewed, web platforms did better 10 years ago. Which makes their institutional betrayals even more enraging. We’re going backwards. Here’s a link to that study:
arxiv.org
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 16h
I worked on a study about online nonconsensual image sharing. We were shocked by how many women found their images on 8chan forums where men posted challenges to each other like, “Find her workplace and get her fired,” or, “Get a nude photo of one of your girlfriend’s friends.”
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 14h
I think this is a description of online men. Is this right?
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Relationships Project @rshipsproject.bsky.social · 14h
In our September newsletter, we explore #relational #policymaking, rewilding healthcare, #evaluation, and more... 🗞️ Read the full newsletter: mailchi.mp/relationship... 📥 And subscribe to receive future editions directly in your email inbox: eepurl.com/h573kP
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 23h
we don’t have fraternities in this country but we have university “dining clubs” in posh places and sports teams in all the rest and from what I can tell they have similar effects on male behaviour, although I don’t know about any specific studies (the 3x more likely to rape stat is peer reviewed)
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 23h
Members of fraternities are three times more likely to be rapists than male college students who aren’t members of fraternities
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#NotAllMen but yes this man is a risk to women 👇 bsky.app/profile/pmos...
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
#NotAllMen
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 29/09/2026
A video falsely claiming to show a long queue of Muslim women waiting to sign up for free childcare has been liked thousands of times on social media. But the clip actually shows the women waiting in line for a modest clothing sale in Amsterdam.
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Video shows Muslim women queuing for a clothing sale, not free childcare – Full Fact
The video has been widely shared on social media alongside the false claim that it shows women in headscarves lining up to enroll their children into free public daycare.
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Searchlight magazine @searchlightmag.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Manchester’s self-styled anti-migrant vigilante Alex 'Robbo' Robinson has found that becoming a far-right social media sensation comes with an unexpected downside: women aren’t impressed. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/the-...
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The woes of a racist thug who 'can't keep a bird' and wonders why | Searchlight
Manchester’s self-styled anti-migrant vigilante Alex Robinson has found that becoming a far-right social media sensation comes with an unexpected downside: ...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You know, researchers since the 1980s have found that men can tell when they don’t have consent. They just choose to continue anyway because they prioritize consent as less important than power, domination, and sexual gratification.
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
My cat has failed to give an adequate account of why there is a dead bird in the kitchen, and is instead looming over it, menacingly, which tells us all everything we need to know.
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread:
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Equality and Human Rights Commission @equalityhumanright.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Share your views on our recently published draft Technical Guidance for Schools if you are involved in schools in England, Scotland or Wales: ow.ly/Bz3Z50ZSkc3 Our consultation is open until 11:59pm tomorrow - 30 September. Get involved and make a difference!
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Nick Wallis @nickwallis.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Morning everyone. I have produced not one, but two accounts of yesterday's evidence from Peggie v RCN. Here is Day Pt 1: Nurses Assemble genderblog.net/peggie-v-rcn...
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Peggie v RCN Day 4 Pt 1: Nurses Assemble
(l to r, holding banner) Bethany Hutchison, Lisa Lockey and Jennifer Melle and supporters outside Dundee Employment Tribunal. Pic: Iain Masterton This is part one of my report into Day 4 of Nurse S…
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The rate of ectopic pregnancy deaths in states with abortion bans is nearly double that in states where abortion is legal.” That stat should shame every anti abortionist in the world.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
If you’re a survivor who wants your rapist removed from whatever social institution introduced you, that’s an okay thing to want. A lot of other survivors want it too. And in a different timeline, there wouldn’t be so many people shaming you for saying it out loud.
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Labour Women's Declaration @labwomendec.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Packed room for LWD's must-see fringe at Labour Women's Conference, 'Invisible Women: Lesbians and Detransitioners'. Video available soon. Many thanks to our great panel, Akua Reindorf KC, Kate Barker of LGB Alliance, Tracy Gilbert MP, chaired by Carol Angharad of Lesbian Labour. #LWDLiverpool26
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Medusa Rising | World Building Women @medusarisingorg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
🌘 MONDAY MOOD 🌒 ... we think social media is the 𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘳𝘢 where we discuss, but it's the 𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘢 where we kill each other while they watch... ~~ Ece Temelkuran, refugee of Erdogan's Turkey, author on the affective quicksand of fascism. Go look her up.
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great to see these brilliant shorts on the critical importance of social infrastructure from the also brilliant @jrf-uk.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/-4cg5...
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What is ‘social infrastructure’? | Joseph Rowntree Foundation
YouTube video by Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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Gudule Martens @gudulemartens.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"The end point of telling a woman it is phobic and bigoted not to widen her sexual interests is to view the misogynist who will sleep with anyone as her moral superior, as if the sexual act is the ultimate measure of respect." Another scorcher by Victoria! thecritic.co.uk/there-is-no-...
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There is no right to sex | Victoria Smith | The Critic Magazine
The idea that sexual preferences must be interrogated for prejudice ends somewhere deeply unpleasant
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Maternity Action @maternityaction.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Join us for four practical lunchtime webinars covering your rights at work before and after having a baby. Each free, 30-minute session includes: 💜 15 minutes of practical guidance 💜 15 minutes for questions and answers 👉 Sign up here maternityaction.org.uk/your-rights-webinars
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fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My boyfriend thinks that sucking and licking my feet turns me on. It doesn't. It's just that he talks so much when I'm trying to watch or read something, and it's the best way to get him to shut up.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Which taxes do you want to raise instead?' should be the default question to anyone who calls for reductions in immigration.
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Reem Alsalem @unsrvaw.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Suggest that everyone has a listen! Sex, lies and statistics | Ft. Professor @ProfAliceS m.youtube.com/watch?v=zxmY... Why collecting data disaggregated by sex is important for all society, including transgender persons.
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Sex, lies and statistics | Ft. Professor Alice Sullivan
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Jessica Elgot @jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
EXC - Shabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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UK to open new refugee resettlement routes for Afghan women and Palestinians
Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossings
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Felix @ostrasyn.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Yes, go back to being homophobic/transphobic in silence. It's preferable to doing it out loud and obnoxious as you are wont to do.
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Wow, fucking wow. This is about the transman whose baby tragically died in hospital. No matter what we each think about gender identity, we all know it’s not male humans who have the capacity to get pregnant and give birth. This delusion ‘he, a pregnant transman, is not female’ is out of control.
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David Graeber Institute @davidgraeberinst.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A reminder that all the aspects of our economic system are made up and we can have a better system if we wanted to. Homelessness for example. We could have an economy that builds homes for homeless people. It does not have to be this way.
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WildAsparagus @wildasparagus.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
As always, excellent piece by VS. Women are always considered unreliable in one way or another, and VS makes this clear in this piece - it's women's ulterior motives, rather than our needs are rights, that drive us. If we understand the issues at all, of course. Great read.
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Victoria Smith @glosswitch.bsky.social How do they expect the gender wars to end? glosswitch.substack.com/p/how-do-the... “At least it @labourunionsuk.bsky.social is no longer pretending there is no conflict between women having rights and men having women’s rights, too”
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How do they expect the gender wars to end?
On For Women Scotland and the pointless, endless backlash against women’s rights
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Hey team BSky, we're all missing some top notch triangle talk on Twitter today! There's rumours this might replace the 'What is a chair?' question we've all come to know and love.
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Peter Whitewood @pwhitewood.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Why is the answer to employers wanting more work ready graduates always that universities should provide more workplace training, rather than employers providing more training in the workplace?
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Searchlight magazine @searchlightmag.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
As Danny Tommo faced court today, a supporting cast of livestreamers, convicted criminals, flaggers and a part-time rapper gathered outside to keep the far-right roadshow rolling. Read more here: searchlightmagazine.com/2026/09/dann...
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Danny Tommo in court while the Basingstoke 'flagging' circus performs outside | Searchlight
As Danny Tommo faced court, a supporting cast of livestreamers, convicted criminals, flaggers and a part-time rapper gathered outside to keep the far-right ...
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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Professor Alice Sullivan conversation with Helen Joyce on Sex Matters podcast youtube.com/shorts/qx8u3...
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How fringe views became embedded in organisations
YouTube video by Sex Matters
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
"It may surprise some sexual assault survivors to learn that universities do not have a responsibility to report instances of assault to law enforcement authorities. In general, that benefits universities, not survivors."
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Who Does My University Report My Sexual Assault To?
Colleges and universities don’t have to forward reports of sexual assault to the police. In fact, many schools choose to handle these situations internally.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
So much of schools "responding to rape" is preventing the legal system from doing so. This is a report on seven adults who committed serious felonies for which there is a legal system to remind them and their pals that they are felonies.
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you want to read more about just how much worse schools handle sexual violence than you ever imagined, I wrote a book about it:
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On the Wrong Side: How Universities Protect Perpetrators and Betray Survivors of Sexual Violence
"Bedera dispels deeply ingrained campus rape myths and puts the innate violence of the campus sexual assault reporting process into focus."--Jezebel"The book's grim conclusions are tempered with a hop...
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Nicole Bedera @nbedera.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
One of the things that shocked me most in my study of campus sexual violence is that so many of the cases were just like this. The evidence was full of confessions. The perpetrators didn’t deny their violence. They just argued they should be allowed to do it and the school agreed.
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Ruth Deyermond @ruthdeyermond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is a poor take that suggests Owen Jones doesn't know much about Russia in the 1990s, including Russia-US or wider Russia-West relations in the 1990s. By giving only one part of the story, he is repeating the Russian political elite's self-serving line that it was all the West's fault. Long 🧵
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Second slip🏏 @judeet44.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
"Lads, the women are saying “NO”… That’s your cue to sod off. It’s really simple. What kind of socialist protests against women organising collectively within their own political party?" posted by Jonathan Hinder Labour MP for Clitheroe and Pendle. Thanks Mr Hinder, women need this kind of support
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Helen @futurestand.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Pervert glasses are being used for criminal behaviour by schoolboys as well as by adult men across the world. They not only secretly film but also actively harrass girls and women, then post videos of the harassment and the women’s reactions - including fear, upset and anger - on social media.
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Full Fact @fullfact.org · 24/09/2026
Many social media users appear to have been fooled by a fake picture that supposedly shows four teachers protesting against the removal of pride flags from their classrooms. But the image is AI-generated and contains several classic clues like nonsense text.
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Image of teachers saying they would quit over pride flag removal is AI-generated – Full Fact
Many people interacting with the social media post appear to believe the picture is real, but visual clues and an AI watermark tell us it’s fake.
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pentascale.bsky.social @pentascale.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The law must be applied
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 24/09/2026
Making people poorer doesn’t make it easier to get a job. This new policy from the Conservatives won’t achieve its objectives, is likely to be unworkable, and could simply push up spending in other areas as a result.
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