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Nicola Love

@nicolalove.bsky.social
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Policy and comms Rape Crisis Scotland. Previously worked for some newspapers. Sometimes lecturing, sometimes writing. Likes comics and, for some reason, Dundee United.

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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The woman who lodged the petition being covered "exclusively" here is the partner of a convicted rapist. He was sentenced to eight years for offences against two separate women. She believes that there is a "war on men" who are "mostly local white men". Credible stuff, eh.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📣 I'm hiring a part-time comms worker. Three days per week (£34,052 pro rata) split between Rape Crisis Scotland and Scottish Women's Rights Centre. Looking for someone to take the social media logins off my hands and help create accessible information for survivors. goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
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Thought Bubble Festival @thoughtbubbleuk.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We're currently on track for selling out early this year. We strongly recommend purchasing your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment. We will keep you up to date as we get closer to selling out! Get yours here: thoughtbubblefestival.com/tickets
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La vida en viñetas @lavidaenvinetas.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Jaime Hernandez @xaimeh.bsky.social
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Rachel Merrill Artist for Gil Thorp and Death To Pachuco! @ohhhaeee.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Dropping this here cause itll likely be forever evergreen 🫠
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David Bol @davidbol.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
John Swinney has confirmed GPS tracking for men accused of domestic abuse will finally begin in Scotland, with a pilot taking place early next year. Legislation will also be brought forward to try and better combat violence against women and girls www.scotsman.com/news/politic...
scotsman.com
Swinney confirms GPS tracking pilot and new laws to tackle violence against women
The First Minister confirmed new legislation will be brought forward to help protect women and girls from violence.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
There's some incredible, bigoted irony in tabling an amendment which essentially says "not all men" then goes on to demonise men from migrant backgrounds in the very next breath. Stay classy, Reform, you absolute weirdos.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Hiya.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Really pleased to have played a wee part in this. news.stv.tv/scotland/mum...
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Review of sex offenders' parental rights a 'huge relief', says Fife mum
A mum whose former partner was convicted of possessing child abuse images says a review of parental rights for offenders is a 'huge relief'
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
As far as violence against women and girls is concerned, the Programme for Government amounts to the misogyny bill they refused to do last session, a public health campaign, and support services being told to wait until Budget time to see what apparent funding commitments look like in reality.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
A reminder, last year The Spectator did an interview so fawning & uncritical of the Tate Brothers , that victims of the Tates had to complain to Ipso about it. Editor Michael Gove also champions the IDF & hates people of colour . The Spectator Summer Party is eagerly anticipated & attended 🥂.
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Women allegedly abused by Andrew Tate decry ‘misleading’ Spectator article
Complaint sent to Ipso over interview with ‘misogynist influencer’ and brother in Michael Gove-edited magazine
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Last month the Scottish courts service warned waits for High Court trials will almost triple from 50 weeks to 135 weeks by 2028. With increased wait times in the reporting of sexual offences, survivors of rape will be expected to wait up to five years for justice process to conclude. (1/4)
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David Leask @leaskyd.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
What’s behind record rise in sexual offending in Scotland? www.thetimes.com/article/c10b...
thetimes.com
What’s behind record rise in sexual offending in Scotland?
Official statistics reveal 16,500 crimes in a year, the highest since modern records began. A charity has delved into the details to understand why
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Weird that Reform in Holyrood won't sign their press releases off with an actual media contact. Weirder, their own head of comms refuses to publicly acknowledge that he actually works for them and describes himself on LinkedIn as a "Director of Communications for the Scottish Parliament" instead.
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Alexis Goldstein @alexisgoldstein.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
A person in pantyhose, holding a lit cigarette in their hand, which has a ring on their middle finger, and the caption “My idols are dead and my enemies are in power”
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Chris Conroy @conroyforreal.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Shut it down. National day of mourning.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
What a woman.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
A timely reminder that men in the UK weren't prosecuted for raping a woman they were married to until the late 1980s.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
In my element.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
On press regulation, a journalist once contacted a *rape survivor* they had interviewed years ago to try and get my boss' personal phone number. I complained to IPSO and was told they could only proceed with a complaint if I made the identity of survivor known to IPSO and the offending publication.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
It's been a good summer for 15 year old me.
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rowan kaiser @rowan.monster · 12/08/2026
The thing that pisses me off about Warren Ellis is that these women specifically created a process for him to apologize and try to make amends *because they considered him so good and important for the industry* and he blew them off completely.
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BOGLUDDITE @brucemackay.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
BARAD DÛR! Now on Inprnt :) www.inprnt.com/gallery/brucemackay/barad-dur/
Two colour illustration of Barad Dûr, with Sauron's eye at the top. surrounded with the ring inscription in elvish. the sky is red with sparks and ash floating in the air, the tower is above a fiery chasm. The front doors are glowing red with silhouettes of chains and armouries. A cloud of ash conceals the horizon. This will be a banner and riso print first. Digital prints coming later this year.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Very last chance to join my wee but mighty external affairs team at Rape Crisis Scotland. Applications for part-time Policy Worker role close tomorrow. Details here: goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Very rarely does my interest in comics and love for my middling football club overlap, but here we are.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Still a couple of weeks to apply for this.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
My Chemical Romance x Wembley.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Thoroughly enjoying that my entire timeline is just comics folk who were at My Chem last night posting this photo of Gerard Way reading a Grant Morrison book with some variation of the caption "we've all been there" ... so here's mine too.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
The UK's 'independent' press regulator upholding the spewings of domestic abuser Rod Liddle - a man who once penned a column advocating for child abuse imagery - and, bizarrely, suggesting what he's written is fine on the basis that he's always been a heinous prick. www.ipso.co.uk/rulings/0009...
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00092-26 Molly v The Sunday Times - IPSO
Sophie Molly complained to the Independent Press Standards Organisation that The Sunday Times breached Clause 1 (Accuracy), Clause 3 (Harassment) and Clause 12 (Discrimination) of the Editors’ Code of...
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Come and join my small but mighty external affairs team. I'm looking for a part-time Policy Worker to help improve justice, health and community outcomes for survivors of rape and sexual violence. Early careers and unconventional work backgrounds encouraged. Info 👉🏻: goodmoves.org/vacancy/a4sP...
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Paul Haine @paulhaine.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
A lot of people don't realise this but in the UK we have to replace our Prime Minister every two or three years or else the rights revert back to Marvel
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Throwing it out there that I'm looking to contract someone to manage Rape Crisis Scotland's social platforms. Need someone who can help us devise a social strategy, support its delivery, and track performance. If that sounds like you, let's chat: nicola.love@rapecrisisscotland.org.uk
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Scottish Refugee Council @scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Our Chief Executive, Sabir Zazai, has issued a statement in response to violent and intimidating anti-migrant protests which have taken place across Scotland. Read the full statement: scottishrefugeecouncil.org.uk/respo…
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Dundee United Dispatch @dufcdispatch.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The Dundee United Dispatch is a new weekly newsletter bringing you the latest news, transfer gossip, analysis and interviews from Tannadice. You’ll also find all the latest news on the site as it happens. Totally independent, from one Terror to another. dundeeuniteddispatch.com/subscribe
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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 30/05/2026
It's worth listening to this podcast in full. You can pretty much hear Tice's brain worms screaming in pain when he was asked how the Reform policy of hiking taxes on existing renewable energy installations would bring down bills and create jobs. It is also a great bit of climate journalism.
Photo of a Private Eye article.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
The Times here describing Restore’s “deport, detain” line on immigration as “robust”. This is how this stuff gets further and further normalised, the ratchet cranking ever rightwards.
On the streets of this constituency, which is 97 per cent white, Restore Britain are highly visible, especially the canvasser in a T-shirt with the slogan “Two words: detain, deport” a reference to their robust policy on illegal immigration. The group we meet get into a terrific lather about not being photographed.
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 24/05/2026
🔴 Often posting videos on social media, street patrols say they're peaceful activists who want to protect women and children. But critics argue they are effectively vigilantes with political agendas. www.theferret.scot/scotlands-night-patrol-groups-protecting-women-children-vigilantes
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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
All those brave defenders of women's rights targeting a young female columnist because that's where we're at now.
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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 20/05/2026
Meet the new guy, same as the old guy.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Just watched a police van arrive to break up a group of boys playing with a football in St Enoch Square if you wondered how this act of totally proportionate policing is going ...
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
There's a lot to unpack in Should I Marry a Murderer but it includes a reminder that Brian McConnachie - somehow, incredibly, still a KC - is still a piece of a shit.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
I'm just a girl, standing in front of Scotland's political parties, begging them to stop using generative AI to produce campaign slop.
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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Not even sure where to start with this. As well as totally deranged and obscene, it is just bizarre. These people are not just grim and menacing, but they are proper weirdos aren't they?
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Scotland deserves candidates who actually understand what they're bringing up on the campaign trail every day. Anyone who only raises violence against women and girls as part of racist and anti-immigration rhetoric is fundamentally misunderstanding what sexual violence looks like in this country.
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Gary Moloney @garymoloney.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Folks, an important PSA! If you’re attending Free Comic Book Day/Comic Giveaway Day then keep in mind that the books may be free for you but the shop still pays for each and every one of them. Only take what you want and make sure to support your local shop by buying something while you’re there.
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 29/04/2026
🔴NEW: Campaigners are calling for social media companies to be held legally accountable for threats of violence against women on their platforms. The calls follow a Ferret investigation into abuse linked to anti-asylum protests in Scotland. Our latest: theferret.scot/violence-aga...
theferret.scot
Big tech should be held accountable in court for threats of violence against women, say campaigners
Women supporting refugees have been abused, followed and threatened by men in anti-immigration groups who claim they want to protect women. Now there are calls for big tech to do more.
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Nicola Love @nicolalove.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
For the uninitiated, the Falkirk Stadium only has three stands.
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