Emma Sicantyred

Don't bother reading this text, it's not interesting. I'm only posting this as a quote post so I can pin it. See? I told you not to read it.

Oh, this is really good.

We believe that the public has the right to know the consequences of this policy change. So if NHS England won’t publish the full assessment, we will. transactual.org.uk/blog/2026/10...

I'm watching The Pitt like Becca watches Elf.

Read more at meccanoman.substack.com/p/winter-lig...

“Forcing trans people into third spaces is not the answer. It’s discrimination – and it’s a breach of their human rights.” We need your help to fight back. https://goodlaw.social/fwdt

56 individuals in the UK have as much wealth as the poorest 27 million (Oxfam) Yet this man is advocating cutting benefits to fund work support for young people Utterly monstrous www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Can't we just bypass all this crap and go straight to the point where we realise that horses are so much better after all?

Dear NHS, please provide your definition of "biological sex". www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

It's the guns.

These pieces will also be in my Etsy shop this evening:

@cocobyname.bsky.social Perhaps you could have a word with your US colleagues?

Yeah, block me for pointing put you're posting misinformation about autism. That'll solve the problem. 🙄

The Mayor of London faces pressure over Harry Potter-themed Christmas lights on Oxford Street, as author JK Rowling funds legal challenges over ‘sex-based rights’.

Damn www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I'm so tired of the trend of people making images of text, then failing to make them accessible by adding alt text. I've asked people so many times to use alt text, I finally made my own sign (which I post with alt text). I should have included gifs in this.

Today is World Day Against the Death Penalty. Let us seek to end this inhumane and immoral practice around the world, especially here in America. It is so deplorable that in the 21st century this is going on in a modern democracy.

There are children outside singing Jingle Bells.

Hey folks. In total honesty my tour is NOT selling well. I’ve sold 30 tickets in a 400 seater in Birmingham, and not much more elsewhere. If you like musical comedy, if you like standup, then please come see my show! And spread the word! The Rachel Parris Songbook tour starts in Nov! Link in bio! 🎶

I need more episodes of The Pitt. Or I just start from the beginning again for the third time in the space of a month.

There are just 6 spaces left on my bird illustration & mental health zoom w'shop this Sat I'll teach you how: 🪶to draw birds using my simple formula 🧠creative activity incl. drawing alters brain biochemistry to improve mental health. Open to anyone anywhere: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bird...

Why is it October?

Are Disabled people invisible? New blog piece by Fazilet Hadi Whilst the funding of the social security system and our support and services are almost a daily discussion, our actual lives never seem to factor into the conversation. Read the full piece 👇 www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/are-dis...

You can see the genocide from space. Yet still it is widely denied.

Here’s the final selection of my photos for my 2027 Dartmoor calendar, I chose the December picture, frosty Tavistock not on Dartmoor, but I do live here ..£16 each inc postage available from me direct via PayPal or bank transfer or my Etsy shop. All profits to Tavistock food bank. only 50.

No, YOU just started making ratatouille at midnight. I'm fast asleep in my bed, like a normal person.

If you call yourself an artist, ŵriter, or musician but you use AI to "enhance" your work please DON'T follow me. We are not going to be friends.

Ah shit, I forgot to go to bed again

l'm holding my botanical illustration& mental health w'shop just once this autumn-7 Nov I'll teach you how: 🌿to break plants down into simple shapes & add shading 🧠creative activity alters brain biochemistry-like taking 3 different meds for yr mental health: workshops.emmamitchell.uk/courses/bota...

So, Banksy bought a used yacht, repaired it and retrofitted it to serve as a rescue boat to save migrants in the central Mediterranean. The whole project cost the artist $860,000. Since 2020, the boat has saved more than 3,800 people. londondaily.com/banksy-funds...

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

There’s still some space on my 2 upcoming zoom w’shops:bird illustr’n & mental health,10 Oct & botanical illustr’n & mental health,7 Nov.I teach you how to draw birds/plants & how creative activity alters 🧠 biochemistry to lift mood.Incl 10% off materials & full recording: workshops.emmamitchell.uk

Nigella is great as the new #GBBO judge. But #SecondHelpings is very disappointing - no audience bakes or chat, no viewers photos of baking disasters and no silly games, and (most importantly) no Jo Brand? Very boring.

After the recent spate of attacks on disabled people in the media, I wanted to write this week’s Press Access newsletter on how we might fight back. Includes anecdotes about how many British columnists I’ve insulted in print (amongst other things). frances336.substack.com/p/how-to-cla...

What on earth is this mess of a book title??

Interesting. I asked someone (presumably a non-UK person) to give an example of how the UK "straight up doesn't have freedom of speech" and their response was to block me. Who's curtailing my speech now?

#LongCovid hasn’t gone away. People have just become much less visible - stopped working - stopped going out - had to change their lives completely - no longer being counted in the same way. Lack of testing has ramifications. Burying the statistics matters. Less visible doesn’t mean less affected

Oh no reform are facing a police investigation into dodgy donations what a calamity 🙂

For anyone who'd like to direct your anger at the paper in question, the complaints page is: www.telegraph.co.uk/contact-us/e... Be Sure To ✅ Link the offending article. ✅ Cite which parts of the Editor's Code it violates. [I said: Accuracy, i) & iv)]

European Federation of Neurological Associations (EFNA): “Patients with ME cannot wait for a cure before the harm stop” by Ona Albizu PhD www.efna.net/patients-wit... #MEcfs #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

The whole thread is essential reading, but for me it's this final point that cannot be stressed enough. 'Support' is not support when it just makes you more ill.

Another day, another dismissive article. If journalists are reusing the same old tired arguments to marginalise women with disabilities and pour doubt and scorn on them, we are going to reuse the same letters.

This is an incredible, beautiful documentary. If you haven't watched it already then please stop whatever you're doing and watch it now. If you have already seen it then please stop whatever you're doing and watch it again.