The Narrator

My daughter found the Temu version of My Chemical Romance and I'm absolutely fucking here for it ...

What would you do if you were the last woman on earth? ...

'Roller skates 'n disco It's a lot of fun I'm too young 'n stupid To operate a gun' ... - Frank Zappa, Drafted Again

"We all float down here!" ...

"Humans need fantasy to be human. To be the place where the falling angel meets the rising ape" ...

"Anyone with a public platform, including performers, promoters and venues, has a responsibility to consider who is listening and the harm this kind of material can do. To treat sexual violence as a joke betrays a deep lack of understanding of what survivors have lived through" ...

"The increasing amount of gender-hostile content normalises harmful attitudes and influences offline behaviour, particularly among boys and young men, creating volatile and unsafe environments for women, girls and other children" ...

'Experts Warn of Humans Becoming Empty Vessels Controlled by AI' … How would we know the difference? Most people already are empty vessels ...

My daughter loved Bing and Bong, although for some reason the little spidery one made her shudder, as if someone had walked over her grave … She carried on watching them, though … and shuddering …

'Childhood trauma can leave scars that last long after the experiences themselves have ended. Its effects can reach into adult life, increasing the risk of mental illness, physical health problems and other difficulties' ...

Even male mice get studied more than female mice 🐭 … Women's dementia symptoms are more likely to be misdiagnosed as mental illness… "Women get taken less seriously than men"… The fix? Designing separate assessments for men and women… Well, yeah 🙄 ...

Men's desire to choke women is defended as sexual freedom, while women who refuse are called frigid, boring or vanilla. Women are pressured to accept degradation as sexual liberation. Shouting "consent!" doesn't erase the harm of an industry selling violence against women as sexual entertainment.

Rape jokes - laughter. Calling women whores - laughter. But when a woman makes a shocking public protest about institutional power and abuse, she faces widespread condemnation, ridicule and professional consequences. Funny how outrage works, isn't it? ...

My second-born was at work and an elderly lady started singing this as he was serving her… He said, "I know that song…" His dad used to sing it to him and his siblings when they were little… It felt almost like a little message from the grave ❤️ ...

'The Elm Foundation posted that the women-only session were: "A fantastic chance for women with lived experience of domestic abuse to take back control, build physical fitness with a community of women in a safe and supported environment' ...

"I either cut the bra off to get the defib pads on her or I don’t cut it off and she’s going to be leaving here in a very different situation. You can’t hang around waiting for someone else to decide whether or not they feel comfortable about that" ...

'An inquest opening into his death on Thursday heard that Mr Chapman had a history of mental illness and a diagnosis of schizophrenia. He had suffered previous bouts of psychosis, the hearing at Doncaster Coroner’s Court was told' ...

Me, my daughter and my youngest saw Frank Carter at Download Festival in 2024 🎵 ... Long story short, ever since then we've affectionately referred to him as Frank Rattlesnake 🐍 ... And we kinda like him 😘 ...

'Men need to be defending women more. This is not a women’s issue, this is an everybody issue, because the more men objectify women in the media, the more other men see them as objects and treat them as objects' ...

'The average reading age of adults in the UK is 9 to 11 years old.' Source: libguides.kcl.ac.uk/NHS/healthli... Worth bearing in mind …

"We bust into their house, we eat all their porridge, we sleep in their fucking beds. No wonder they're pissed" ...

But maybe the rain ... … … isn’t really to blame.

'Put simply, girls appear to get more practice reading and responding to other people’s emotions, starting early in life. Like any skill built through repetition, whether it’s learning a new language or picking up a new instrument, the more you practice, the more natural it becomes' ...

'According to the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)'s most recent monthly data, September witnessed a striking 230% rise in cases compared to August, climbing from 1,374 to 4,589. Hospital admissions similarly soared from 950 to 4,939, representing a 420% month-on-month jump' ...

‘One of the biggest causes of ill health and harm for women, including in pregnancy, isn’t really treated on the NHS, and that is domestic abuse. ‘It affected 2.12 million women last year, but we don’t treat violence against women and girls as the epidemic it really is.’

Absolutely love Michael Rosen ❤️ Not long now until my kids and me go to see his live show … Nice!

'The MBRRACE Confidential Enquiry into Maternal Deaths found that suicide was the leading cause of maternal death in the first postnatal year, and that domestic abuse was documented in 43% of women who died' ...

The Cornell case has been incredibly triggering for many women. Rape is trivialised when it becomes entertainment and the punchline of a "joke". Brass Eye did something similar with child abuse in 2001. Why is sexual violence so often treated as acceptable material for male comedians?

LittleBigPlanet vibes 🎮❤️ Thanks to my second-born for firing up the old PS3 and sending us all on a journey down memory lane ...

Tennessee says child rapists deserve to die … and now we have the botched execution of a woman who was repeatedly raped as a child.

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"Design choices that evoke personality and warmth encourage users to anthropomorphize these systems" [...] "simulated empathy" can create a "structurally asymmetric interaction, in which the user discloses and the system responds, but without reciprocity, vulnerability, or accountability."

My children used to impersonate Brian Cox by solemnly announcing things like: "CaaRhBaN… in the HaaRhtS of StAarHs." Sadly, we've only just heard about this. Maybe next time ...

'behind every symptom is a human being, behind every adaptation there is a history and behind much of what we call pathology there may be a story that has never been adequately heard. The future of mental health care depends, in part, on our willingness to listen to that story' ...