Susannah Walker

As ever, whenever I have done a complaining thread, I try to post something positive. This time, it's all about Umeå, a city in the N of Sweden which has made incredible strides in terms of safety for women and girls. In the last thread, I posted their co-designed space for teenage girls.

sorry to ruin your fun but his whole stoner nice guy routine is an act. Scooby's not even his real name, it's Gideon, and the only reason he can doss about in a mystery van is because his family, the D'Oubay-Doux, made a fortune in the East India Company in the 1700s. educate yourself.

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but you’re under absolutely no obligation to justify yourself to anyone if you choose to spend the entire weekend reading a good book, making multiple cups of tea, and indulging in a scandalous amount of cinnamon rolls.

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These are the very people who make women and girls feel less safe.

When Grammy-winning musician Rhiannon Giddens begins playing “Old Corn Liquor,” a traditional Black American folk tune, acclaimed Chinese pipa virtuoso Wu Man recognizes similarities to Chinese pentatonic music and spontaneously joins in. The joy on their faces says it all.

It’s a busy week for us. First up we are delighted to welcome not one but 2 new associate members! In Her Place, set up by the amazing @susannahwalker.bsky.social are ‘creating better, more inclusive spaces, buildings & designs which foreground the needs of women & girls’ www.inherplace.co.uk

I was on the telly.

Every single one of them professionally furious. Just look at those faces.

Michael Caine at home with his Mum — Ellen — in 1964.

First time attending Surbiton Ski Sunday, where people strap blocks of ice to their feet and compete to ski down a soaped street. I love this country.

Amazing story

File clerks working at their electric elevator desks in Prague, former Czechoslovakia, 1937.

It's a terrible day to be someone with a background in satirising modern life through an early medieval lens.

This is the only Kemistry I recognise #RIP

I've just declared myself as a traitor by mistake #CelebrityTraitors #TheCelebrityTraitors

Rape is four times more likely to cause PTSD than combat. Where is the help for heroes for women who have been attacked - oh, instead we have idiots on social media trying to doxx and discredit them.

I’m totally with you. Glossy gorgeousness. Years ago I came across a group of teens in the woods opposite my house. “I bet they’re up to no good” said the man who went on to bother them.* They were actually playing “Conkers Got Talent” which involved judging the deliciousness of various conkers

New guidance from Active Travel England with the "Women and Girls’ Safety Hub" for street design with women’s and girls' experiences at its heart. activetravelengland.gov.uk/resources/ac...

Safety alone isn't enough to get more women cycling. Cities must start building cohesive networks connecting the myriad places women need to go. This means looking beyond “Can women cycle safely here?” and asking: “Can women use this network to live their lives?” LISTEN: www.dw.com/en/why-arent...

Absolutely brilliant to hear Yvette Cooper call violence against women and girls an “epidemic” and for it to be formally treated as a “public health” crisis. Alongside the roll out of Steps to Safety to GPs this represents a clear commitment to tackling VAWG.

I have separated the art from the artist and am now whipping the art to stiff peaks, after which I will gently fold it into the artist before baking at 350 til golden and puffed

So, for nearly a year I've been working with @ategov.bsky.social on designing better active for women and girls. And now it's out. There's guidance on design and engagement, and me talking about it all in a seminar to boot. www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/resources/ac...

patriarchy is humanity's oldest protection racket patriarchs: you should give up most of your power and freedom to us because the world is big and scary and dangerous and we will protect you from the danger also patriarchs: *are the danger*

Gather round, children. In the year 2022 the Old Empire fell. A mad emperor seized the throne, renamed the realm after a single letter, and made his horse a verified account. The legions fled west across the sea, to a land of blue butterflies.

As ever, the simplest solution would be for them to all stay at home and leave the space to women who don’t want protection but freedom.

A lot of this comes via @susannahwalker.bsky.social's brilliant Quad Royal blog where I got to mither in the comments about Industrial North England vs Deep England and she found posters to make clear this understanding of England was actually always there: vintageposterblog.com/2013/01/24/n...

we will now cross to David talking to Tom discussing what Anthony said to Tony about male violence… great. Males dominating every fucking corner of the public sphere including conversations about male violence will definitely work this time.

This is my brother. What shall I get him for Christmas then?