#WOMEN

62 years ago, today, in a castle to the north of one of the greatest industrial cities in the world, I came kicking and screaming into this mad world.In all
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Alright I’m gonna do a bit of a sex/dating braindump. I’ve had some things turning around in my mind lately. First of all let me say that my faith in
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Myths About Afghanistan: A Thread .Some of these are bitter facts and hard to accept but after decades of bloodshed and violence it is time to call spade a spade
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1/15) Like yesterday in Narowal, CM Punjab & PMLN President Shahbaz Sharif has been claiming for sometime now that not a single new hospital has been established in KPK by
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Here's a wee history of the emergence of transphobia in the SNP, with some thoughts about what it might mean for the struggle in Labour.I'm less interested in "saving" Labour
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This is my mum, she’s 83 and has got dementia. She met my dad in 1962 when she worked for the British Army as a translator. My dad was in
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Whew. Boy. So, when I was in Ore. I started reporting a story on transracial adoption, specifically looking at w parents/b kids. You wouldn't believe some of the things that
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6. ALIGNTry this: suppose you belong to a society that has done something good. Suppose you belong to a society that has organized in such a way that when the
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CW: This thread contains spoilers for Season 1 of the @PrimeVideo series #Invincible completed on Friday @InvincibleHQ and the Anxiety of Interracial Relationships a : Invincible tackles a lot of
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Time for one of my bi-yearly threads on my favorite first-time watches so far this year, let's go 1. DOG DAY AFTERNOON (1975)Dir. Sidney Lumet (also, the numbers aren't in
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Over 700 schoolteachers who worked as polling officials in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections have died of Covid-19. More are in danger, with 8 lakh new cases reported in just
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Thinking Masterminds Join us on @TwitterSpace in 15 minutes:• 09:15, NY• 14:15, LondonWe'll discuss:Checklists (for problem solving) Love them or hate them:• They make the planes fly without a hiccup.
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I've found language and hope and optimism and myself in the work of Disabled artists. Many of them have been where some of us are going. I'm threading a few
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Last night, I was at a Christmas party, and this nice gentleman struck up a conversation with me. Asked what I do. I told him. He said he works in
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#nofgm tnread on embarking to find out why I suffered so much giving birth. What was those 3 letters stand for FGM. that's back early 90s So I give birth.
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I'm at @FamStudies today explaining why universal childcare programs are a poor policy *even though* childcare costs are indeed a huge problem for families.https://ifstudies.org/blog/why-a-child-allowance-is-preferable-to-subsidized-chi
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