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callthistea.bsky.social @callthistea.bsky.social · 17m

Love this from @rachelhewitt.bsky.social about #FiLiA2025. And agree with every word from the deeply serious to the yes that was an amazing blue sequin top.

Thank you @filiacharity.bsky.social for providing the space this weekend. Thank you for your strength.

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I was at FiLiA 2025 and what I saw, amid everything, was the power of female solidarity. Let's not lose sight of that.

The tenth anniversary conference of FiLiA, a major women’s liberation organisation in the UK, has just been held in Brighton.

open.substack.com

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 13m

Thanks for posting this. It's a shame the whole event has been hijacked and is being overshadowed by what happened at the disco. So much going on, with over 2000 women attending - well done to the organisers and thank you to them for putting it all together. It's remarkable.

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Dan Lamothe @danlamothe.bsky.social · 11h

Not signing Pete Hegseth’s new media restrictions at the Pentagon:

Washington Post
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
CNN
AP
NPR
The Atlantic
Washington Times
Washington Examiner
Newsmax

There are others.

Signing:

OANN.

End of list, at least so far.

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Calvin and Hobbes @calvin-and-hobbes.bsky.social · 7h

Sometimes the world feels frustrating, but even the smallest moments of beauty can shift your perspective.
#CalvinandHobbes #FallColors #PerspectiveShift

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 7h

Sumida Hokusai Museum, Tokyo, Japan by architect Kazuyo Sejima, known for her designs with clean modernist elements #womensart

Photo of a modern building with mirrored front and angular shapes set at unusual angles

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 7h

'Heart of the Dragon, Socotra, Yemen' by photographer Beth Moon on her fourteen-year quest to photograph ancient trees of the United States, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa #WomensArt

Monochrome photograph featuring a close-up of a large ancient living tree in a flat landscape with other trees in the distance, the tree has many branches forming a rounded flat canopy viewed from underneath

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 19h

This type of misrepresentation helps no one. And it trivialises genuine transphobia, of which there is plenty.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 19h

I think I'm going to go back to the scientific side of issues because I find people/events so confusing right now. I feel I'm spending too much time trying to understand what's going on and still getting it wrong. I need a break from it all.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 20h

"Thiel said that international financial bodies, which make it more difficult for people to shelter their wealth in tax havens, are one sign the antichrist may be amassing power and hastening Armageddon, saying: “It’s become quite difficult to hide one’s money.”"

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

www.theguardian.com

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

"They made us do it" vibes.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, classical abuser tactic - they made me do it. It's funny how trans activists never direct their anger at men, only at women who seek to address their own marginalisation.

Anyway, thank you to the violent trans activists for showing why we need events like FiLiA's.

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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 1d

Today’s Times gives “urged” the entirely new meaning of “a lukewarm mention in the middle of a 66 page report”.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

The light 💜

womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 1d

'Blinding Light: Whatever might rise I' by contemporary US painter Beverly McIver, known for her self portraits #WomensArt #Monday

Painting featuring the head and shoulders of a Black women facing forwards with eyes closed and with stripes of shadow and light across her face and body

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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 1d

Um. There’s a woman presenting this too.

ok.co.uk @ok.co.uk · 7d

Rylan Clark is set to delve into the eerie world of witchcraft in his new show, The Witches Of Essex.

Rylan Clark slams 'misogyny' in British witch hunt as he fronts new Sky show

Rylan Clark shares the spotlight with professor Alice Roberts in The Witches Of Essex, where the pair delve into the dark history of witch hunts - and one discovery rattled Rylan.

www.ok.co.uk

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

Today I saw the Palestinian flag described as the Hamas flag and the Israeli flag described as the genocide flag. Sometimes it's very difficult to retain just a little hope.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

Is that because no one vandalised the venue and intimidated attendees?

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womensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 2d

'Cool blues' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers

Print featuring three bottles of different shapes in a row all filled with blue flowers and resting on a surface with a busy pattern in blue

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Hourly Foxes @foxes.hourly.media · 1d

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

So tired of it all.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

Male violence and intimidation at its most obvious, justifying the need for the conference in the first place. Thank you, guys!

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

It's so predictable but I still find it shocking occasionally. They're not remotely defending women, in case people were still in doubt.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

So far, so formulaic. They sure like their narratives.

Anti-feminist women/people targeting left-wing women.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

There's a good reason for banning videos and photos at FiLia events so the fact that there's video footage tells us that someone was seriously irresponsible. I hope everyone managed/manages to remain safe.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

I am *shocked* to read that the Male Allies Challenging Sexism event wasn't targeted by TRAs, even though they make the same arguments when it comes to gender ID ideology.

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Red and green-ish @redandgreenish.bsky.social · 1d

I've just had a quick look on xcancel and yeah, the usual suspects making it clear they're anti-feminists. You could put up some of the stunts and ask "TRAs or Ultras?", and it would be hard to tell.

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