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Lissa Evans

@lissakevans.bsky.social

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Novelist (Old Baggage, Small Bomb at Dimperley, Wed Wabbit etc), ex TV producer (Room 101, Father Ted), voracious reader, owner of an adored and ancient dog, desultory gardener, attention span of a flea. lissaevans.com

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London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 2d

We have just joined BlueSky! Since our foundation in 1880, we have reproduced an unrivalled selection of historic maps, plans and views of London. We also publish books and monographs containing original research. See more of what we have to offer at: londontopsoc.org

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 2d

'Be kind' - the usual mantra, which actually means 'men can go wherever they want'.

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 2d

I'm talking about women. Adult human females.

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 3d

Yes, strange, isn’t it?

Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 3d

I swim there. It’s a pond for women - women of all shapes and sizes, women with mastectomy scars and bodies marked from childbirth, women who bring their daughters, elderly women, athletic women, women who just want a relaxing splash around.
But not men, however they identify.

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 4d

Trying to silence others is not the same as trying to make your voice heard.

Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 4d

Hey @matthewhodson.bsky.social - is @gemma.transwrites.world in charge of your social media?

ites.world

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 4d

Smashed windows and graffiti at the Brighton Conference Centre, where women have come from all over the world to talk about male violence and women's human rights. This is trans activism, and it's misogyny in action.

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 4d

Smashed windows and graffiti at the FiLiA conference.
FiliA aims to amplify the voices of women, particularly those who are silenced or unheard, and to defend women's human rights. But clearly, they shouldn't be allowed to discuss anything at all without the prior approval of trans activists.

BASH BACK @bashback.bsky.social · 4d

BREAKING: BASH BACK TARGET FiLiA ANTI-TRANS CONFERENCE

The conference, whose alumni include J.K. Rowling, this year hosts hate groups LGBAlliance and Transgender Trend, along with the director of Scottish Lesbians, one of the groups responsible for April's segregationist Supreme Court ruling.

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 4d

And what's your opinion on this? Do you approve? Should women be prevented from discussing things that don't tally with your opinions? Should they be silenced - forcibly if necessary?

Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 4d

And what's your take on this? You offer opinions on most of your postings. Do you approve of violence against women? Do you approve of BASH BACK'S naked threat? Should women be allowed to discuss things with which you don't necessarily agree, or should they be silenced?

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🅢🅗🅔🅔🅝🅐 @sheena-mck.bsky.social · 6d

This made me laugh more than it probably should 😂
#funny

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 6d

The KLPA only has 200 members - the vast majority of women who swim in the ponds don't even know it exists, let alone that it's been taken over by a clique that thinks their vote can override the law. It can't.

Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you! 😁

Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 7d

It’s very difficult (as you’ll see) to get a good pic of ⁦
Fortnum & Mason's⁩ window displays. They’re always imaginative, but these creatures, made of recycled materials, are absolutely magnificent. I’m bagging the hyena for my living room.

Dung beetles made of recycled prop materials, including paint chippings, nails and sawdust.

Hyena made with old staff uniforms and sample tea towels.

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 7d

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 7d

How extraordinary!!

Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 8d

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 8d

Youtube videos are your friend, if you want to learn!

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you! So easy and so therapeutic to knit...

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 8d

I had the brilliant idea of making a mitred square blanket (you join it up as you go along) to use up all my odds and ends of wool, except I've now run out of 'odds and ends' and the blanket is only a quarter finished so I'm having to buy vast amounts of extra 'odds and ends' just to carry on....

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 10d

Haa!! Yes, me too - and I'm so glad you enjoyed it.

Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 12d

Underneath your labels you're just a bunch of misogynists.

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 12d

'No debate' doesn't work any more. The law is on the side of reality.

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Lissa Evans @lissakevans.bsky.social · 12d

Men in women's spaces cause discomfort, embarrassment and alarm for women. Doesn't that matter to you?