Annie Kelly
annieknk.bsky.social
Annie Kelly
@annieknk.bsky.social
Researching antifeminism, conspiracy theories and the far right. PhD from UEA, former postdoc on Everything is Connected project. UK correspondent for QAA Podcast + MAN CLAN and writer of Vaccine: The Human Story. New series TRULY TRADLY DEEPLY out now!
True, but God I bet it felt amazing
November 27, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I wonder if archeologists ever feel this way about the Victorian guys who'd show up at a site with a bunch of dynamite and just go to town
November 27, 2025 at 12:42 PM
We are legion
November 27, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Ngl I always do feel a degree of jealousy reading about almost any study or experiment in the old days where the extent of the ethics review appears to have been going "yeah I'm gonna try this and see what happens lol" and a bunch of other academics say "ok lol" while you all smoke indoors..
November 27, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Jokes on me, I started watching the new one on netflix but the monster was acting like my toddler and I got too upset about how mean everyone was being to him :(
November 26, 2025 at 1:38 PM
not right now unfortunately!
November 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Finally a sensible middleground solution
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Oh no, RIP your algorithm!
November 25, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Yeah, even in her confession she's stipulating how it was a super *quick* ultrasound just covering the basics (as if everyone else is just getting them for fun lol). I have receipts going back years of her ranting and raving about women who sought any medical care at all "not trusting their bodies"!
November 24, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Reposted by Annie Kelly
In hindsight, kinda obvious that this is just influencer hustle. I'm sure she believes it on some level but you can just tell the audience something then do the opposite cause well, it's a good idea. Can't be too careful. It's your baby after all.
November 24, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Damn that article is really cutting through. One of the most aggressive free birth advocates in that space who we quoted in Ep5 said reading extracts has "given her a lot of pause". Also admitted that she in fact went for ultrasounds at 24 weeks while loudly claiming she was doing "wild pregnancy" 😒
November 24, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Thank you!
November 23, 2025 at 7:22 AM
(I feel a little about that assessment the way I do about Rod Dreher saying ChatGPT is communicating with a literal demon. Like it's not my reading but if it *were* true I can't really see how they'd do anything differently)
November 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Agreed, there are safe ways to do a homebirth. "Free birthing" is something else altogether
November 22, 2025 at 7:16 PM
It happened to me, no way I would have survived if I hadn't been in the hospital.
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 PM