Mareen Buschmann
@mareenbuschmann.bsky.social
Coffee-junkie, feminist, intl. development and women’s rights at CARE International UK. Love nature, music, books. Passionate about justice and ending poverty. Views my own.
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
This is a fascinating conversation between one man who is an incredibly intelligent writer/political thinker and one man who is Ezra Klein.
September 28, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is a fascinating conversation between one man who is an incredibly intelligent writer/political thinker and one man who is Ezra Klein.
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
This is really concerning
In doctors’ offices, the consequences of Trump’s comments on Tylenol and vaccines are immediately clear
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/h...
In doctors’ offices, the consequences of Trump’s comments on Tylenol and vaccines are immediately clear
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/h...
In doctors’ offices, the consequences of Trump’s comments on Tylenol and vaccines are immediately clear | CNN
In an instant, the president inserted himself into doctor-patient relationships all over the country, Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez writes. She knew that Trump’s words would have consequences, but she was ...
www.cnn.com
September 27, 2025 at 11:20 AM
This is really concerning
In doctors’ offices, the consequences of Trump’s comments on Tylenol and vaccines are immediately clear
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/h...
In doctors’ offices, the consequences of Trump’s comments on Tylenol and vaccines are immediately clear
www.cnn.com/2025/09/26/h...
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
I’ve been thinking a lot about how women are held to a much higher standard than men in terms of behaviour. The false equivalence of reading romance novels to watching extreme porn is an example of this double standard. But people PASSIONATELY argue how they’re identical. With zero irony.
how are those things even remotely comparable? that people equate them just hughlights the gaping chasm of a difference between men's and women's standing in society
September 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I’ve been thinking a lot about how women are held to a much higher standard than men in terms of behaviour. The false equivalence of reading romance novels to watching extreme porn is an example of this double standard. But people PASSIONATELY argue how they’re identical. With zero irony.
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
September 12, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
15th August 2025 06.33
August 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
15th August 2025 06.33
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
'Lucinda' by Sofia Bonati, a self-taught artist from Argentina, known for her portraits of women against a patterned backdrop #WomensArt
July 29, 2025 at 6:10 AM
'Lucinda' by Sofia Bonati, a self-taught artist from Argentina, known for her portraits of women against a patterned backdrop #WomensArt
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
Huge news from the International Court of Justice in the Hague – the start of a new era of climate accountability
The court confirms that states are obliged to act on the climate crisis, and that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is fundamental for all other human rights
The court confirms that states are obliged to act on the climate crisis, and that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is fundamental for all other human rights
World’s highest court delivers historic protections for climate-impacted communities - Greenpeace International
The world’s highest court has just delivered a landmark Advisory Opinion on the obligations of States in the face of the climate emergency.[1] The International Court of Justice (ICJ) decision deliver...
www.greenpeace.org
July 23, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Huge news from the International Court of Justice in the Hague – the start of a new era of climate accountability
The court confirms that states are obliged to act on the climate crisis, and that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is fundamental for all other human rights
The court confirms that states are obliged to act on the climate crisis, and that the right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment is fundamental for all other human rights
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
27th June 2025 05.48
June 27, 2025 at 4:54 AM
27th June 2025 05.48
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
🧵 Quick legal thoughts on Trump's attack on Iran.
It was patently illegal.
And a further egregious assault on the rule of law in the US. 1/n
It was patently illegal.
And a further egregious assault on the rule of law in the US. 1/n
June 22, 2025 at 12:26 AM
🧵 Quick legal thoughts on Trump's attack on Iran.
It was patently illegal.
And a further egregious assault on the rule of law in the US. 1/n
It was patently illegal.
And a further egregious assault on the rule of law in the US. 1/n
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
What a difference 6 months makes. In honour of the summer #solstice (8:42 pm tonight in Saskatoon), here’s a comparison of Dec 20 (sunrise 9:12am, set 4:56pm) and June 20 (sunrise 4:45am, set 9:31pm). Both pics at 8:30am. Happy #Solstice! #GoodMorningFromSaskatoon
June 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
What a difference 6 months makes. In honour of the summer #solstice (8:42 pm tonight in Saskatoon), here’s a comparison of Dec 20 (sunrise 9:12am, set 4:56pm) and June 20 (sunrise 4:45am, set 9:31pm). Both pics at 8:30am. Happy #Solstice! #GoodMorningFromSaskatoon
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
Today we join with over 60 charities to demand that the UK government reverse the shameful funding cuts that will deliver the worst aid budget for women & girls on record.
🔗 Click to read @theindependent.bsky.social piece:
careint.uk/4dwrgR1
🔗 JOIN US & write to your MP: careint.uk/4knTD6i
🔗 Click to read @theindependent.bsky.social piece:
careint.uk/4dwrgR1
🔗 JOIN US & write to your MP: careint.uk/4knTD6i
May 22, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Today we join with over 60 charities to demand that the UK government reverse the shameful funding cuts that will deliver the worst aid budget for women & girls on record.
🔗 Click to read @theindependent.bsky.social piece:
careint.uk/4dwrgR1
🔗 JOIN US & write to your MP: careint.uk/4knTD6i
🔗 Click to read @theindependent.bsky.social piece:
careint.uk/4dwrgR1
🔗 JOIN US & write to your MP: careint.uk/4knTD6i
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
No aid has reached the starving people of Palestine.
Israeli forces continue to block access despite the imminent risk of literally mass mass death of babies & children.
Today we MUST make our voices heard - come if you can at 6PM to Parliament square & #fastforgaza #r4today
Israeli forces continue to block access despite the imminent risk of literally mass mass death of babies & children.
Today we MUST make our voices heard - come if you can at 6PM to Parliament square & #fastforgaza #r4today
✊URGENT ACTION NEEDED
⌛The UN says 14 000 babies are at risk of dying from starvation
🌍Tomorrow, 21 May, take part in a global fast for Gaza
🕯️At 6 PM we will gather in Parliament Square in London for a vigil.
🚫The UK Government must sanction Israel IMMEDIATELY
⌛The UN says 14 000 babies are at risk of dying from starvation
🌍Tomorrow, 21 May, take part in a global fast for Gaza
🕯️At 6 PM we will gather in Parliament Square in London for a vigil.
🚫The UK Government must sanction Israel IMMEDIATELY
May 21, 2025 at 6:04 AM
No aid has reached the starving people of Palestine.
Israeli forces continue to block access despite the imminent risk of literally mass mass death of babies & children.
Today we MUST make our voices heard - come if you can at 6PM to Parliament square & #fastforgaza #r4today
Israeli forces continue to block access despite the imminent risk of literally mass mass death of babies & children.
Today we MUST make our voices heard - come if you can at 6PM to Parliament square & #fastforgaza #r4today
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
Appalling response from Starmer. Had to watch it twice to believe it.
And Angela Rayner staring into a void like she’s being held hostage.
It’s just sad.
And Angela Rayner staring into a void like she’s being held hostage.
It’s just sad.
Plaid Cymru's Liz Saville Roberts asks about the PM's recent speech on immigration and his comment about an "island of strangers".
"Somebody here has to call this out. Is there any belief he holds which survives a week in Downing Street?" #PMQs
"Somebody here has to call this out. Is there any belief he holds which survives a week in Downing Street?" #PMQs
May 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Appalling response from Starmer. Had to watch it twice to believe it.
And Angela Rayner staring into a void like she’s being held hostage.
It’s just sad.
And Angela Rayner staring into a void like she’s being held hostage.
It’s just sad.
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
It's just so gobsmackingly, in-your-face, contemptuous. If these bonuses are to hold on to their 'best employees' as they claim, I say let them leave and go off to ruin other firms who seem to think bonuses = responsible and professional staff
Thames Water executives to receive bonuses from £3bn emergency loan
Utility’s chair tells MPs that retention payments are needed to prevent rivals ‘picking off’ staff
www.ft.com
May 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
It's just so gobsmackingly, in-your-face, contemptuous. If these bonuses are to hold on to their 'best employees' as they claim, I say let them leave and go off to ruin other firms who seem to think bonuses = responsible and professional staff
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
May 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
"The UK is very good – much better than most European countries – at integrating migrants, because most Britons, and most migrants, want integration... The rhetoric and policy we saw yesterday will take us backward to a much uglier, and more dangerous, place."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s one slight issue with Labour’s immigration plans: they’re completely untethered from reality | Jonathan Portes
The government’s new policy will take us back to an uglier, more dangerous place – and it’s not even supported by the data, says professor of public policy Jonathan Portes
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"The UK is very good – much better than most European countries – at integrating migrants, because most Britons, and most migrants, want integration... The rhetoric and policy we saw yesterday will take us backward to a much uglier, and more dangerous, place."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
Not that it is a surprise given the direction, but the only German party leader that I could find giving a statement on yesterday's immigration annoucements by Keir Starmer was Alice Weidel and the AfD celebrating the turn in migration policy.
May 13, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Not that it is a surprise given the direction, but the only German party leader that I could find giving a statement on yesterday's immigration annoucements by Keir Starmer was Alice Weidel and the AfD celebrating the turn in migration policy.
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
Today, the UK Government has sent a clear message: it is choosing not to stand with women & girls.
To avoid being remembered as one of the worst for women and girls, it must immediately reverse these cuts and protect their rights.
Full statement: careint.uk/3GOebGr
To avoid being remembered as one of the worst for women and girls, it must immediately reverse these cuts and protect their rights.
Full statement: careint.uk/3GOebGr
May 13, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Today, the UK Government has sent a clear message: it is choosing not to stand with women & girls.
To avoid being remembered as one of the worst for women and girls, it must immediately reverse these cuts and protect their rights.
Full statement: careint.uk/3GOebGr
To avoid being remembered as one of the worst for women and girls, it must immediately reverse these cuts and protect their rights.
Full statement: careint.uk/3GOebGr
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
May 12, 2025 at 12:26 PM
The step-up in anti-migrant rhetoric from the government is shameful and dangerous.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
Migrants are our neighbours, friends and family.
To suggest that Britain risks becoming “an island of strangers” because of immigration mimics the scaremongering of the far-right.
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
Any politician who wants to ban migration for care homes should be forced to wait 9 hours for the toilet. I imagine pandering to anti-immigration groups would then feel as painful and illogical as it does to disabled and older people left without care workers. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK care homes face ban on overseas recruitment under migration plans
Yvette Cooper to announce proposals to reduce net migration in response to growing pressure from Reform UK
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Any politician who wants to ban migration for care homes should be forced to wait 9 hours for the toilet. I imagine pandering to anti-immigration groups would then feel as painful and illogical as it does to disabled and older people left without care workers. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
3rd May 2025 05.35
May 3, 2025 at 4:50 AM
3rd May 2025 05.35
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
It is deeply weird that only after a sustained years-long campaign to deprive trans people of every right enjoyed by cis people did the Guardian ask someone from a womens' refuge if they had ever had problems resulting from trans women using their services & got the reply 'Never, in fifteen years"
May 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
It is deeply weird that only after a sustained years-long campaign to deprive trans people of every right enjoyed by cis people did the Guardian ask someone from a womens' refuge if they had ever had problems resulting from trans women using their services & got the reply 'Never, in fifteen years"
Reposted by Mareen Buschmann
Mainstream radio presenters like Vanessa Feltz are perfectly happy to contribute, in their own small way, to the rise of the extreme far right.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
May 3, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Mainstream radio presenters like Vanessa Feltz are perfectly happy to contribute, in their own small way, to the rise of the extreme far right.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.