‘it was not currently being treated as terrorist-related’ curious this isn’t being named for what it seems to be - attack by a teen boy on girls and women & why that’s not a terror attack?Two children die and nine injured after ‘ferocious’ knife attack’ theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

‘The stem cells in menstrual blood can differentiate into other forms of tissue including bone cells, pancreas cells, or even neuronal cells!’

NEW- INQUEST say, “The high number of DEATHS speaks to the appalling under-resourcing of mental health services across the country. We’ve got particular concerns about the TREATMENT OF YOUNG WOMEN and young people more generally. Coroners are increasingly raising concerns.”

Neither autism or the label of BPD are mention, but they should be. For a lack of understanding of autism especially as it tends to present in women and AFAB folk, and the contempt and character assassination associated with BPD labelling is a huge cause of dangerous care.

‘It felt shameful’: the profound loneliness of modern motherhood | Parents and parenting | The Guardian theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/a…

Attendance Matters! But so do children… Perhaps you've seen a similar poster? Well, I propose a few changes; if we're going to award attendance I think we should at least be honest about what we're awarding. #attendancematters #edutwitter #childism #SEND

‘Parents of children who are absent because they are anxious about school or feel vulnerable there need support, patience and understanding. There needs to be a structure in place…to help children feel more confident and comfortable at school’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

“There is so much about the neurobiology of pregnancy that we don’t understand yet and it’s not because women are too complicated, it’s not because pregnancy is some Gordian knot, it’s a byproduct of the fact that the biomedical sciences have historically ignored women’s health.”

‘Gisèle Pélicot is a one-woman challenge to the many myths that surround rape and obscure the reality that in a misogynistic patriarchal society such as the UK, less than 3% of rapes result in charges, much less a conviction.’ theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Language choices heighten trauma for all people, not ‘some women’…maybe a better phrasing is that little attention has been given to the trauma caused to women by the language choices of healthcare professionals Kylie Pentelow Dr Beth Malory (she/her) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇮🇪

Afghanistan: Cats have more freedom than women, says Meryl Streep - BBC News bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

In a heroic move, Gisele Pelicot fought to make public the videos of her unconscious rapes at the hands of over 50 men and won. She wanted the public “to look rape straight in the eyes.” Shame, she said, must change sides —from the victims to the perpetrators. Police found more

‘The number of people waiting longer than a year for mental health services is more than the population of Leicester. Among them are 109,000 children and young people.’ Andrew Seaton on what the NHS needs, from the blog: lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/octo…

To men who still want ‘proof’ of women’s pain: be careful what you wish for | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Micah’s story casts light on how parents, especially mothers, are frequently patronised and dismissed by the medical professionThis mother made six attempts to raise the alarm about her sick toddler. Doctors told her he’d be fine. They were fatally wrong theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

1 in 4 women screens positive for a 'personality disorder' in young adulthood, yet this rate halves in later years. Attributing these profound difficulties to 'personality'—a supposedly lifelong trait—not only contradicts the data but reflects a misogynistic framing. #TraumaNotPD

‘Parents and babies simply can’t wait…’ New report by the Maternal Mental Health Alliance calls for more investment in maternal mental health services. bps.org.uk/psychologist/p…

Lives without imagery “I get these stories of people who tried to talk to their therapist about this and said ‘they just didn't even believe me’, or ‘they looked at me with this blank stare’. themoment.blog/lives-without-…

How To Be Good ‘he recognizes familiar things when he sees them, he cannot call up images of them afterward in his head..He has always believed that this is why he never thinks about his childhood. #aphantasia newyorker.com/magazine/2011/…

I used my acceptance speech last night at Society of Editors UK to call for greater diversity in the British media. Columnists should not just be non-disabled white blokes from St. Paul’s school.