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1997. SFA talk Hermann Loves Pauline and touring Radiator, ahead of a show in Belfast

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girl help, the swifties are attacking Neil Tennant as ‘misogynistic’ because he (a former music journalist) said that her biggest hits didn’t have a wide vocal range but he doesn’t dislike it

Trite posting aside, Swifties need to stop seeing every sentence uttered that isn’t blind devotion as ‘misogynistic’. You all have got to stop crying wolf. We have rampant problems of misogyny in music that need addressing, and turning the focus of ‘sexism in music’ to ‘Neil Tennant, pop star, says pop music could have more vocal range’ is the worst use of our time.

Earlier this week, Karla Chubb, singer in a Dublin band called Sprints complained that she was groped in the chest by a fan at the band’s own gig in Belfast. She said, I should be able to come to the barrier of my own show and not get sexually assaulted. Many, many women in the British and Irish music scenes reached out to her and told her they’d had similar experiences. A depressingly large amount of women.

At the same time, there has been a survey going around about sexism in music, held by a committee formed submitting a report to the British Parliament. Mainstays of the British music scene gave evidence. Esteemed DJ and BBC Radio 2 presenter Annie Mac said that a culture of sexism, covering it up and even normalising it is rampant: women get harassed by powerful people in music and then have to sit next to them like nothing has happened at industry events and award shows. The overwhelming evidence suggests we need change in the music industry, and we need laws.

Karla’s case files a report in Belfast, even Conservative MPs in the city urge the government to do something. The committee submits its evidence. The day after Karla’s story breaks in the British press, the Tory government rejects the proposals submitted by the committee.

But sure, let’s give all the airtime to discussing whether Neil Tennant liking a Taylor Swift song is misogyny or not.

PS: for anyone wondering, Sprints are a top 20 band in the UK and Ireland, their debut album has been called one of the best of 2024. They are not unknown. If people at their level are not safe, what do you reckon happens to artists who can’t rally as much support through a social media post?

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The default length of pasta is designed to fit on a supermarket shelf, not to be the best length for cooking/eating.

Feel free to break it to any length you want (don't let the Italians know I said this)

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another thing I only later notice about beginning to seek out sources and read books that are not as were sold in your country, is it feels like there is a difference between a book that you own and hold in your own hands, and stuff on your phone on the internet. Stuff on the internet is written by Anybody, and by the nature of the internet, the somebody is often American. Reading American spellings feels normal. But not in a book. All our physical books had a local edition, which often just meant they were reprinted with fewer z’s and more ‘ou’s. Seeing American spellings in my books feels wrong

#Which I realise is not the experience of 80% of Tumblr #Also heavily American

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You guys really liked my last poll so

#Prev your back in our timezone! Hope the trip went well! #Sending you to Howl’s Castle of course

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how crazy is it? cnn is saying columbia is cleared?

everything is shut down near columbia and city college, police buses and cars everywhere and police are barricading the streets near the campuses. a few people were just arrested outside of city college while it seems like some students are still occupying the city college administrative building and still in the encampment. tons of cops near columbia last i heard they arrested everyone occupying the hall and kicked out press, police have barricades set up so no one in the surrounding apartments can get out

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hi neil, how can i find joy when it feels like the world is against me? usually i read your books but nothings working anymore

Walking helps. Talking to friends, too, especially the friends you haven't talked to in a while.

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how?? just how?

#The texture details???!! #amaury guichon #chocolate guy

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March 1958.

The Supreme Court v. Jack Benny

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THE LAST DAY GUYS

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I love baseball

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(literature girl summer) we're back to finishing a book in two days

#did that last winter #felt free for the first time in my adult life #and fucking devoured His Dark Materials

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#kitties on computers

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'blah blah blah blah ohh you cannot see the truth you're soo delusional any (bioessentialist idiot) can see that a trans woman and a cis woman are not the sam—'

Do you take me for a fool? They have different needs in different scenarios. In a social scenario, one of them is for you not to treat them differently from a cis woman. Have you sorted that twist in your knickers now??

#people are so stupid

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'...using tools like excel, python and KNOWLEDGE' this is wildly funny to me, thanks autosuggest

#that's not what I was going for lol #I used KNIME #but this made me chuckle