#Janice Turner

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Clearly the GRR has far-reaching implications for women. But what happens when they point this out? First, the bombastic know-alls who’ve ignored every female writer, lawyer and policymaker for five years pull out their manly opinions. Like Alastair Campbell, who chided Laura Kuenssberg for an interview with Sir Keir Starmer in which she dwelt on the GRR, which affects half the population — but not the important half. Or Lord Falconer, who pompously wafts away concerns, tweeting that “the vast majority” of new male GRC holders “are likely to be genuine”. So what’s a few women facing sexual assault or indecent exposure, an intimidated lesbian or two, or a class of girls unhappily undressing with a teenage boy? These “It might never happen, love” guys don’t think women deserve legislation that protects us in principle. We’re expected to pray that careless laws, framed for others’ benefit, don’t hurt us in practice. And if they do, it’s just an “isolated incident”. Suck it up. And the next one. There’s no pattern. Let’s ignore the inconvenient truth that males commit 98 per cent of sex crime and 90 per cent of violence, whatever their gender identity.

Janice Turner, ‘It might never happen, love’ is no basis for law, 20 January 2023 (archived)

#Janice Turner #gra reform #UK politics #feminism #Scottish politics

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Janice as Tina Turner

Rest in Peace Tina Turner

#the muppets #janice #parody #tina turner #rest in peace

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Today, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee signed the Tennessee Disability and Aging Act, legislation that merges Tennessee’s Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (DIDD) and Commission on Aging and Disability (TCAD), creating a new Department of Disability and Aging (DDA). The bill received unanimous, bipartisan legislative support and was backed by numerous stakeholders.

“When I became governor, I made a commitment to shrink the size of government, ensuring we efficiently and effectively serve all Tennesseans,” said Gov. Lee. “Creating a new Department of Disability and Aging is one example of our work to deliver on that promise, enabling better coordination and stronger advocacy.”

Adults 65 years and older are the fastest-growing demographic in Tennessee. With a rapidly increasing aging population, the state must ensure it has the infrastructure in place to serve the needs of older adults.

TCAD is Tennessee’s federally designated “state unit on aging,” currently overseeing Older Americans Act programs and providing leadership relative to aging issues throughout state government. Tennessee is one of two states that did not previously house its “state unit on aging” within a cabinet-level agency.

Additionally, there are many similarities in the supports and services DIDD and TCAD provide to enhance the quality of life and independence of the populations they serve. Unifying these two agencies will provide for better coordination on areas of shared priorities.

“The consolidation of these government agencies will enhance coordination and advocacy for all Tennesseans to live and age with as much independence and dignity as possible. I appreciate Governor Lee for his commitment to ensuring our government operates efficiently while also providing better services to our citizens.” - Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson, R-Franklin

“Tennessee is a model for the nation when it comes to making government work more cooperatively and efficiently for our citizens. Unifying these agencies will enable better coordination and stronger advocacy helping all Tennesseans live and age with as much independence as possible.” - House Majority Leader William Lamberth, R-Portland

“The merging of the Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities with the Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability is an advantageous step in ensuring all Tennesseans can live and age with independence. I was pleased to sponsor this legislation so both individuals with disabilities and our seniors can be represented by a Commissioner and Department that totally focuses on issues and services important to them. I am confident the newly formed Department of Disability and Aging will offer exceptional service and provide a voice for these valued citizens.” - Senator Becky Massey, R-Knoxville

“People with disabilities and older adults should have the opportunity to age in place while having independence, health, and a high quality of life. I’m excited to work with our partners in both communities to ensure the Department of Disability and Aging is doing all it can to support people to live the lives they envision for themselves.” - Commissioner Brad Turner, Department of Disability and Aging

“We are witnessing a significant milestone with the creation of a new cabinet level department merging the state Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities and the Commission on Aging and Disabilities. This is an important step forward for the aging community for today, tomorrow and generations to come. Community advocates representing the 129,000 Tennesseans living with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in addition to the over 360,000 family caregivers celebrating the actions taken here today.” -Janice Wade Whitehead, Tennessee Commission on Aging & Disability, President & CEO of Alzheimer’s Tennessee

#wbbj tv #us politics #news #tennessee #2024 #gov. Bill Lee #Tennessee Disability and Aging Act #Tennessee Department of Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities #Tennessee Commission on Aging and Disability #Tennessee Department of Disability and Aging #Older Americans Act #sen. Jack Johnson #rep. William Lamberth #sen. Becky Massey #Brad Turner #Janice Wade Whitehead

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U.S. users email your representatives this, and make sure to include your zip code:

I am your constituent. I am strongly in favor of defunding Israel. I want my opinion logged on every single one of these pieces of legislation. It is an atrocity that the USA is sending our taxpayer dollars, weaponry, and other support to Israel in order to aid in the genocide of the Palestinian people. It does not reflect the will of your constituents, and I demand that you correct this by voting for/against the following bills, resolutions, and legislation.

To be frank, I will be basing my vote for you in upcoming elections on this issue. I will be watching closely to see how you vote on issues regarding funding to Israel. I will not vote for you in the next election if you vote to send any money, support, or weaponry to Israel. I will be voting for you if you vote to block money, support, and weaponry to Israel.

This is the current legislation I am for, and the current legislation I am against. I would like your office to record my opinion for each bill, and I would like you to take this into consideration when you vote.

I am FOR the following, and expect you to vote for this and co-sponsor, either now or when matching legislation reaches your office.

H.Res. 786: by Rep. Cori Bush

H.Res. 388 by Rep. Rashida Tlaib

H.R. 3103 by Rep. Betty McCollum

I am against Joe Biden’s proposal to spend billions of dollars on Israel via a package for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan, and the US border. Biden is asking for $100 BILLION for this package and it is only 1 YEAR'S worth of funding. This is ABSOLUTELY unacceptable, and I am against you voting for ANY bill that spends even $1 on Israel. I do not care what else is in the bill. If it gives money to Israel, I am against it.

I am AGAINST the following, and expect you to vote against this and not co-sponsor, either now or when matching legislation reaches your office.

S. 3083 by Sen. Bill Hagerty [R-TN]

S.Res. 417 by Sen. Charles “Chuck” Schumer [D-NY]

H.Res. 797 by Rep. Cory Mills [R-FL7]

S. 3081 by Sen. Steve Daines [R-MT]

H.Res. 796 by Rep. Ernest “Tony” Gonzales [R-TX23]

S.Res. 413 by Sen. Marco Rubio

H.R. 552 by Rep. Lance Gooden

H.R. 5959 by Thomas Tiffany

S. 3081 by Sen. Steve Daines

H.Res. 789 by Rep. Jefferson Van Drew

H.Res. 771 by Rep. Michael McCaul

H.R. 5932 by Rep. David Schweikert

H.Res. 768 by Rep. Michael McCaul

H.Res. 770 by Rep. Zachary (Zach) Nunn

H.Res. 701 by Rep. Bradley “Brad” Schneider

H.Con.Res. 61 by Rep. Janice “Jan” Schakowsky

S. 2587 by Sen. Jon Tester

H.Res. 606 by Rep. Andrew Ogles

S. 2413 by Sen. Robert “Bob” Menendez

S. 2438 by Sen. Christopher Coons

H.R. 4709 by Rep. Josh Gottheimer

S.Con.Res. 14: by Sen. Tom Cotton

H.Con.Res. 57 by Rep. August Pfluger

H.R. 4665 by Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart

S. 2265 by Sen. Dan Sullivan

S. 2226 by Sen. John F. “Jack” Reed

H.Res. 581 by Rep. Gregory Steube

S. 2240 by Sen. Christopher Coons

H.R. 4564 by Rep. Claudia Tenney

H.R. 4365 by Rep. Ken Calvert

H.R. 4076 by Rep. Chris Pappas

H.R. 3932 by Rep. Michael Turner

H.R. 3907 by Rep. Lois Frankel

S. 1802 by Sen. Gary Peters

H.R. 3792 by Rep. Joe Wilson

S. 1777 by Sen. Jacky Rosen

H.R. 3393 by Rep. Carlos Gimenez

H.Res. 409 by Rep. Carlos Gimenez

S. 1637 by Sen. Marco Rubio

H.R. 3266 by Rep. Brad Sherman

S. 1504 by Sen. Tom Cotton

H.R. 3099 by Rep. Michael Lawler

S.Res. 188 by Sen. Robert “Bob” Menendez

H.Res. 346 by Rep. Randy Weber

H.R. 2973 by Rep. Cathy Anne McMorris Rodgers

S. 1334: by Sen. Jacky Rosen

S. 1300 by Sen. Benjamin Cardin

H.Res. 311 by Rep. Ann Wagner

H.R. 2670 by Rep. Mike Rogers

H.R. 2531 by Rep. Bradley “Brad” Schneider

S. 1143 by Sen. Jerry Moran

H.R. 1777 by Rep. Joe Wilson

H.R. 1218 by Rep. August Pfluger

H.R. 1102 by Rep. Chip Roy

S. 510 by Sen. Tom Cotton

S. 489 by Sen. Rick Scott

S. 430 by Sen. James Risch

S. 431 by Sen. James Risch

H.R. 987 by Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz

H.Res. 92 by Rep. Josh Gottheimer

H.Res. 76 by Rep. Max Miller

H.R. 687 by Rep. Gregory Steube

H.R. 211 by Rep. Gregory Steube

S. 224 by Sen. Tom Cotton

S. 189 by Sen. Marco Rubio

I am against any legislation that allows troops to deploy to the Middle East in support roles for Israel, as proposed by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

I am against Netanyahu’s ground invasion of Gaza, which will inevitably lead to mass killings of Palestinian civilians and escalate violence. If there are any future bills supporting this, you need to vote against them and not co-sponsor.

The U.S. Constitution and the War Powers Act stipulate that only Congress can authorize the president to use military force in a foreign war, except in cases of self-defense. Previous administrations from both parties have ignored this, with unauthorized strikes in places like Syria and Libya. I want you to stand against ANY use of military force that supports Israel or hurts Palestine.

And of course, I am against the usual funding of $3.8 billion PER YEAR to Israel. This 10-year agreement began in 2016. I do not want a renewal in 2026, and in the next election, I will vote for representatives who WILL NOT VOTE TO FUND ISRAEL. I will be keeping track of how you vote now, and I will not vote for you if you decide to fund Israel in any way.

I am a single-issue voter for this. I want you to defund Israel. I do not want a single dollar spent on supporting Israel. I will be paying attention to how you vote in the upcoming weeks and months, and if you vote to fund or provide weapons, troops, or intelligence to Israel, I will NOT vote for you in the next election.

We are paying attention to the budget. We know when you're giving aid to a country committing genocide instead of helping your constituents in the USA. Both myself and tens of thousands of other constituents have spent years saying that we don’t want our hard-earned taxpayer dollars going to Israel. The lack of willingness to fund anything for American citizens, but the quickness with which you take action for Israel is telling. It is unacceptable.

As an elected official, you have the opportunity to listen to the public and stand against genocide. Israel is currently committing war crimes against Palestine. You can stop this by defunding Israel. THOUSANDS of Palestinian people have been killed, 1/3 of them children, in just a couple of days. One child every 15 minutes is being killed. YOU can prevent this by refusing to send additional weapons and funding to Israel.

We are currently spending BILLIONS of dollars EVERY YEAR on Israel. I do not want my money going towards the ethnic cleansing and genocide of Palestinians. Not a dollar more.

#free palestine #palestine #defund israel

[justforbooks]

Best crime and thrillers of 2023

Given this year’s headlines, it’s unsurprising that our appetite for cosy crime continues unabated, with the latest title in Richard Osman’s Thursday Murder Club series, The Last Devil to Die (Viking), topping the bestseller lists. Janice Hallett’s novels The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels, which also features a group of amateur crime-solvers, and The Christmas Appeal (both Viper) have proved phenomenally popular, too.

Hallett’s books, which are constructed as dossiers – transcripts, emails, WhatsApp messages and the like – are part of a growing trend of experimentation with form, ranging from Cara Hunter’s intricate Murder in the Family (HarperCollins), which is structured around the making of a cold case documentary, to Gareth Rubin’s tête-bêche The Turnglass (Simon & Schuster). Books that hark back to the golden age of crime, such as Tom Mead’s splendidly tricksy locked-room mystery Death and the Conjuror (Head of Zeus), are also on the rise. The late Christopher Fowler, author of the wonderful Bryant & May detective series, who often lamented the sacrifice of inventiveness and fun on the altar of realism, would surely have approved. Word Monkey (Doubleday), published posthumously, is his funny and moving memoir of a life spent writing popular fiction.

Notable debuts include Callum McSorley’s Glaswegian gangland thriller Squeaky Clean (Pushkin Vertigo); Jo Callaghan’s In the Blink of an Eye (Simon & Schuster), a police procedural with an AI detective; Scorched Grace by Margot Douaihy (Pushkin Vertigo), featuring queer punk nun investigator Sister Holiday; and the caustically funny Thirty Days of Darkness (Orenda) by Jenny Lund Madsen (translated from the Danish by Megan E Turney).

There have been welcome additions to series, including a third book, Case Sensitive (Zaffre), for AK Turner’s forensic investigator Cassie Raven, and a second, The Wheel of Doll (Pushkin Vertigo), for Jonathan Ames’s LA private eye Happy Doll, who is shaping up to be the perfect hardboiled 21st-century hero.

Other must-reads for fans of American crime fiction include Ozark Dogs (Headline) by Eli Cranor, a powerful story of feuding Arkansas families; SA Cosby’s Virginia-set police procedural All the Sinners Bleed (Headline); Megan Abbott’s nightmarish Beware the Woman (Virago); and Rebecca Makkai’s foray into very dark academia, I Have Some Questions for You (Fleet). There are shades of James Ellroy in Jordan Harper’s Hollywood-set tour de force Everybody Knows (Faber), while Raymond Chandler’s hero Philip Marlowe gets a timely do-over from Scottish crime doyenne Denise Mina in The Second Murderer (Harvill Secker).

As Mick Herron observed in his Slow Horses origin novel, The Secret Hours (Baskerville), there’s a long list of spy novelists who have been pegged as the heir to John le Carré. Herron must be in pole position for principal legatee, but it’s been a good year for espionage generally: standout novels include Matthew Richardson’s The Scarlet Papers (Michael Joseph), John Lawton’s Moscow Exile (Grove Press) and Harriet Crawley’s The Translator (Bitter Lemon).

Historical crime has also been well served. Highlights include Emma Flint’s excellent Other Women (Picador), based on a real 1924 murder case; Laura Shepherd-Robinson’s story of a fortune teller’s quest for identity in Georgian high society, The Square of Sevens (Mantle); and SG MacLean’s tale of Restoration revenge and retribution, The Winter List (Quercus). There are echoes of Chester Himes in Viper’s Dream (No Exit) by Jake Lamar, which begins in 1930s Harlem, while Palace of Shadows (Mantle) by Ray Celestin, set in the late 19th century, takes the true story of American weapons heiress Sarah Winchester’s San Jose mansion and transports it to Yorkshire, with chillingly gothic results.

The latest novel in Vaseem Khan’s postcolonial India series, Death of a Lesser God (Hodder), is also well worth the read, as are Deepti Kapoor’s present-day organised crime saga Age of Vice (Fleet) and Parini Shroff’s darkly antic feminist revenge drama The Bandit Queens (Atlantic).

While psychological thrillers are thinner on the ground than in previous years, the quality remains high, with Liz Nugent’s complex and heartbreaking tale of abuse, Strange Sally Diamond (Penguin Sandycove), and Sarah Hilary’s disturbing portrait of a family in freefall, Black Thorn (Macmillan), being two of the best.

Penguin Modern Classics has revived its crime series, complete with iconic green livery, with works by Georges Simenon, Dorothy B Hughes and Ross MacDonald. There have been reissues by other publishers, too – forgotten gems including Celia Fremlin’s 1959 holiday‑from-hell novel, Uncle Paul (Faber), and Richard Wright’s The Man Who Lived Underground (Vintage). Finished in 1942 but only now published in its entirety, the latter is an account of an innocent man who takes refuge from racist police officers in the sewers of Chicago – part allegorical, part brutally realistic and, unfortunately, wholly topical.

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#just for books #Best crime and thrillers of 2023 #book review

[thevoyagein]

The left-wing (mainly bearded) men who harangue, vilify or threaten women for the new heresy — that biological sex is real, immutable and meaningful to our lives — claim to be the real feminists. Whereas the women they violently detest — especially the high coven who supped with Goody Rowling — are rebranded bigots, Terfs, Karens, prudish pearl-clutchers, suburban wine moms, killjoys waiting to die.

Janice Turner in her review of Victoria's Smith's book "Hags: The Demonisation of Middle Aged Women"

#the high coven who supped with Goody Rowling #so beautiful

[janedances]

“It’s impossible to be in love with all the six queens’

The Six queens in question:

Megan Gilbert, Ashleigh Weir, Holly Musgrave, Oliver Wickham, Annabel Marlow, Shimali De Silva, Renee Lamb, Christina Modestou, Natalie Paris, Genesis Lynea, Aimie Atkinson, Izuka Hoyle, Jaye’J Richards-Noel, Millie O’Connell, Alexia McIntosh, Maiya Quansah-Breed, Grace Mouat, Vicki Manser, Courtney Stapleton, Adrianna Hicks, Andrea Macaseat, Abby Mueller, Brittney Mack, Samantha Pauly, Anna Uzele, Mallory Maedke, Nicole Kyoung-Mi Lambert, Courtney Mack, Shantel Cribbs, Courtney Bowman, Sophie Isaacs, Danielle Steers, Zara Macintosh, Cherelle Jay, Hana Stewart, Collette Guitart, Candace Furbert, Hazel Karooma-Brooker, Caitlin Tipping, Sophie Golden, Alicia Corrales-Connor, Viquichele Cross, Bryony Duncan, Natalie Pilkington, Lori McLare, Amy Bridges, Lauren Drew, Maddison Bulleyment, Lauren Byrne, Shekinah McFarlane, Jodie Steele, Athena Collins, Cassandra Lee, Jennifer Caldwell, Harriet Watson, Jasmine Shen, Kelly Sweeney, Jessica Niles, Georgia Carr, Amelia Walker, Liv Alexander, Elizabeth Walker, Maddison Firth, Laura Blair, Chloe Zuel, Kala Gare, Loren Hunter, Kiana Daniele, Courtney Monsma, Vidya Makan, Ella Burns, Karis Oka, Shannen Alyce-Quan, Jade Marvin, Lucy Aiston, Gabriella Stylianou-Burns, Scarlet Gabriel, Rebecca Wickes, Megan Leung, Sophie Rose Middleton, Abbi Hodgson, Kara Ami Mcraenor, Emily Harrigan, Gabrielle Smith, Melissa Ford, Kaylah Attard, Fia Houston-Hamilton, Rhiannon Bacchus, Rhiannon Doyle, Carly Mercedes Dyer, Elena Gyasi, Keirsten Hodgens, Artemis Chrisoulakis, Ellie Sharpe, Sadie Hurst, Melinda Porto, L’Oreal Roache, Wesley Carpenter, Maya Christian, Brianna Mooney, Meghan Dawson, Marilyn Caserta, Ashlee Waldbauer, Adrianna Glover, Alize Ke’Aloha Cruz, Kristina Walz, Amy Di Bartolomeo, Amanda Lindgren, Claudia Kariuki, Dionne Ward-Anderson, Tsemaye Bob-Egbe, Meesha Turner, Paisley Billings, Danielle Rose, Roxanne Couch, Esme Rothero, Rachel Rawlinson, Lauren Irving, Danielle Mendoza, Shelby Griswold, Kennedy Carstens, Abigail Sparrow, Jarynn Whitney, Madeline Fansler, Channing Weir, Princess Victomé, Sunayna Smith, Chloë Hart, Casey Al-Shaqsy, Aiesha Pease, Jaina Brock-Patel, Alana Robinson, Grace Melville, Leesa Tulley, Harriet Caplan-Dean, Khaila Wilcoxon, Storm Lever, Jasmine Forsberg, Olivia Donalson, Didi Romero, Gabriela Carrillo, Cassie Silva, Kelly Denice Taylor, Erin Ramirez, Kelsee Kimmel, Phoenix Mendoza, Chelsea Dawson, Chiara Assetta, Cristina D’Agostino, Joy Woods, Bre Jackson, Keri Rene Fuller, Brennyn Lark, Ayla Ciccone-Burton, Holli’ Conway, Brianna Javis, Gabbi Mack, Casey Esbin, Ellie Wyman, Sasha Renae Brown, Nicole Lamb, Aja Simone Baitey, Willow Dougherty, Kayla McSorely, Emily Rose Lyons, Chelsea Wargo, Hannah Taylor, Jessie Bodner, Jasmine Hackett, Janice Rijssel, Lucia Valentino, Elena Breschi, Meg Dixon-Brasil, Sarah McFarlane, Reca Oakley, Gerianne Perez, Zan Berube, Amina Faye, Terica Marie, Aline Mayagoitia, Sydney Parra, Jana Larell Glover, Taylor Pearlstein, Aryn Bohannon, Cecilia Snow, Rhianne Louise McCaulsky, Baylie Carson, Koko Basigara, Monique Ashe Palmer, Leah Vassell, Hailee Kaleem Wright, Leandra Ellis Gaston, Bella Coppola, Nasia Thomas, Zoe Jensen, Taylor Iman Jones, Aubrey Matalon, Kristina Leopold, Rae Davenport, Gianna Grosso, Kathryn Kilger, Bethany McDonald, Jillian Worthing, Haley Izurieta, Jasmine Smith, Lois Ellise Reeves, Alyssa Giannetti, Eden Holmes, Jaelle Laguerre, Kate Zulauf, Lee ARumSoul, Son Seungyeon Kim Ji Woo, Sophiya Pae, Park Hye-na, Park Ga-Ram, Kim Ji Sun, Choi Hyun-sun, Kim Ryeo Won, Heo Sol-ji, Yoo Ju-hye, Hong Ji Hee, Nicole Louise Lewis, Laura Dawn Pyatt, Erin Caldwell, Kenedy Small, Lou Henry, Aoife Haakenson, Ellie Jane Grant, Izi Maxwell, Tamara Morgan, Shakira Simpson, Fiorella Bamba, Lucinda Wilson, Caitlyn De Kuyper, Amanda Lee, Gabriella Boumford, Audrey Fisher, Brooke Aneece, Jaz Robinson, Julia Pulo, Maggie Lacasse, Krystal Hernández, Elysia Cruz, Lauren Mariasoosay, Julia McLellan, Darcy Stewart, Hailey Lewis

#six musical #six the musical #six #six alternates #six uk tour #six west end #six australia #six broadway #six cruise #jane takes

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JANICE TURNER

Vibes beat facts for Meghan the influencer

The duchess knows that American viewers will fall for the faux-spontaneity and curated candour at which she excels

Janice Turner

Friday December 09 2022, 9.00pm

In a downpour outside the Hilton Midtown on 54th Street, I argue with a Meghan superfan. The duchess is “courageous”, she tells me, a “humanitarian” who brought vaccines to poorer nations, balm to Uvalde in Texas after its high school massacre. While I, part of the racist British media which drove her out, should be ashamed.

Waiting for the Sussexes to arrive at the Ripple of Hope dinner, to accept a prize for “moral courage”, I try to convince this African-American lady that the British people — reflected in the press — overwhelmingly welcomed Meghan as a refreshing, modern addition to public life. “I read your newspapers,” she says. But I live in my country, I protest, to no avail.

Finally, the blacked-out SUV pulls up and the small, damp crowd surges forward, phones raised, to catch a grim-faced prince and his tiny, beatific, white-clad wife. Amid American cries of, “We love you Meghan!”, from nowhere a British man booms: “Harry, how does it feel to destroy the royal family?”

After the Netflix series, this is a voice in the wilderness, at least beyond Britain. The Palace, and indeed journalists, can pinpoint inaccuracies: it was untrue that Netflix asked the royals for comment, that footage “proving” Meghan’s press harassment came from Katie Price’s trial and a Harry Potter premiere. Or that UK media racism boils down to three exhibits, repeatedly flashed up on screen: Rachel Johnson’s crass use of “exotic DNA” in a largely pro-Meghan piece, an ugly “straight outta Compton” headline and the phrase “niggling doubts” which Americans think originates in the N-word, but whose etymology is Viking Danish.

But facts, as I found in New York, are like taking a knife to a gunfight. Modern media battles are won with “vibes”, and in this theatre of war Meghan is a five-star general. An “influencer” long before she was royal, she parlayed, via her blog The Tig, a meh acting talent on a second-rate series, Suits, into a business, a platform to speak for fashionable causes and endless free stuff. Now her mastery of that cutesy, Instagram faux-spontaneity and curated candour fills her Netflix series: her vibe-bombs strafe the royal family as they load their muskets with facts.

Watching Harry & Meghan I reflected that there are two types of celebrities who detest the press. The first wish only to do their work while remaining utterly private: they pull on baseball caps, build security walls, resent publicity obligations, are livid when scandal pulls them into the news. Among them are Hugh Grant and noted recluses like JD Salinger.

Then there are celebrities who hate the press because it does not say exactly what they want: it snaps them rolling drunk, points out shortfalls between lofty views and personal deeds; it takes the piss. Mistaking journalists for PRs, they crave maximum exposure with minimum scrutiny. This camp includes Steve Coogan and much of Hollywood.

The trouble is that Harry belongs to the former but Meghan the latter. No one has greater reason to hate photographers than a prince raised in the gaze of a gazillion lenses, who as a bereaved child — as Netflix poignantly shows — had to greet weeping strangers on TV. His natural instinct was always to flee: he sought anonymity in the open vistas of Botswana and later in the ranks of the military.

Meghan played on his visceral loathing of the press to lure him to California: he speaks of “M” relinquishing her world to enter his, then “pretty soon after that” giving up his world for hers. But for Harry this was no escape. More even than she hated the press, Meghan fumed at Palace protocols which fed the media photographs of her children.

She has a point: watching wriggling Prince Louis at the diamond jubilee rendered the notion of “royal child” archaic and cruel. But Meghan’s instinct was not to safeguard her kids’ privacy but monetise it herself. On Netflix we see their faces and intimate moments, like baby Lilibet beside a photograph of “Granny Diana”.

But then Meghan is always performative: constantly triangulating how a party, an African bush sunset, a post-coital pillow pic will play in the world beyond. An influencer can’t stop influencing. Even when Harry in the next room is arranging candles and preparing to propose, she’s filming it on her phone for a friend: “Oh my God, he’s really doing it!”

Meanwhile Harry never looks at ease. “Yes, I’m nervous,” he snaps before a red carpet gala, while a gowned Meghan bathes in attention. His video diaries are awkward, cursory. Hers are pitch-perfect: the scrubbed face, the artful tear. When a laughing Meghan performs the lavish curtsy with which she supposedly first greeted the Queen, his face clouds with distaste. He chose her — Wendy to his Lost Boy — but not her version of public life.

Most egregious and distasteful is the deployment of slavery, Windrush, colonialism, even the murder of Stephen Lawrence, to justify their lifestyle decisions, to purge a prince of privilege, to render them saintly, beyond all reproach. Historic injustices are emptied of horror and meaning, to become swatches on their mood board.

Meghan can’t even get her story straight: she says race was never a factor in her life until she came to Britain, yet also that her character in Suits, which her agent believed her too white to play — “I thought she was a freckled, sun-kissed Californian girl” — was a biracial groundbreaker.

But what’s truth? It’s enough that a cycle of allegations and rebuttals have become a self-perpetuating publicity machine, pitching Brit against American, widening racial divisions which Meghan was once so perfectly placed to bridge. For now at least, the Sussexes burn hard and bright, on that high-octane fuel of vibe.

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Thank you!❤️

[lboogie1906]

Kisean Paul Anderson (born February 3, 1990) known professionally as Sean Kingston, is a Jamaican-American singer and rapper. His 2007 debut single, “Beautiful Girls” reached the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100, and was followed up with “Eenie Meenie” (with Justin Bieber) and “Take You There.” The singles preceded the release of his eponymous debut studio album (2007), which peaked at #6 on the Billboard 200. He followed up with his second and third albums, Tomorrow (2009)—which contained the single “Fire Burning”—and Back to Life (2013).

He was signed to producer J. R. Rotem’s record label Beluga Heights Records in 2007, but parted ways with the label after his third album and launched his label, Time Is Money Entertainment in the meantime. Through the label, he signed Canadian singer Tory Lanez in 2010.

Born in Miami, he was the first of three children born to Janice Turner. His family moved to their native Kingston when he was six. he attended Ocho Rios High School in Ocho Rios for three years before migrating back to the US. His grandfather was the noted Jamaican reggae producer Lawrence “Jack Ruby” Lindo. #africanhistory365 #africanexcellence

[july-19th-club]

Read in 2022:

My Heart is a Chainsaw; Jade Daniels #1 – Stephen Graham Jones (Dec. 21-Jan 22) 

We Have Always Lived in the Castle – Shirley Jackson (Jan)  

All Systems Red; Murderbot Diaries #1 – Martha Wells (Jan) 

The Wind’s Twelve Quarters short story collection – Ursula K. Le Guin (Jan) 

Always Coming Home – Ursula K. Le Guin (UNFINISHED; SKIMMED – Jan)  

A Desolation Called Peace; Teixcalaan #2 – Arkady Martine (Jan – May) 

Death’s End; Three Body #3 – Liu Cixin (UNFINISHED – Jan – May – ?)  

Artificial Condition; Murderbot Diaries #2 – Martha Wells (Feb – March)  

Off the Edge: Flat Earthers, Conspiracy Culture, and Why People will Believe Anything – Kelly Weill (Feb – March) 

The Appeal – Janice Hallett (Feb) 

Black Leopard, Red Wolf; Dark Star #1 – Marlon James (Feb – March DNF AGAIN :( ) 

In Love – Amy Bloom (March) 

Woman Eating – Claire Kohda (April) 

Help/Thanks/Wow: The Three Essential Prayers – Anne Lamott (April)  

We Had a Little Real Estate Problem: The Unheralded Story of Native Americans in Comedy – Kliph Nesteroff (Apr – May) 

The Raven Tower – Ann Leckie (May – June) 

Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library – Amanda Oliver (May) 

The Sign for Home – Blair Fell (May) 

The Name of the Wind; Kingkiller Chronicle #1 – Patrick Rothfuss (May – still not finished) 

The Fifth Season; Broken Earth #1 – N. K. Jemison (May – July) 

Dracula; via the Dracula Daily read-along email club – Bram Stoker (May – Nov)  

How to Keep House While Drowning: A Gentle Approach to Cleaning and Organizing – K.C. Davis 

Rogue Protocol; Murderbot Diaries #3 – Martha Wells (June) 

Sonnetts from the Portuguese – Elizabeth Barrett Browning (June)  

The Cyrano Factor – Medievalchic on AO3 (June) (I read so little fanfiction and it was novella-length so I felt compelled to count it) 

Harlem Sunset: Louise Lloyd #2– Nekesa Afia <3 (June – July) 

“Drive” from Nobody’s Magic short story collection – Destiny O. Birdsong (June – July) 

Something that May Shock and Discredit You – Daniel Lavery (June) 

One Hundred Years of Solitude – Gabriel Garcia Marquez (June – Aug) 

Get In Trouble short story collection – Kelly Link (July) 

Devil House – John Darnielle (July) 

The Swimmers – Julie Otsuka (July) 

The Tale of Beren & Luthien – J.R.R. Tolkien (July) 

The Goblin Emperor – Katherine Addison (July – Aug) 

The Thief – Megan Whalen Turner (REREAD – DNF – Aug) 

Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet (zine) #45 – (Aug) 

Paths of Dissent: Soldiers Speak Out Against America’s Misguided Wars – ed. Andrew Bacevich & Daniel A. Sjursen (Aug) 

Cyrano de Bergerac – Edmond Rostand (REREAD - first time since high school! - Aug – Sept) 

Practical Magic – Alice Hoffman (REREAD – DNF – Sept) 

Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant – Roz Chast (Sept)  

Rosemary & Rue; October Daye #1 – Seanan McGuire (Sept) 

Nona the Ninth; Locked Tomb #3 – Tamsyn Muir (Sept) 

A Local Habitation; October Daye #2 – Seanan McGuire (Sept – Oct) 

I’m Glad My Mom Died – Jennette McCurdy (Oct) 

A Choir of Lies – Alexandra Rowland (Oct-Nov) 

An Artificial Night; October Daye #3 – Seanan McGuire (Oct – Dec) 

The Dawn of Everything: A New History of Humanity – David Graeber & David Wengrow (Nov 22 – ? still reading) 

Leech – Hiron Ennes (Dec) 

all told i've read a total of 48 books this year, which is way more than i thought i'd read when i was going through my list. technically it's probably closer to 40 because some of the books are DNFs or books i'm still trying to finish - but nonetheless i think i had a pretty varied and rewarding reading experience this year! the list for next year is everything i didn't read on this year's list, plus like two small steno pages of books i've written down since then - about 220 books. i'll probably add even more as the year goes on.

#i should post pics of what my lists look like they're crazy long #but i love keeping them in a physical little notepad #i should honestly make one for stuff i watch or sewing projects too but thats like ridiculous for shows #because i always get halfway through and then take a break and come back months later #which doesnt fit with my checking-off-a-finished-thing system #i COULD do it with the projects though and i think i will

[coochiequeens]

Speaking to Sky News, he (Iain Anderson) said "We need to lower the temperature on all sides of this wherever you sit on this." That is classic abuser deflection. To not fully admit to any problems on their end but to try to make it a "we" problem.

The new boss of controversial charity Stonewall has failed to condemn the abuse aimed at the Harry Potter author in a Sky News interview dubbed a 'masterclass in obfuscation'.

Stonewall's new boss has failed to turn over a new leaf in a "car crash" interview where he was confronted with the abuse from trans activists aimed at JK Rowling.

Iain Anderson has recently been announced as the new Chair of Trustees for the charity at the heart of the gender controversy. Stonewall, once regarded as the front line for gay right causes has become embroiled in the bitter divide over transgender rights and women's rights.

Speaking to Sky News, he was confronted with the vitriol and ongoing abuse hurled at prominent gender critic and women's rights advocate Rowling and others who have lost jobs because of their views. Criticised for not taking the chance to condemn the abuse, he called on those on either side of heated debate to “lower the temperature”.

Many slammed his appearance, calling him out for failing to directly answer questions on trans women's inclusion in sports but he hinted at a shift from previous hardline stances that saw the charity heavily lambasted when he claimed he supports exemptions that can be used to exclude transgender people from women's prisons and toilets. He did, however, not go into detail.

He said: "We need to lower the temperature on all sides of this wherever you sit on this.

"We need a strategy for [discussing trans rights] as opposed to megaphone diplomacy. That's what I really hope for, that's what I hope we can do in the months ahead and maybe through the election period ahead.

"I want us all to have a respectful conversation but the thing for me is I want my community to be able to fulfil the opportunities that are available to it. That's the thing that guides me in all of this."

Journalist Victoria Smith did not take kindly to his statement. She said: "Like an abusive husband telling the world he's decided to be magnanimous towards his 'troubled, difficult' wife in the hope they can 'work things out'"

Columnist Janice Turner: "This @BethRigby interview with @iain_w_anderson is a car crash. He simply will not answer a single question. A masterclass in obfuscation."

James Esses, a child rights campaigner said: "It is beyond parody that Stonewall Chair has told people to 'lower the temperature' on the trans debate. Stonewall have been stoking the flames of this fire for years now and are responsible for pushing an ideology that endangers children and women."

On the topic of banning biological males from female single-sex spaces, Mr Anderson said:"There are protections that are in place. Those protections were put in place for a very, very good reason.

"I do support these protections, absolutely. The question is, do we need to look at the legislation that's currently in place? Does it work? I think it does work."

This is a shift in Stonewall's previous stance on the issue. In 2015, the charity wrote to parliament's women and equalities select committee seeking a review of the Equality Act 2010 to "remove exemptions, such as access to single-sex spaces".

#UK #stonewall uk #Masterclass in obfuscation #Sky news #Sky news may be Fox News for Australians but this time they are right to call out someone's bs #Iain Anderson #Equality Act 2010

[bobbie-robron]

Classic ED - 2004 Debuts, Departures & Robert Sugden Monthly Appearance Counts

Classic ED begins airing the 2004 episodes around the week of 26-Jun-2023 barring preemptions. Below are key character arrivals/departures.

Arrivals:

01-Jan-2004 - Bernice Thomas (Samantha Giles) - for January only!

01-Feb-2004 - Valerie ‘Val’ Lambert (Charlie Hardwick)

06-Feb-2004 - Carl King (Tom Lister)

19-Feb-2004 - Jimmy King (Nick Miles)

29-Feb-2004 - Tom King (Ken Farrington)

02-Mar-2004 - Noah Dingle (Alfie Mortimer)

04-Mar-2004 - Matthew King (Matt Healy)

10-May-2004 - Sadie King (Patsy Kensit)

18-May-2004 - DC Martin Crows (Graeme Hawley)

09-Jun-2004 - Lesley Meredith (Sherrie Henson)

23-Jun-2004 - Callum Rennie (Andrew Whipp)

10-Sep-2004 - Paul Lambert (Mathew Bose)

05-Dec-2004 - Alice Dingle (Ursula Holden-Gill)

Departures:

08-Jan-2004 - Tricia Dingle (Sheree Murphy)

30-Jan-2004 - Bernice Thomas (Samantha Giles) - next returned Nov-2012

06-Feb-2004 - Gloria Pollard (Janice McKenzie)

18-Feb-2004 - Brian Addyman (Martin Reeve)

17-May-2004 - Carlos Diaz (Gary Turner)

06-Jul-2004 - Paul Marsden (Matthew Booth)

07-Sep-2004 - Siobhan Marsden (Abigail Fisher)

21-Oct-2004 - Albert Dingle (Bobby Knut)

25-Nov-2004 - Sydney Woolfe (Nathan Gladwell)

24-Dec-2004 - Seth Armstrong (Stan Richards)

Robert Sugden Total Appearances: 153 (12th overall in episode count)

January 15, February 14, March 16

April 20, May 22, June 6

July 7, August 8, September 15

October 4, November 15, December 11

Previous arrivals and departures by year:

2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1999

#classic ED #arrivals and departures #2004 #classic ED arrivals and departures

[hallmark-movie-fanatics]

TORI ANDERSON, CORBIN BLEU, JEFFREY BOWYER-CHAPMAN STAR IN ‘CAMPFIRE CHRISTMAS,’ A NEW, ORIGINAL MOVIE PREMIERING JULY 16, ON HALLMARK CHANNEL

Caitlin Stryker, Matt Hamilton and Alec Santos Also Star 

Part of the Network’s Annual “Christmas in July” Programming Event

STUDIO CITY, CA – June 24, 2022 – Tori Anderson (“NCIS: Hawai’i,” “Love Under the Olive Tree”), Corbin Bleu (“Love, for Real,” “High School Musical”), Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman (“Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.,” “UnREAL”), Caitlyn Stryker (“Sealed with a Kiss: Wedding March 6,” “A Million Little Things”), Matt Hamilton (“Turner & Hooch,” “North to Home”) and Alec Santos (“Rise and Shine, Benedict Stone,” “Virgin River”) reunite at the camp where they first met in “Campfire Christmas,” a new, original movie premiering Saturday, July 16 (8 p.m. ET/PT), on Hallmark Channel as part of the network’s annual “Christmas in July” programming event.

Peyton’s (Anderson) parents decide it’s time for them to retire and will be selling the summer camp they run where so many memories have been made. But first, they host one final Christmas in July celebration that was a beloved camp tradition, for all their alumni and their families. Peyton is thrilled to reunite with friends Beckett (Bowyer-Chapman), now a Broadway star; now-married camp sweethearts Janice (Stryker) and Dave (Hamilton) and Chris (Santos). But she’s much less excited to see Thomas (Bleu), her former boyfriend who broke her heart when he ended their romance after high school. As the friends spend time together during traditional outdoor camp activities, crafts and Christmas pageant rehearsals, they reconnect and reminisce. Peyton, Thomas, Beckett, Janice, Dave and Chris help each other take stock of where they are in their lives and gain insight into what paths they want to take next as they start on their own happily- ever-afters.

“Campfire Christmas” is from Muse Entertainment. Jesse Prupas is executive producer. Oneida Crawford serves as associate producer and Allen Lewis is supervising producer. Charles Cooper is producer. David I. Strasser directed from a script by Anna White. 

#campfire chirstmas #christmas in july #hallmark channel #press release #tori anderson #corbin bleu #caitlin stryker #hallmark movies

[school-in-london]

20220917 SCHOOL IN LONDON (TAKEKIYO EXHIBITION IN OSAKA) (Guset DJ: SEO)

■DJ: 村田タケル

sorry / There’s So Many People That Want To Be Loved

Wunderhorse / Teal

Chastity Belt / Fear

Radiohead / Anyone Can Play Guitar

Wet Leg / Too Late Now

beabadoobee / fairy song

Alex Turner / Stuck on the Puzzle

Big Thief / Time Escaping

Katy J Pearson / Howl

jennylee / Newtopia

■DJ: タイラダイスケ

Hovvdy / GSM

Melody's Echo Chamber / Where the Water Clears the Illusion

Say Sue Me / George & Janice

Bobby Oroza / The Otherside

Lady Wray / Where Were You

Slowly / I Like It feat. Jasmine Kara

Lola Coca / The Map

Dom Kennedy / Come Back Home

Mac Miller / Blue World

Hiatas Kiyote / Get Sun feat. Arthur Verocai

Amy Winehouse / Best Friends, Right?

Littele Simz / Woman

edbl / The Way Things Were Feat. Isaac Waddington

Crush / Oasis feat.ZICO

88rising & BIBI / The Weekend

JayWood / Just Sayin (feat. Ami Cheon)

Remi Wolf / Liquor Store

The Go! Team / Cookie Scene

Arlo Parks / Just Go

Phoenix / Long Distance Call

easy life / nightmares

Hope Tala / Cherries ft. Aminé

Wafia / In The Honey

Calvin Harris / Potion feat. Dua Lipa & Young Thug

Jim James / Know Til Now

■DJ: 村田タケル

L'objectif / Feeling Down

Robocobra Quartet / Wellness

Yaya Bey / pour up (feat. DJ Nativesun)

Yaya Bey / uh uh nxgga

Blvck Spvde / Save A Lil Seat (feat. DJ Harrison)

SAULT / London Gangs (※Spotify無し)

Puma Blue / Oli Slick

Glows / Tropic feat. Asha Lorenz

Hazel English / Hamilton

Katy J Pearson / Riverbed

Wet Leg / Oh No

Fontaines D.C. / You Can't Realise (Darklands Versions) (※Spotify無し)

Weird Nightmare / Lusitania

Horsegirl / Anti-glory

The Undertones / Teenage Kicks

Courting / Crass

Squid / Pamphlets

sorry / Cigarette Packet

Oliver Sim / Romance With A Memory

Sleaford Mods / Nudge It Ft. Amy Taylor

Nana Yamato / Do You Wanna

■DJ: 武田清（takekiyo）

Superorganism / On & On

Sego / Shame

Petrol Girls / Preachers

Soul Coughing / Sugar Free Jazz

The Halo Benders / Virginia Reel Around the Fountain

SACOYANS / わたしの窓辺

Joseph Gordon-Levitt / Now, Here, This

Surfer Blood / Hey Ya

The Walkman / Heaven

Pavement / Grounded

NYAI / Yumeshibai

Grouplove / This Is The End

The Folk Implosion / Free To Go

Cibo Matto / 10th Floor Ghost Girl (※Spotify無し)

The Chemical Brothers / Believe

bloc party / Ratchet

■DJ: タイラダイスケ

Brijean / Wifi Beach

TSHA / Dancing In The Shadows (feat. Clementine Douglas)

Charli XCX / Beg For You (feat. Rina Sawayama)

BLACKSTARKIDS / CYBERKISS 2 U*

Mura Masa / Deal Wiv It (feat. slowthai)

どんぐりず / NO WAY

Hiyadem / I RAVE U

Nilüfer Yanya / the dealer

Yard Act / The Overload

Wet Leg / Ur Mum

The Linda Lindas / Oh!

The Smiths / Panic

The Beatles / Love Me Do

The Zombies / Friends of Mine

The 1975 / Happiness

CeeLo Green / Fuck you

Jungle / All Of The Time

Beyoncé / BREAK MY SOUL

Melé / Talkin' Drums (feat. Toure Kunda)

Lizzo / About Damn Time

■DJ: SEO (Guest DJ)

Niko B / Quick Drive

Tayo Sound / Someone New

Warpaint / New Song

The National / The System Only Dream In Total Darkness

Clairo / Sofia

easy life / skeltons

The 1975 / TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME

Empress Of / Dance For You

Drake / Felling Back

Bonobo / Rosewood

PinkPantheress / Picture In My Mind (feat. Sam Gellaitry)

yunè pinku / DC Rot

The Chemical Brothers / The Darkness That You Fear

Romy / Lifetime

Disclosure & RAYE / Waterfall

Declan Mckenna / The Key to Life on Earth

The Magic Gang / Think

Ash / Kung Fu

Horsegirl / Option 8 (Live) (※Spotifyは通常音源)

Kendrick Lamar / United In Grief

Littele Simz / Venom (Live) (※Spotifyは通常音源)

Mitski / Your Best American Girl

■DJ: 村田タケル

Hatchie / This Enchanted

My Bloody Valentine / Soon

Mush / Inkblot and The Wedge

Dry Cleaning / Magic of Meghan

Lewsberg / Six Hills

deep tan / tamu's yiffing refuge

The Horrors / A Knife In Their Eye  (※Spotify無し)

Woking Men's Club / Rapture

Crack Cloud / Tunnel Vision

Joy Division / Isolation

Viagra Boys / Ain’t No Thief

bed / Kare Wa

!!! / Rhythm Of The Gravity

Famous / Surf's Up!

Lime Garden / Pulp

Deadletter / Line The Cows

black midi / Eat Men Eat

Black Country, New Road / Chaos Space Marine

~Ending~ jennylee / Love You

#setlist #osakarockparty #school in london

[amethystrparchive]

Mw fcs of colour?

Hiiii! Here are just a few: Aaron Cobham, Cengiz Coşkun, Liu Yifei, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Madalion Rahimi, Sophie Okenedo, Jodie Turner-Smith, Engin Öztürk, Santiago Cabrera, Lucy Liu, Özge Törer, Janice Wu, Idris Elba, Andy On, Paapa Essiedu, Chen Haoyu, Howard Charles, Chin Han Ng, David Gyasi, Dev Patel, Amita Suman, or Oona Chaplin.

#history rp #period rp #oc rp #lsrpg #fc suggestion #anonymous

[noratilney]

Call the Midwife OC Masterlist (wip)

Julia Lennon

Full Name: Julia Frances Lennon

Nickname(s): Jule, Lennon

Face Claim: Lili Reinhart

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 3-?

Status: Midwife

Love Interest: Trixie Franklin

Connections: Jenny Lee (fellow midwife), Trixie Franklin (fellow midwife), Cynthia Miller (fellow midwife), Chummy Noakes (fellow midwife)

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Evelyn Allen

Full Name: Evelyn Marjorie Allen

Nickname(s): Eve

Face Claim: Shannon Purser

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 3-?

Status: Midwife

Love Interest: Cynthia Miller

Connections: Jenny Lee (fellow midwife), Trixie Franklin (fellow midwife), Cynthia Miller (fellow midwife), Chummy Noakes (fellow midwife)

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Ella Garland

Full Name: Helen Bertha Garland

Nickname(s): Ella

Face Claim: Madelaine Petsch

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 3-?

Status: Midwife

Love Interest: Sister Winifred

Connections: Jenny Lee (fellow midwife), Trixie Franklin (fellow midwife), Cynthia Miller (fellow midwife), Chummy Noakes (fellow midwife)

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Shanti Deshpande

Full Name: Shanti Deshpande

Nickname(s):

Face Claim: Suhana Khan

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 13-?

Status: Midwife

Love Interest: Alfred Huntingdon, Viscount Beaumont

Connections: Beryl Bowling (fellow midwife), Trixie Franklin (fellow midwife), Naomi Jacobs (fellow midwife), Pauline Taylor (fellow midwife)

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Pauline Taylor

Full Name: Pauline Christina Taylor

Face Claim: Erinn Westbrook

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 13-?

Status: Midwife

Love Interest:

Connections: Beryl Bowling (fellow midwife), Shanti Deshpande, Trixie Franklin (fellow midwife), Naomi Jacobs (fellow midwife)

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Beryl Bowling

Full Name: Beryl Mary Bowling (née Alexander)

Face Claim: Tessa Thompson

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 13-?

Status: Nurse, Midwife

Love Interest:

Connections: June Bowling (daughter), George Bowling (husband, deceased), Shanti Deshpande, Trixie Franklin (fellow midwife), Naomi Jacobs (fellow midwife), Pauline Taylor (fellow midwife)

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Naomi Jacobs

Full Name: Naomi Hannah Jacobs

Nickname(s): Nomi

Face Claim: Carey Mulligan

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 13-?

Status: Nurse, Midwife, Doctor-in-training

Love Interest: Timothy Turner

Connections: Beryl Bowling (fellow midwife), Shanti Deshpande, Trixie Franklin (fellow midwife), Pauline Taylor (fellow midwife)

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Vicky Shore

Full Name: Victoria Grace Shore

Nickname(s): Vicky

Face Claim: Tuppence Middleton

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 10-?

Status: Trainee midwife

Love Interest:

Connections: Georgette Baines (fellow trainee), Nancy Corrigan (fellow trainee), Janice Cowan (fellow trainee), Caroline Gilchrist (fellow trainee), Alison Hopkiss (fellow trainee)

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Marian Beecham

Full Name: Marian Jane Beecham (née Simmons)

Face Claim: Clare Calbraith

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 8/9-?

Love Interest: Valerie Dyer

Connections: Oliver Beecham (husband, deceased)

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Caroline Gilchrist

Full Name: Caroline Matilda Louise Gilchrist

Nickname(s): Caddie, Caddie-Lou

Face Claim: Cara Theobald

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 10-?

Status: Trainee midwife

Love Interest:

Connections: Sister Julienne (great-aunt), Georgette Baines (fellow trainee), Nancy Corrigan (fellow trainee), Janice Cowan (fellow trainee), Alison Hopkiss (fellow trainee), Vicky Shore (fellow trainee)

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June Bowling

Full Name: June Harriet Bowling

Nickname(s): Junie

Face Claim: Leah Jeffries

Fic Title: TBD

Series: 13-?

Love Interest: N/A

Connections: Beryl Bowling (mother), George Bowling (father, deceased)

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Alfred Huntingdon, Viscount Beaumont

Full Name: Alfred Edmund Geoffrey Huntingdon, Viscount Beaumont

Nickname(s): Alfie

Face Claim: Tom Blyth

Fic Title: TBD

Series:

Love Interest: Shanti Deshpande

Connections:

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#masterlist #my ocs #julia lennon #evelyn allen #ella garland #shanti deshpande #pauline taylor #beryl bowling #naomi jacobs #vicky shore #marian beecham #caroline gilchrist #june bowling #alfie huntingdon #call the midwife