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Jennie Kermode

@jenniekermode.bsky.social

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Author - http://amzn.to/2kqeKwz - journalist, filmmaker and human rights campaigner. Strategic advisor at Trans Media Watch, commissioning editor at Eye For Film and DEI lead at the Bylines Network. #NUJ #OFCS #CherryPicks #binders #writer #author

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 7m

Then social work archives are probably the place to go digging.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 10m

There might be archived medical reports on children believed to have been attacked. Sometimes those are available after a lot of time has passed.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 13m

Speaking as someone who has lost a great deal and, barring big medical breakthroughs, will never be okay, no matter what anyone does, "It will be better than this" still counts for a lot. As does knowing that one has allies in calling for justice, and emergency support & support for occasional fun.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 18m

Don't underestimate what you do. Kindness goes a long way. When people feel that the whole world is against them, one person being there to listen and offer emotional support can help them hold onto hope.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 21m

Waseem recently returned to his old home. He managed to retrieve a few clothes but everything else is gone. He's looking for help to repair his tent, buy a battery to light it, and get food, clean water and insect repellant. gofund.me/35fdca7d @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

A Palestinian man clambers through rubble carrying two large bags. Behind him, a group of chairs has been arranged in a rough circle.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 2h

This kind of psychology generally involves the belief that if it's not working, it's not being done hard enough.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 3h

One of the things that really bothers me is the abstract way political pundits talk about land. Palestinian land, Israeli land, rightful land, ancestral land. What about Samaa's land? What about her house? Wouldn't they want better answers if somebody smashed up theirs?

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 3h

How do you rebuild after this? Samaa wants to reclaim her place in Gaza City and build a new home. If things settle down she will likely return to her work as a teacher, but in the meantime, she needs help. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social @fairshare.help #SkyAid 🍉

A huge pile of rubble has accumulated in the middle of a street with a roadways cleared on either side of it, trailing off into the distance between the skeletal remains of multi-storey buildings.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 4h

I left because it became impossible to have civilised conversations without constant interruption from unhinged individuals shouting about genitals; after I left I quickly regained my follower count and, more importantly, my mental health.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 5h

I stopped doing lists of female film directors there for the much happier reason that suddenly there were lots of moderately successful ones whom non-specialists were familiar with. Sometimes things do get better. I'm sorry you went through that awfulness.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 6h

It's so successful at the horror and the romance that I always forget how funny it is. It's that rare thing - an intellectually stimulating film that's also just a blast to watch even at the end of a long, demanding week.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 7h

As an intersex person I'm here to say that some men do, and indeed, that wasn't even controversial until a few decades ago. our definitions of how sexes are categorised are constantly changing - they have to, because biology just doesn't support the myth of a neat binary.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 7h

Piers Morgan has pretended not to have heard of intersex people on several occasions.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 7h

Alright, who wants to make this horror movie? www.futurepropertyauctions.co.uk/property_det...

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 19h

Sir Charles Walker MP looks really offended by that milk.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 19h

Ahmad sums it up well here. Even if the ceasefire lasts, vast numbers of people are homeless, many are sick or disabled because of the war, and there's a desperate shortage of housing. Palestinians need help now as much as ever. gofund.me/69f962fc @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #Gaza 🍉

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

Living in a tent will not be safe for tiny Talia, or for Julia, as the stormy season worsens and Gaza moves into winter. If you can, please help Samaa to get the $800 she needs to move back to Gaza City and rent a room there. gofund.me/db56c7ce3 @mommunism.bsky.social @lexialex.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

A Palestinian woman cradles a baby against her shoulder and holds hands with a small girl as they stand in a rubble-strewn street beside a bus packed full of belongings.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

I have to find out if it's possible to get them in Scotland in non-pickled form.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

This is the first time I ever heard of cucamelons. I just looked them up and they sound really good.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

My dear friend Aya has no more hope, no more strength. She has spent months watching her husband and daughter face relentless pain. Donations have all but stopped. It may be too late for her now, but for her family's sake, please help if you can. gofund.me/2f942387 @mommunism.bsky.social #SkyAid 🍉

A Palestinian woman is silhouetted against a tall fence topped with barbed wire as the sun crosses the horizon.

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Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

All else aside, I'm not sure that 'just following orders' is any more legitimate as a get-out clause if (one pretends that) those orders come from a provocative third party rather than the individuals directly issuing them.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

What's going on here is that people are asking others to respect the humanity of ICE agents but what they mean is that they want them to be treated as something more than human, as inherently more deserving. Like anyone else, they ought to be judged on their actions.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

Recognising their humanity doesn't oblige anyone to be nice to them, or to pretend they're innocent or politically neutral. It does not imply that they have a free reign if they're following orders. It does not, in the end, make it unacceptable to kill them in legitimate self defence.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

Of course ICE agents are human, and their human rights should be respected, but where they are demonstrably committing crimes that does nothing to prohibit them being arrested and detained, charged with assault or terrorism or similar, or having their organisation proscribed.

Jennie Kermode @jenniekermode.bsky.social · 1d

I know.