FinnMackay
@finnfox.bsky.social
Sociology lecturer at the best Uni in Bristol. Author "Female Masculinities and the Gender Wars" from Bloomsbury. Queer for cats and feminism.
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Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Graham Linehan cleared of harassment but guilty of criminal damage to trans activist's phone
Father Ted creator Graham Linehan has been found guilty of criminal damage to the phone of a trans activist but not guilty of harassment.
news.sky.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Today I learned that stalking a 17 year old girl, writing up a 400 page 'dossier' about her, falsely reporting her to the police and smashing her phone does not constitute 'harassment'.
One wonders what *would*.
One wonders what *would*.
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Travel advisory remains in effect
Listen to your American friends
Who live here everyday
If you value your life or freedom
Stay the fuck away
From the U.S. of A.
And if you're here already
It's not safe to stay.
Listen to your American friends
Who live here everyday
If you value your life or freedom
Stay the fuck away
From the U.S. of A.
And if you're here already
It's not safe to stay.
November 25, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Travel advisory remains in effect
Listen to your American friends
Who live here everyday
If you value your life or freedom
Stay the fuck away
From the U.S. of A.
And if you're here already
It's not safe to stay.
Listen to your American friends
Who live here everyday
If you value your life or freedom
Stay the fuck away
From the U.S. of A.
And if you're here already
It's not safe to stay.
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Horror stories of a ‘feminised workplace’ mask the real crisis in male identity | Finn Mackay
Horror stories of a ‘feminised workplace’ mask the real crisis in male identity | Finn Mackay
Stereotypes that centre mens’ worth in their work are strangling sensible debate, and letting down women too, says author Finn Mackay
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Horror stories of a ‘feminised workplace’ mask the real crisis in male identity | Finn Mackay
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I don't actually care whether Farage is personally racist. I care whether he continues to promote racist ideas and policies. Which he does. What he truly believes in his heart is an irrelevance to me.
November 25, 2025 at 9:58 AM
I don't actually care whether Farage is personally racist. I care whether he continues to promote racist ideas and policies. Which he does. What he truly believes in his heart is an irrelevance to me.
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CJEU, free movement law/LGBT rights
New judgment: Member States (in this case Poland) are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
New judgment: Member States (in this case Poland) are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
November 25, 2025 at 8:36 AM
CJEU, free movement law/LGBT rights
New judgment: Member States (in this case Poland) are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
New judgment: Member States (in this case Poland) are obliged to recognise same sex marriages of EU citizens who have exercised free movement rights curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo...
Every day I resist buying a coffee at work is another day I can afford to feed my cats in the manner to which they've become accustomed.
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Every day I resist buying a coffee at work is another day I can afford to feed my cats in the manner to which they've become accustomed.
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Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.
www.whatimreading.net
November 24, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old
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The IOPC statement on Harshita's case shows that the UK govt is failing women, especially from marginalised communities.
Her family calls for accountability & justice.
With Killed Women, we wrote to the PM to urge reforms based on our recent report.
southallblacksisters.org.uk/submissions-...
Her family calls for accountability & justice.
With Killed Women, we wrote to the PM to urge reforms based on our recent report.
southallblacksisters.org.uk/submissions-...
November 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The IOPC statement on Harshita's case shows that the UK govt is failing women, especially from marginalised communities.
Her family calls for accountability & justice.
With Killed Women, we wrote to the PM to urge reforms based on our recent report.
southallblacksisters.org.uk/submissions-...
Her family calls for accountability & justice.
With Killed Women, we wrote to the PM to urge reforms based on our recent report.
southallblacksisters.org.uk/submissions-...
Pleased to highlight the excellent new report & fabulous organisation Beyond Equality www.beyondequality.org/blog-posts/s...
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Pleased to highlight the excellent new report & fabulous organisation Beyond Equality www.beyondequality.org/blog-posts/s...
'The Great Feminisation' sounds like a lesbian bar, but is actually girly things like having an HR department... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 1:58 PM
'The Great Feminisation' sounds like a lesbian bar, but is actually girly things like having an HR department... www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Academia is 10% inspiration, 90% trying to remember how past you named things
November 24, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Academia is 10% inspiration, 90% trying to remember how past you named things
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ReformUK has updated its logo to reflect the priorities of its funders.
November 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ReformUK has updated its logo to reflect the priorities of its funders.
Equal Pay Day! www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/equal-pay-da....
Equal Pay Day 2025
Equal Pay Day 2025 Women are still being shortchanged and the UK is paying the price From 22 November, women in the UK are effectively working for free for the rest of the year. That’s wha...
www.fawcettsociety.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Equal Pay Day! www.fawcettsociety.org.uk/equal-pay-da....
Today at a Women Against the Far Right meeting I wore my Team Luigi jumper & it got lots of admirers. Obviously it's for gamers, & the game of life. Here's the website revolutionarysell.com
RevolutionarySell
Ethical garms for natural born guerrillas
revolutionarysell.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Today at a Women Against the Far Right meeting I wore my Team Luigi jumper & it got lots of admirers. Obviously it's for gamers, & the game of life. Here's the website revolutionarysell.com
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TransLuscent doing their thing: diligent, meticulous information gathering to find the evidence we never doubted.
Nobody’s complaining about trans people taking a pee except GC activists who complain daily into the ether. But even they can’t complain about actual incidents, since there aren’t any.
Nobody’s complaining about trans people taking a pee except GC activists who complain daily into the ether. But even they can’t complain about actual incidents, since there aren’t any.
A great investigative piece by @translucent.org.uk brilliant work.
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
translucent.org.uk/how-many-com...
How Many Complaints About Trans Women Using Toilets? - TransLucent
Data from local authorities representing over 16.5 million people reveals that complaints about trans women using toilets are virtually non-existent
translucent.org.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:59 PM
TransLuscent doing their thing: diligent, meticulous information gathering to find the evidence we never doubted.
Nobody’s complaining about trans people taking a pee except GC activists who complain daily into the ether. But even they can’t complain about actual incidents, since there aren’t any.
Nobody’s complaining about trans people taking a pee except GC activists who complain daily into the ether. But even they can’t complain about actual incidents, since there aren’t any.
Attention queerials, Del LaGrace Volcano is coming to Bristol www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uwe-bristo...
UWE Bristol School of Arts - Del LaGrace Volcano talk
Join us at UWE Bristol for a chill talk with Del LaGrace Volcano about art, identity, and self-expression!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Attention queerials, Del LaGrace Volcano is coming to Bristol www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/uwe-bristo...
Watched a Stranger Thing (one episode) with my now 10 yr old for International Men's Day & got him a little box of celebrations & Stranger Things branded Wotsits! We know how to celebrate in this house!
November 20, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Watched a Stranger Thing (one episode) with my now 10 yr old for International Men's Day & got him a little box of celebrations & Stranger Things branded Wotsits! We know how to celebrate in this house!
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Today in the public history column: Leadhills Library, in South Lanarkshire, founded in 1741, is the oldest subscription library in the British Isles, and brought Enlightenment learning to a remote mining village in Scotland. www.thenational.scot/news/2562926...
Exploring the story of the oldest library of its kind in Britain
'It was hard drinking, hard living, tough going here, back in the 18th century,' says Cameron Halfpenny, chair of the Leadhills Reading Society
www.thenational.scot
November 18, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Today in the public history column: Leadhills Library, in South Lanarkshire, founded in 1741, is the oldest subscription library in the British Isles, and brought Enlightenment learning to a remote mining village in Scotland. www.thenational.scot/news/2562926...
Hmm, finally working through the updated SRE guidance for next year. Point 68 why are primary schools only "encouraged" to teach about healthy loving relationships inc same-sex parents in families. Why is this not a "should"?
November 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Hmm, finally working through the updated SRE guidance for next year. Point 68 why are primary schools only "encouraged" to teach about healthy loving relationships inc same-sex parents in families. Why is this not a "should"?
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👏 Congratulations to @sissemariewe.bsky.social who was just elected as the new mayor of Copenhagen.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
November 19, 2025 at 9:21 AM
👏 Congratulations to @sissemariewe.bsky.social who was just elected as the new mayor of Copenhagen.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
💚Congratulations to all of the SF members re-elected or newly elected and for the incredible 17.9% of votes across the country.
🌻Denmark’s people and nature will have a Greener future.
Happy International Men's Day! www.beyondequality.org/blog-posts/s...
State of Men UK Report
Global and national conversations about men gaining visibility: men’s health, men’s violence, boys education, men’s isolation or their retreat from gender equality and democratic ideals. Too often con...
www.beyondequality.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Happy International Men's Day! www.beyondequality.org/blog-posts/s...
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"Even in one of the most stable democracies in the world, the threat of extremist violence is transforming political representation."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In Sweden, online hate and anti-immigrant extremism are driving women out of public life | Martin Gelin
A leading liberal politician has quit in fear of her physical safety. It is a crushing setback for democracy in one of the world’s most open societies, says journalist Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"Even in one of the most stable democracies in the world, the threat of extremist violence is transforming political representation."
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Public Service Announcement for lesbians! Marks & Sparks are selling this lesbian top
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Public Service Announcement for lesbians! Marks & Sparks are selling this lesbian top