Hope Bastine
@hopebastine.com
Champion of the Outsider, Listener to the Survivor! Loving slave to 🐶
@marlabastine.bsky.social
🧠Sleep/Trauma Psychologist
📕Set Me Free (02/07/26)
🎬Children of the Cult docuseries
🎓 SGA personality development
Rep’d: @sileloquies.bsky.social
@marlabastine.bsky.social
🧠Sleep/Trauma Psychologist
📕Set Me Free (02/07/26)
🎬Children of the Cult docuseries
🎓 SGA personality development
Rep’d: @sileloquies.bsky.social
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Hope Bastine
@hopebastine.com
· Mar 31
Police Scotland statement on behalf of Hope Bastine following sentencing of Derek Lincoln
Police Scotland is issuing the following statement on behalf of 41-year-old Hope Bastine, a survivor of sexual abuse who was instrumental in the conviction of Derek Lincoln. He was sentenced at the Hi...
www.scotland.police.uk
Here’s the statement I made unsilencing myself in the hope that winning my case will inspire fellow survivors to pursue justice 💪
One day, we will simply have to stop. Stop engaging. Stop buying. Stop looking. Stop listening. It’s the only recourse. We simply withdraw our patronage, and the product will become obsolete and wither away. Just like any other out of date objects.
November 29, 2025 at 10:19 PM
One day, we will simply have to stop. Stop engaging. Stop buying. Stop looking. Stop listening. It’s the only recourse. We simply withdraw our patronage, and the product will become obsolete and wither away. Just like any other out of date objects.
Finally got to see the new Orwell 2+2=5 Documentary—it did not disappoint. I was impressed with how uncomfortably honest he was about his Burmese Days.
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Finally got to see the new Orwell 2+2=5 Documentary—it did not disappoint. I was impressed with how uncomfortably honest he was about his Burmese Days.
Just finished watching The Anniversary. The modern day 1984. V powerful.
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Just finished watching The Anniversary. The modern day 1984. V powerful.
The Hack. Just wow. And still, we deal with the fallout of unchecked power.
November 20, 2025 at 12:22 AM
The Hack. Just wow. And still, we deal with the fallout of unchecked power.
The snow has begun. London snow. Clean air coming soon.
November 19, 2025 at 9:15 AM
The snow has begun. London snow. Clean air coming soon.
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How she was bullied to protect Dershowitz
To be very clear, Virginia Giuffre was made to say she mistakenly identified Alan Dershowitz as one of the people who sexually abused her. Here is the proof from this week's Epstein files dropped by the House Oversight Committee.
November 15, 2025 at 8:30 PM
How she was bullied to protect Dershowitz
As a writer, I find the word ‘like’ the most offensive word when my work is described. I toil over every sentence —for weeks even.
October 29, 2025 at 6:23 PM
As a writer, I find the word ‘like’ the most offensive word when my work is described. I toil over every sentence —for weeks even.
Absolutely loved Sarah Wainwright’s Riot Women!
October 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Absolutely loved Sarah Wainwright’s Riot Women!
Another reason how influencers had ruined our lives #324: my Mason & Pearson hairbrush was once only £25 that and served me faithfully for 20 years is in need of an upgrade. Guess how much they are now? No advancement in the technology at all! Guess!
October 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Another reason how influencers had ruined our lives #324: my Mason & Pearson hairbrush was once only £25 that and served me faithfully for 20 years is in need of an upgrade. Guess how much they are now? No advancement in the technology at all! Guess!
Watched the adaptation of @zadiesmith.bsky.social’s White Teeth and it’s just brilliant! Love it. Skillful. Especially that scene the teacher stands on the school yard snake as she invites the married man to lift.
October 21, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Watched the adaptation of @zadiesmith.bsky.social’s White Teeth and it’s just brilliant! Love it. Skillful. Especially that scene the teacher stands on the school yard snake as she invites the married man to lift.
The opening statement by Cleve Jones will probably go down in history as one of the greatest: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
October 20, 2025 at 6:07 AM
The opening statement by Cleve Jones will probably go down in history as one of the greatest: "The pronouns I use the most are the ones probably understood the least by those in the White House today. They are WE, US and OURS."
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I made two reels in response to the open letter about the existential crisis for small presses in the UK. Open access from @thebookseller.bsky.social below.
Starting thoughts on where your authors are in this - and how we might help. www.thebookseller.com/comment/open... @bookbrunch.bsky.social
Starting thoughts on where your authors are in this - and how we might help. www.thebookseller.com/comment/open... @bookbrunch.bsky.social
October 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I made two reels in response to the open letter about the existential crisis for small presses in the UK. Open access from @thebookseller.bsky.social below.
Starting thoughts on where your authors are in this - and how we might help. www.thebookseller.com/comment/open... @bookbrunch.bsky.social
Starting thoughts on where your authors are in this - and how we might help. www.thebookseller.com/comment/open... @bookbrunch.bsky.social
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I'm going to be doing an intense two-hour intensive later this month, and: Check it out!
Being Your Own Best Editor - Five Things I've Learned
Join me in this live two-hour class and discover the Five Things I’ve Learned about how you can make your writing more effective, clearer, and sharper. For more than thirty years I’ve worked to help ...
myfivethings.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I'm going to be doing an intense two-hour intensive later this month, and: Check it out!
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George Orwell's musings on authoritarianism and state manipulation are juxtaposed against flashing cards, film clips and historical footage from the past 100 years
Raoul Peck's extraordinary new doc shows at the BFI London Film Festival:
dmovies.org/2025/05/18/o...
Raoul Peck's extraordinary new doc shows at the BFI London Film Festival:
dmovies.org/2025/05/18/o...
Orwell: 2+2=5 - DMovies
George Orwell's musings on authoritarianism and state manipulation are juxtaposed against flashing cards, film clips and historical footage from the past 100 years - Raoul Peck's extraordinary new doc...
dmovies.org
October 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
George Orwell's musings on authoritarianism and state manipulation are juxtaposed against flashing cards, film clips and historical footage from the past 100 years
Raoul Peck's extraordinary new doc shows at the BFI London Film Festival:
dmovies.org/2025/05/18/o...
Raoul Peck's extraordinary new doc shows at the BFI London Film Festival:
dmovies.org/2025/05/18/o...
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whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow
October 14, 2025 at 5:48 PM
whoever did this little bit of magnificence, take a bow
RIP Diane Keaton 🖤 I loved how you showed women how to be women in spite of it all.
October 11, 2025 at 8:26 PM
RIP Diane Keaton 🖤 I loved how you showed women how to be women in spite of it all.
I would like to believe this signals the end of this unspeakable war, but I fear it is just another manoeuvre on Netanyahu’s part. Time will tell.
October 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I would like to believe this signals the end of this unspeakable war, but I fear it is just another manoeuvre on Netanyahu’s part. Time will tell.
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A superb essay, plus everyone wish @thelincoln.bsky.social a happy birthday!
October 8, 2025 at 2:15 PM
A superb essay, plus everyone wish @thelincoln.bsky.social a happy birthday!
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Listen to Jacqueline Rose and Yasmin El-Rifae discuss Rose's book, WOMEN IN DARK TIMES on the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk Podcast www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
Jacqueline Rose & Yasmin El-Rifae: Women in Dark Times | London Review Bookshop
Women in Dark Times begins with three remarkable women: revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg; German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon; and film icon Marilyn Monroe. The…
www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Listen to Jacqueline Rose and Yasmin El-Rifae discuss Rose's book, WOMEN IN DARK TIMES on the @londonreviewbookshop.co.uk Podcast www.londonreviewbookshop.co.uk/podcasts-vid...
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Attention: The U.S. is no longer rated a “full democracy” by many indexes. It is often classified as a “flawed democracy” or “electoral democracy with deficits.”
October 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Attention: The U.S. is no longer rated a “full democracy” by many indexes. It is often classified as a “flawed democracy” or “electoral democracy with deficits.”
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We’re launching a new online magazine publishing bold, contemporary short fiction. Subscribe to be the first to see our stories (link in bio)
August 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
We’re launching a new online magazine publishing bold, contemporary short fiction. Subscribe to be the first to see our stories (link in bio)
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Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
AOC: I think there's two things that are happening at once: One, there absolutely is an unprecedented abuse of power, destruction of norms, erosion of our government and our democracy in order to prop up an authoritarian style of governance
However, they are weaker than they look…
However, they are weaker than they look…
October 1, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Most of the power authoritarians have is freely given. We should not comply with them in advance.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Trump is far weaker than he looks. So is the GOP. We should draw them out, drain them at every opportunity, and fight for people’s wellbeing at every turn.
We have been sent here to fight for people.
Picked up a book yesterday from Waterstones. The author bio referenced her background in journalism and previous books. Then, listed her IG following. I put the book down. Since when is a bot based influencer a criteria of adequate writing?
October 2, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Picked up a book yesterday from Waterstones. The author bio referenced her background in journalism and previous books. Then, listed her IG following. I put the book down. Since when is a bot based influencer a criteria of adequate writing?
Please don’t tell me Gropedia will replace Wikipedia
a group of men are gathered in a room with cnbc written on the bottom
ALT: a group of men are gathered in a room with cnbc written on the bottom
media.tenor.com
October 1, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Please don’t tell me Gropedia will replace Wikipedia