Karen (they/them)
@karenpollock.bsky.social
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white, queer, non binary, autistic, working class psychotherapist, supervisor, writer and geek. "But in the end it's only a passing thing this shadow, even darkness must pass" counsellinginnorthumberland.com header shows the Northern Lights
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karenpollock.bsky.social
The mushrooms are glorious this year 🍄#autumn #mushrooms #milkcaps
milkcap mushrooms (lactifuus piperatus) milk white and perfect dish shaped circles against a background of autumn leaves
karenpollock.bsky.social
Three years today since the publication of Queering Psychotherapy, and I still get a little squeee when I see it on students and superviees book shelves #lgbtq #queer #therapy #booksky
the book queering psychotherapy with a black cover and the progress pride flag as a ribbon on the cover
karenpollock.bsky.social
That Golding thought Lord of the flies says anything about the human condition simply reveals a lot about his beliefs about humanity, and nothing about humanity as a whole.
karenpollock.bsky.social
Disappointed but not surprised in the current climate to see the BBC making an adaptation of Lord of the Flies - a book written to claim abuse and bullying in English public school is normal and even justified. The portrayal of children is deeply psychologically flawed
karenpollock.bsky.social
Celebrating all the sapphics on blue-sky today! Happy International lesbian Day!
The lesbian pride flag with the words happy international lesbian day
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goodlawproject.bsky.social
A transphobic pressure group is trying to ban trans women from Hampstead women’s pond – it's time to fight back.

Keep Hampstead women’s pond inclusive - add your name 👇
https://goodlawproject.org/petition/keep-hampstead-womens-pond-inclusive
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writeforwellbeing.bsky.social
Let your Words Flow
Online workshop
Writing for Wellbeing
Creative writing makes you feel good, with wonderful ideas & mood-boosting inspiration. Choose Sun 12 Oct 2–4pm, or Sat 18 Oct 10am–12pm. Only £25. Booking details: www.writingforwellbeing.co.uk/therapy-and-...
#WritingforWellbeing #writing
Blue flowing waves
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natacha.bsky.social
Updated my list of peer-reviewed critiques of The Cass Review, AGAIN for the second time today, adding McFadyen et al (2025)

This brings the number of peer-reviewed critiques of this pseudoscience to 13.
Peer-reviewed critiques of The Cass Review
Peer-reviewed critiques of the Cass Review (In chronological order of publication) Horton, C (2024) The Cass Review: Cis-supremacy in the ...
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karenpollock.bsky.social
does anything compare to watching the sun rise over the sea? #sunrise #Penarth #Wales
the sun a golden ball turning the sky gold rising over a smooth sea. A traditional victorian pier is silhouetted on the left of the picture
karenpollock.bsky.social
I hope to write it up, but for now is it ok if I DM the slides?
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coachingintheround.co.uk
This article rang a bell with me - I didn't tell my dad I'd left the Labour Party and even at his funeral I felt a deep sadness about the loss of that shared relationship and talked to the present and former MPs about the party as if I still had a stake in it. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Some people have a choice about whether or not to vote Labour. I wish I did too | Polly Hudson
I’m disillusioned with Keir Starmer’s government. But my late father’s passion for his political career makes it difficult to imagine putting my cross in another box, writes Polly Hudson
www.theguardian.com
karenpollock.bsky.social
and it is done, trauma Therapy for orcs presented and huge thanks to @roberttally.bsky.social for writing the book that helped so much! #Euromoot #Tolkien
karenpollock.bsky.social
people from over 15 different countries, all united by a love of Tolkien and fantasy #Euromoot day one has been an incredible experience and #cardiff has just blown us away with its welcome (and after a years organising i can finally sit back and enjoy) #Tolkien #lotr
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johngarthwriter.bsky.social
Did you know J.R.R. Tolkien was an air raid warden in the Second World War while writing The Lord of the Rings? Now a previously unseen archive image reveals the date he joined. I have thoughts on why…
tinyurl.com/tolkienwarden
#Tolkien #WW2 #Oxford #LotR
The day Tolkien became a WW2 air raid warden
The day Tolkien enrolled as a Second World War air-raid warden has been revealed in a previously unseen image from Oxford’s city archives…
tinyurl.com
karenpollock.bsky.social
packed the essentials for #euromoot now just to work out where the clothes will go (just took The Silmarillion out because I realised I needed shoes) #Tolkien #lordoftherings #lotr #JusticeforOrcs
the books lotr, farmer Giles of ham, mismeasure of orcs, a Tolkien compass on a grey chair.
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goodlawproject.org
One of the unexpected things I've learned from my advocacy for trans people is how malignant parts of the State can be, how it can misuse data for positively evil purposes. It's taught me people can't be safe with a digital ID card and so I've signed this. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
karenpollock.bsky.social
The phrase "the tolerant left" is such a self own by those who use it as an attack
Imagine if the warmest feeling you can conceive of towards fellow humans is that you will tolerate them
Not love, not like, not acceptance, just cold disdain, just tolerance
karenpollock.bsky.social
ok but does it involve kind as summer Elrond
mgcoco.bsky.social
*Any new LOTR thing is announced*

Me: Ok but does it involve Elrond
karenpollock.bsky.social
walking through Merchant Town in Glasgow makes me feel like I have stepped into a live action version of The Imperial City in Cyrodiil #oblivion
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noamchompers.bsky.social
popping a tylenol and talking about my special interest for 30 straight minutes at the bar
karenpollock.bsky.social
A day of learning, presenting on queering menopause and building queer connections ends with this amazing view #lgbt #lgbtqtherapists #Glasgow
the skyline of Glasgow against a sunset the left half of the sky glowing gold, with blue sky and fluffy white clouds high overhead