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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 14h

He clearly has good taste!

Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 14h

There have been whole academic studies about ‘The Scully Effect’ where women went to medical school and into STEM careers because of the X Files.

a close up of a woman 's face with the words i like it on the bottom

ALT: a close up of a woman 's face with the words i like it on the bottom

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 14h

Fellow phile, hi!

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Sycamore @sycamoretea.bsky.social · 17h

If you claim women don't exist in your fandom/profession/niche area, that is NOT a bragging point. It's telling on yourself that you've been so toxic to them that they're avoiding you on purpose. I'll bet they exist. Whether they're supported & celebrated is a secondary question.

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 14h

This!

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 14h

I spent a decade deep (DEEEEP) in the X Files Fandom. It was, and continues to be, 98% female. Ditto the Battlestar Galactica fandom. Women are interested in sci fi.

Earl Grey: 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 @earlgreymemes.club · 1d

okay grandpa, let's get you to bed

To understand this problem, first, you have to understand the demographics of Star Trek viewers. Trekkies are and always have been men. Women are not usually interested in science fiction, but that’s doubly true of Star Trek in particular.

I hear you, random guy who once knew some lady who watched every Voyager episode. I see you on Instagram, attractive girl cosplaying in Starfleet miniskirts. Unfortunately, you very cool Trek-girls are the exception, not the rule.

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 14h

You can leave out the meat and it’s just as good, fyi.

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Erik 🕊️ @eriknyssen.bsky.social · 7d

a beautiful day for a protest at noon and an ordination at three!

Erik and his friend Nadia at a protest, both in clergy collars, holding signs. Erik’s sign says, “Jesus was a refugee,” and Nadia’s sign says, “love your neighbor.”

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 14h

This is an absolute banger of a recipe! We sometimes do bread crumbs on top, instead of cheese, and it’s just as good. Yum.

smitten kitchen @smittenkitchen.bsky.social · 16h

Pizza Beans 2.0! Hearty chickpeas, sausage, and kale are simmered in a spicy tomato sauce then finished with melted and blistered mozzarella and pecorino. We like to scoop it onto garlic bread.

smittenkitchen.com/2025/02/ziti...

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Moira Donegan @moiradonegan.bsky.social · 15h

The problem of course is that women will vote for misogynists, but men won’t vote for women.

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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 1d

I got my flu vaccine this week. I’d encourage all eligible Londoners to get theirs as soon as possible to stay well and strong this winter and be able to enjoy all that London has to offer.

Book through your GP, the NHS app or online ⬇️

nhs.uk/vaccinations...

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 1d

I’m sorry darling. Praying for you. X

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 1d

always happy to post stuff about and for you - your work is amazing and deserves to be more widely seen

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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 1d

I hear the Epstein Ballroom will be illuminated solely by gaslighting.

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Emma Mitchell @silverpebble2.bsky.social · 2d

You can now enrol on my late '25 & early '26 workshops.
In each class I teach you botanical/bird illustration or casting nature finds in silver, along with how creative activity alters our brain chemistry to improve mental health.
You also get 30% off my etsy shop 1/2🧵:

workshops.emmamitchell.uk

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 1d

Really glad you have good help getting this sorted. xx

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 1d

I'm so sorry that the system is so against you getting the help you need. xx

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Rose Schmits @roseschmits.bsky.social · 1d

If a trans woman is on the eurostar in the eurotunnel does what toilet she can use change halfway through or after the passport checkpoint? So then she can use the womens coming one way but not the other? Mysterious shit

Abigail Thorn @theabigailthorn.bsky.social · 1d

I love living in a country where the law about what bathroom I can use is genuinely UNKNOWABLE, it’s like something from a Joseph Heller novel

Victoria McCloud 🏳️‍⚧️🌈‍♾️ @humanrightsvicky.bsky.social · 1d

This is 100% correct. Including as to the chaos the Gender Critical Ideological Movement so beloved of Labour has now descended into as their facade of respectability crumbles like the Berlin Wall.

www.liberalcurrents.com/nobody-knows...

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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 1d

- I'm going to analyse the Welsh by-election result
- Caerphilly?
- Nah, I'll probably just fire off some hot-takes

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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 1d

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.

Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

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Rev Peter W Nimmo @peternimmo.bsky.social · 2d

Some people get obsessed with Strictly

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Leavitt: "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."

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Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 1d

And I should say, that Norwich (and specifically this part) is really really not as white as people might think - it's pretty multicultural here.

Marguerite @margodee19.bsky.social · 1d

I'm in Norwich where the main street closest to us had flags put up for about two miles. Fliers then appeared on every lamppost saying 'Refugees welcome here, Norwich is open to all' with a flag and a heart design. All the posters were then ripped down or vandalised. FFS.

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La Reine des Metaphores @metaphorqu.bsky.social · 2d

There were flags by the church in the next village down from us. I had a chat with the vicar and the flags mysteriously disappeared. Divine intervention.

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Pete Fraser @petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 2d

It’s very important that men aren’t accused of domestic assault cause it will destroy their careers.

Bloody Disgusting @bloody-disgusting.com · 2d

Johnny Depp will reportedly play Ebenezer Scrooge in Ti West’s EBENEZER: A CHRISTMAS CAROL, with Andrea Riseborough (Possessor) also attached to star in the film.

‘Ebenezer: A Christmas Carol’ – Ti West Directing Dickens Tale With Johnny Depp as Scrooge

While Robert Eggers plans his own dark take on A Christmas Carol starring Willem Dafoe, Deadline reports that Ti West (X, Pearl, MaXXXine) is taking his own crack at the classic tale. Johnny Depp will...

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