Michele Paule
@michelepaule.bsky.social
Academic. Author. Activist. PI: Girls, Leadership, & Women in the Public Eye project. RHJYC trustee. Latest book: https://tinyurl.com/3swdbdew
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🚨 NEW: Britain’s most powerful people are still 5x more likely to have been privately educated than the general population.
Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵
Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵
September 18, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🚨 NEW: Britain’s most powerful people are still 5x more likely to have been privately educated than the general population.
Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵
Our brand-new research reveals that jobs in the media, business, charity, creative and public sectors remain dominated by those from private schools ⤵️🧵
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MeCCSA 2025 has come and gone but we still have plenty of updates to share about the conference and our network members! Stay tuned for more 👀 #MeCCSA2025
September 17, 2025 at 9:47 AM
MeCCSA 2025 has come and gone but we still have plenty of updates to share about the conference and our network members! Stay tuned for more 👀 #MeCCSA2025
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Teachers, firefighters, journalists, politicians, a Secret Service employee, and a worker for an NFL team have all been fired this week for speaking critically about Charlie Kirk, a man who criticized others for a living.
Several people fired after clampdown on speech over Charlie Kirk shooting
Teachers, firefighters and military personnel among those who lost jobs after posting their opinion on social media
www.theguardian.com
September 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Teachers, firefighters, journalists, politicians, a Secret Service employee, and a worker for an NFL team have all been fired this week for speaking critically about Charlie Kirk, a man who criticized others for a living.
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The silence from those who claim to be fighting and campaigning to protect women & children is now deafening. It was never truly about safeguarding them - it is about immigration and racism, and certainly not about the safety of Black and Brown women and children.
uk.news.yahoo.com/british-born...
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September 12, 2025 at 7:27 PM
The silence from those who claim to be fighting and campaigning to protect women & children is now deafening. It was never truly about safeguarding them - it is about immigration and racism, and certainly not about the safety of Black and Brown women and children.
uk.news.yahoo.com/british-born...
uk.news.yahoo.com/british-born...
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UK mothers earn £302 a week less than fathers.
Women penalised for becoming mothers. Position becomes even worse when women become unpaid carers.
74,000 women a year forced to leave jobs for getting pregnant.
Takes toll: low pensions, poverty insecurity.
Women penalised for becoming mothers. Position becomes even worse when women become unpaid carers.
74,000 women a year forced to leave jobs for getting pregnant.
Takes toll: low pensions, poverty insecurity.
UK mothers earn £302 a week less than fathers, analysis shows
ONS data shows they are working for free from 1 September, almost three months earlier than Equal Pay Day for all women
www.theguardian.com
August 25, 2025 at 7:16 AM
UK mothers earn £302 a week less than fathers.
Women penalised for becoming mothers. Position becomes even worse when women become unpaid carers.
74,000 women a year forced to leave jobs for getting pregnant.
Takes toll: low pensions, poverty insecurity.
Women penalised for becoming mothers. Position becomes even worse when women become unpaid carers.
74,000 women a year forced to leave jobs for getting pregnant.
Takes toll: low pensions, poverty insecurity.
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We also have a website for blogs, advice, reading recommendations and much more: meccsa-womens-network.org.uk
Welcome MeCCSA Women's Network - MeCCSA Women's Network
meccsa-womens-network.org.uk
August 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
We also have a website for blogs, advice, reading recommendations and much more: meccsa-womens-network.org.uk
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An interesting framework for the context of #onlinehate: "similar to the 'there is no alternative' to neoliberalism argument...the gendered construction of cyberlibertarianism presents online freedom as the only game in town, at least when it comes to online hate." academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
An Intersectional Feminist Critique of Cyberlibertarian’s Grip on the Construction of Online Freedom
Abstract. The impacts of online hate speech include emotional and embodied harms that have sometimes stunted careers, resulted in lost wages and missed job
academic.oup.com
August 15, 2025 at 12:56 PM
An interesting framework for the context of #onlinehate: "similar to the 'there is no alternative' to neoliberalism argument...the gendered construction of cyberlibertarianism presents online freedom as the only game in town, at least when it comes to online hate." academic.oup.com/isagsq/artic...
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Black Country people: fash are trying to mobilise people in Dudley this Sunday, hot off back of former Tory MP & multiple property owner Marco Longhi’s campaign to remove leisure discount for asylum-seekers. Please join the counter demo 11am at the Fountain if you can.
August 15, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Black Country people: fash are trying to mobilise people in Dudley this Sunday, hot off back of former Tory MP & multiple property owner Marco Longhi’s campaign to remove leisure discount for asylum-seekers. Please join the counter demo 11am at the Fountain if you can.
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The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.
The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.
The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.
August 5, 2025 at 8:25 AM
The rich must be incentivised; the poor must be disciplined.
The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.
The political economy of the super-elite in one headline.
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Well this is all suddenly starting to make a lot more sense…
Women abused as children by Rotherham gangs say police also sexually assaulted them www.bbc.com/news/article...
Women abused as children by Rotherham gangs say police also sexually assaulted them www.bbc.com/news/article...
Police officers ‘also abused’ Rotherham grooming gang victims
One says she was raped from the age of 12 by a South Yorkshire Police officer in a marked police car.
www.bbc.com
July 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Well this is all suddenly starting to make a lot more sense…
Women abused as children by Rotherham gangs say police also sexually assaulted them www.bbc.com/news/article...
Women abused as children by Rotherham gangs say police also sexually assaulted them www.bbc.com/news/article...
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📢 Behold, The Master Race 🔽 🙄. Currently, if not in jail, to be found harassing terrified asylum seekers trapped in their temporary hotel accommodation up and down the country. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📢 Behold, The Master Race 🔽 🙄. Currently, if not in jail, to be found harassing terrified asylum seekers trapped in their temporary hotel accommodation up and down the country. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Some of the world’s largest private security firms are making millions of dollars by aiding ICE with its mass deportations.
Now the Trump administration’s record-breaking deportation spending blitz is poised to boost their profits even more.
Now the Trump administration’s record-breaking deportation spending blitz is poised to boost their profits even more.
ICE’s Deportation Machine Runs on Private Security
Some of the world’s largest private security firms are making millions of dollars by aiding ICE with its mass deportations. Now the Trump administration’s record-breaking deportation spending blitz is poised to boost their profits even more.
jacobin.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Some of the world’s largest private security firms are making millions of dollars by aiding ICE with its mass deportations.
Now the Trump administration’s record-breaking deportation spending blitz is poised to boost their profits even more.
Now the Trump administration’s record-breaking deportation spending blitz is poised to boost their profits even more.
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The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.
July 16, 2025 at 7:17 PM
The thing about the Epstein disgustingness that strikes me hardest is that hundreds of rich old men raped underage girls and the only person currently in jail for that vile behavior is a woman.
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The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
July 10, 2025 at 5:02 PM
The first time Charlie Chaplin used his voice in a film, he wielded it to forcefully condemn the rising forces of fascism around the globe.
Will we listen to his words today?
Will we listen to his words today?
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UTA dropped Bob Vylan but represents Chris Brown just so you know where the line of acceptability is
July 5, 2025 at 7:59 AM
UTA dropped Bob Vylan but represents Chris Brown just so you know where the line of acceptability is
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If Zoe had added Munich, everybody would now talk about Pop Music....
June 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
If Zoe had added Munich, everybody would now talk about Pop Music....
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3.7 billion people live below the poverty line.
In the UK, unnecessary cuts are hitting the most marginalised.
All whilst billionaire wealth is surging - per new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report.
UK must tax extreme wealth & support the UN Tax Convention.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
In the UK, unnecessary cuts are hitting the most marginalised.
All whilst billionaire wealth is surging - per new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report.
UK must tax extreme wealth & support the UN Tax Convention.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
Billionaires’ wealth surged $6.5tn over past decade, Oxfam reports
Real-terms gains of $33.9tn for world’s richest 1% ‘enough to end annual global poverty 22 times over’, charity says
www.theguardian.com
June 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
3.7 billion people live below the poverty line.
In the UK, unnecessary cuts are hitting the most marginalised.
All whilst billionaire wealth is surging - per new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report.
UK must tax extreme wealth & support the UN Tax Convention.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
In the UK, unnecessary cuts are hitting the most marginalised.
All whilst billionaire wealth is surging - per new @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report.
UK must tax extreme wealth & support the UN Tax Convention.
www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ju...
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💷 £2 Billion of Fraudulent Covid Loans Remains At Large
Five years after launch, £1.9 billion of Bounce Back Loans is still missing — only £130 million recovered bylinetimes.com/2025/06/25/2...
Five years after launch, £1.9 billion of Bounce Back Loans is still missing — only £130 million recovered bylinetimes.com/2025/06/25/2...
£2 Billion of Fraudulent Covid Loans Remains At Large With Government Accused of 'Passivity' in Claiming Funds
Huge sums of money have yet to be returned by businesses five years after the last Conservative Government's Covid 'bounce back' loan scheme was launched
bylinetimes.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
💷 £2 Billion of Fraudulent Covid Loans Remains At Large
Five years after launch, £1.9 billion of Bounce Back Loans is still missing — only £130 million recovered bylinetimes.com/2025/06/25/2...
Five years after launch, £1.9 billion of Bounce Back Loans is still missing — only £130 million recovered bylinetimes.com/2025/06/25/2...
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On balance, I was more comfortable with Fox employees lying about wars than running them.
June 23, 2025 at 9:46 PM
On balance, I was more comfortable with Fox employees lying about wars than running them.
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Today, Women’s Aid’s heartbreaking report finds that 19 more children have been killed since 2015 by a known domestically abusive parent during unsafe contact arrangements.
This is a 50% increase in the number of families impacted compared to the last decade.
www.womensaid.org.uk/nineteen-mor...
This is a 50% increase in the number of families impacted compared to the last decade.
www.womensaid.org.uk/nineteen-mor...
June 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Today, Women’s Aid’s heartbreaking report finds that 19 more children have been killed since 2015 by a known domestically abusive parent during unsafe contact arrangements.
This is a 50% increase in the number of families impacted compared to the last decade.
www.womensaid.org.uk/nineteen-mor...
This is a 50% increase in the number of families impacted compared to the last decade.
www.womensaid.org.uk/nineteen-mor...
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In use at many UK universities right now
June 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
In use at many UK universities right now
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#OtD 22 Jun 1948 the Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury docks bringing the first group of 492 Jamaicans to the UK. They had answered an appeal for workers from the UK which needed to rebuild following World War II, amidst an acute labour shortage shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
June 22, 2025 at 9:56 AM
#OtD 22 Jun 1948 the Empire Windrush arrived in Tilbury docks bringing the first group of 492 Jamaicans to the UK. They had answered an appeal for workers from the UK which needed to rebuild following World War II, amidst an acute labour shortage shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Under neoliberal fire, the right to strike is waning, globally, after years of premeditated attacks to limit it [ITUC] www.ituc-csi.org/under-neolib...
Under neoliberal fire, the right to strike is waning, globally, after years of premeditated attacks to limit it
Amid deliberate attacks by neoliberal employers and policies, the right to strike is being weakened, year on year, all around the world. Even in the most developed countries, the drive to neutralise t...
www.ituc-csi.org
June 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Under neoliberal fire, the right to strike is waning, globally, after years of premeditated attacks to limit it [ITUC] www.ituc-csi.org/under-neolib...
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They're just arresting organizers now.
Border Patrol Detains Two Leaders of Migrant Advocacy Group
Jose Ignacio "Nacho" De La Cruz, 29, and his stepdaughter, Heidi Perez, 18, were pulled over in Richford. An advocacy group accused agents of racial profiling.
m.sevendaysvt.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:06 AM
They're just arresting organizers now.
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Now that we’ve seen the full Senate text, we can say for certain: either the House or the Senate version would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history.
Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich.
Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich.
June 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Now that we’ve seen the full Senate text, we can say for certain: either the House or the Senate version would be the largest transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich in a single law in history.
Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich.
Each have the largest Medicaid and largest SNAP cuts ever. And each give huge tax cuts to the rich.