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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 7h

behind the scenes

Pat crouched on the living room floor taking a photo of the baby as she lies on a blanket surrounded by slime toys and a copy of a dragon quest game.

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erika @yeeeerika.bsky.social · 12d

this headline hums with ancient autumnal dread

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headline: no one knows how big pumpkins can get
sub head: a decade ago, the worlds heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. now the 3,000 pound mark is within sight
by yasmin tayag

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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 11d

maybe I'm just bitter because although I am ok at rejecting the societal pressure around thinness the societal pressure around breastfeeding sure did get me

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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 11d

there's that saying about lots of men on the left that's like "everyone wants a revolution but no one wants to do the washing up," I think you could say the same about body acceptance: "everyone wants body acceptance but no one wants to fuck a fat person"

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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 11d

this is extremely bleak shit! the normalisation of weight loss drugs is gross to me and my big controversial opinion is that you can't be feminist and/or left wing and support the unfettered access to them

‘The pressure to get your old body back is immense’: the new mothers driven to weight-loss jabs

The NHS warns against using GLP-1s while breastfeeding – for the baby’s sake as well as the mother’s. But how much does that count when they’re so readily available and there’s so much pressure to ‘bo...

www.theguardian.com

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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 15d

I didn't think After the Hunt was his best work but respect to Luca Guadagnino for his dedication to casting really hot people

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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 17d

As someone who recently had a baby using NHS services I can save them some time and cash doing an inquiry: fund maternity services better, hire more staff. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Thousands of new mothers in England readmitted to hospital after birth, figures show

Exclusive: More than 14,600 women readmitted within 30 days of birth in last year, raising alarm over early discharges

www.theguardian.com

rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 24d

"your gala pie is so peng" is perhaps the most embarrassing sentence ever uttered

rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 24d

god everyone on bake off is *so* posh now and nearly every single challenge is *so* silly

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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 26d

Do they still write songs like Cha Cha Slide? It's been a long time since I went to a school disco to know

rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 29d

I hope my daughter loves me but I do often get the sense that she is at best tolerating me

rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 29d

imagine having the confidence in your parenting that you buy baby clothing saying things like "I love my mummy"

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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · 29d

have I ever concentrated as hard on anything in my life as my infant daughter concentrates on trying to fart

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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · Oct 4

a hill I will die on is that Christmas gift guides should be published in October

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · Sep 30

Some good news.

London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.

The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.

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rosie curtis @rosiecurtis.bsky.social · Sep 23

we need to end the tyranny of the floor when it comes to parent and baby groups. my back cannot cope with being forced to breastfeed sitting cross legged on the floor