Siobhan Hoffmann Sønderborg
@siobhanhoffmann.bsky.social
Freelance creative, project manager, and business development person. Previously in HE. Currently, all over the place.
Lover of books, ceramics, snacks, silliness, exploring, foul language, visual/material culture. (And sometimes tennis and hospitality.)
Lover of books, ceramics, snacks, silliness, exploring, foul language, visual/material culture. (And sometimes tennis and hospitality.)
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Tarantino is clearly a sick misogynist who gets off on hurting women.
There's numerous stories of him stepping in to perform violent acts on women in his films whenever he can (face won't be seen)
These moments in Kill Bill, Diane Kruger in Inglorious Bastards
slate.com/culture/2025...
There's numerous stories of him stepping in to perform violent acts on women in his films whenever he can (face won't be seen)
These moments in Kill Bill, Diane Kruger in Inglorious Bastards
slate.com/culture/2025...
Kill Bill Is Back in Theaters in a New Version. It’ll Never Play the Same.
The Whole Bloody Affair changed the way I saw Tarantino’s epic revenge film—and so did the reporting about its making.
slate.com
December 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Tarantino is clearly a sick misogynist who gets off on hurting women.
There's numerous stories of him stepping in to perform violent acts on women in his films whenever he can (face won't be seen)
These moments in Kill Bill, Diane Kruger in Inglorious Bastards
slate.com/culture/2025...
There's numerous stories of him stepping in to perform violent acts on women in his films whenever he can (face won't be seen)
These moments in Kill Bill, Diane Kruger in Inglorious Bastards
slate.com/culture/2025...
Nice.
Kristi Noem and Tom Homan hiring the best and the brightest for their new ICE Army. www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
December 4, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Nice.
Sorry for going on about it. I mean, I'm not, really. But it's tedious that we still have to advocate for ourselves because people who are tasked with managing our healthcare provision are either avoidant or incompetent.
December 4, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Sorry for going on about it. I mean, I'm not, really. But it's tedious that we still have to advocate for ourselves because people who are tasked with managing our healthcare provision are either avoidant or incompetent.
Really looking forward to Streeting's inquiry ensuring that neuroduvegent-adjacent conditions including long covid and women's hormonal health finally get proper attention and funding.
Good job, hen.
Good job, hen.
December 4, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Really looking forward to Streeting's inquiry ensuring that neuroduvegent-adjacent conditions including long covid and women's hormonal health finally get proper attention and funding.
Good job, hen.
Good job, hen.
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Unsolicited writing advice, no. 926:
Some authors can pin down the perfect word in a first draft. Most can't. If that's you, don't worry about it. Make the structure sound before you start going over the detailing.
Some authors can pin down the perfect word in a first draft. Most can't. If that's you, don't worry about it. Make the structure sound before you start going over the detailing.
December 4, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Unsolicited writing advice, no. 926:
Some authors can pin down the perfect word in a first draft. Most can't. If that's you, don't worry about it. Make the structure sound before you start going over the detailing.
Some authors can pin down the perfect word in a first draft. Most can't. If that's you, don't worry about it. Make the structure sound before you start going over the detailing.
I can't help but feel that Streeting would have benefitted from talking to a neurodivergent person before announcing this inquiry.
I'm also interested in how he came up with the term "overdiagnosis". On what basis is he using this assumption? Where is the data? Which studies is he citing?
I'm also interested in how he came up with the term "overdiagnosis". On what basis is he using this assumption? Where is the data? Which studies is he citing?
December 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I can't help but feel that Streeting would have benefitted from talking to a neurodivergent person before announcing this inquiry.
I'm also interested in how he came up with the term "overdiagnosis". On what basis is he using this assumption? Where is the data? Which studies is he citing?
I'm also interested in how he came up with the term "overdiagnosis". On what basis is he using this assumption? Where is the data? Which studies is he citing?
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Why juries matter
Jury trials should not be deleted without properly funding other parts of the criminal justice system
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Jury trials should not be deleted without properly funding other parts of the criminal justice system
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
December 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Why juries matter
Jury trials should not be deleted without properly funding other parts of the criminal justice system
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Jury trials should not be deleted without properly funding other parts of the criminal justice system
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
December 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
while making some tea i remembered a substitute Physics teacher we had at school for a bit who'd end every lesson with a general "do you have any questions?" segment and one person asked why when you forget to boil a kettle you can tell by the sound because hot and cold water sound different
I really want to scoop out the part of my taxes that cover health care, and put them towards actually covering my healthcare.
I'm so tired of the number of times I have been told "You can chat with this person but they aren't a mental health professional, so aren't qualified to offer advice."
I'm so tired of the number of times I have been told "You can chat with this person but they aren't a mental health professional, so aren't qualified to offer advice."
December 4, 2025 at 9:33 AM
I really want to scoop out the part of my taxes that cover health care, and put them towards actually covering my healthcare.
I'm so tired of the number of times I have been told "You can chat with this person but they aren't a mental health professional, so aren't qualified to offer advice."
I'm so tired of the number of times I have been told "You can chat with this person but they aren't a mental health professional, so aren't qualified to offer advice."
Now. I have to nail myself to a chair and attempt to work. Thankfully, I'm at a point in the month where my concentration is at least partially functional.
I learned about the dopamine-oestrogen connection from the internet, incidentally. Not my fucking doctor.
I learned about the dopamine-oestrogen connection from the internet, incidentally. Not my fucking doctor.
a man with a mustache is holding a piece of pizza and saying " don 't sass me " .
ALT: a man with a mustache is holding a piece of pizza and saying " don 't sass me " .
media.tenor.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Now. I have to nail myself to a chair and attempt to work. Thankfully, I'm at a point in the month where my concentration is at least partially functional.
I learned about the dopamine-oestrogen connection from the internet, incidentally. Not my fucking doctor.
I learned about the dopamine-oestrogen connection from the internet, incidentally. Not my fucking doctor.
Nobody who is disabled, or neurodivergent enjoys the disabling aspect of their condition. People seek help when they are desperate. And benefits are not beneficial for most nd ppl other than that they provide the most basic building blocks for survival. We aren't stupid. We need help.
December 4, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Nobody who is disabled, or neurodivergent enjoys the disabling aspect of their condition. People seek help when they are desperate. And benefits are not beneficial for most nd ppl other than that they provide the most basic building blocks for survival. We aren't stupid. We need help.
Cutting funding and denying support is not innovation. Or good policy.
December 4, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Cutting funding and denying support is not innovation. Or good policy.
And before anybody pipes up, I know plenty of neurodiverse men, too. And their suffering is equally heartbreakingly horrendous, but at least more of them have a diagnosis so can legitimately attempt running the gauntlet of seeking the scant support that is available.
December 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
And before anybody pipes up, I know plenty of neurodiverse men, too. And their suffering is equally heartbreakingly horrendous, but at least more of them have a diagnosis so can legitimately attempt running the gauntlet of seeking the scant support that is available.
Speaking frankly, the practice of sending deeply unwell people, who are at a greater risk than average of harm, down a labyrinthine signposting pathway that often ends nowhere, actually seems deliberately designed to drive those people over the edge.
December 4, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Speaking frankly, the practice of sending deeply unwell people, who are at a greater risk than average of harm, down a labyrinthine signposting pathway that often ends nowhere, actually seems deliberately designed to drive those people over the edge.
Ordering an inquiry into crisis levels in the diagnosis of neurodivergence, an issue that has uncovered how massively underdiagnosed, under-supported, and ignored (predominantly) the suffering of neurodiverse women has been since... Well, forever, is fine. It's fine. But...
December 4, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ordering an inquiry into crisis levels in the diagnosis of neurodivergence, an issue that has uncovered how massively underdiagnosed, under-supported, and ignored (predominantly) the suffering of neurodiverse women has been since... Well, forever, is fine. It's fine. But...
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“Of all the stigmas that accompany not wanting children (and there are many), this is the one that upsets me the most. Just because someone doesn’t want to be a full-time parent doesn’t mean that they aren’t good with children or aren’t to be trusted with them.”
inews.co.uk/opinion/sick...
inews.co.uk/opinion/sick...
I'm sick of parent smugness towards people who don't have kids
Even those closest to you begin sentences with the dreaded phrase, 'as a mother'
inews.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 7:31 AM
“Of all the stigmas that accompany not wanting children (and there are many), this is the one that upsets me the most. Just because someone doesn’t want to be a full-time parent doesn’t mean that they aren’t good with children or aren’t to be trusted with them.”
inews.co.uk/opinion/sick...
inews.co.uk/opinion/sick...
I cannot wait for the day we all acknowledge that Tarantino is a nasty dude. I get such strong bad vibes from that guy.
December 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I cannot wait for the day we all acknowledge that Tarantino is a nasty dude. I get such strong bad vibes from that guy.
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"And the eagles, when they smelt the flesh, desired after it, and they flapped their wings... [They] could not attain unto the meat; but ever as they struggled they bore aloft with them Kay Kāvus and the throne whereon he sat."
—The Shahnameh, Ferdowsi
#BookologyThursday
—The Shahnameh, Ferdowsi
#BookologyThursday
December 4, 2025 at 3:19 AM
"And the eagles, when they smelt the flesh, desired after it, and they flapped their wings... [They] could not attain unto the meat; but ever as they struggled they bore aloft with them Kay Kāvus and the throne whereon he sat."
—The Shahnameh, Ferdowsi
#BookologyThursday
—The Shahnameh, Ferdowsi
#BookologyThursday
Nice to discover something to read from Malcolm. He's such a lovely man and such an eloquent writer.
December 4, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Nice to discover something to read from Malcolm. He's such a lovely man and such an eloquent writer.
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‘North America was a European melting pot long before Ellis Island, and however much dynamism was injected by diversity, tensions were inevitable. Friction between Protestants and Catholics was most bitter where religion mapped onto nationality.’
Malcolm Gaskill:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Malcolm Gaskill:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Malcolm Gaskill · Bejesuited: America’s First Catholics
Readers familiar with the legend of Pocahontas – baptised an Anglican in the church at Jamestown – and the puritan...
www.lrb.co.uk
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
‘North America was a European melting pot long before Ellis Island, and however much dynamism was injected by diversity, tensions were inevitable. Friction between Protestants and Catholics was most bitter where religion mapped onto nationality.’
Malcolm Gaskill:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Malcolm Gaskill:
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Have Tiny Desk Concerts entirely gone? If they need a cramped space in which to host them from now on, may I humbly proffer my front room? I even have a music tech on hand. Seriously.
December 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Have Tiny Desk Concerts entirely gone? If they need a cramped space in which to host them from now on, may I humbly proffer my front room? I even have a music tech on hand. Seriously.
Whenever you see public sector surveys in the news, it's fairly safe to say that whatever conclusions are drawn/problems are identified are softened massively by the fact that nothing is ever anonymous, and that the "embedded" systems they implement are laughably incoherent and unfit for purpose.
December 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Whenever you see public sector surveys in the news, it's fairly safe to say that whatever conclusions are drawn/problems are identified are softened massively by the fact that nothing is ever anonymous, and that the "embedded" systems they implement are laughably incoherent and unfit for purpose.
It's past midday AND technically we are in the Christmas season so it's legitimate to consume festive things RIGHT NOW.
Let's go!
Let's go!
Midweek Treat: #RecipeOfTheDay is my Snowball in Heaven! You know you deserve it. ‘Tis the season, after all. www.nigella.com/recipes/snow...
Snowball In Heaven
If Christmas isn’t the time for a kitsch cocktail, I don’t know when is. And while I have nothing against a straightforward Snowball (and I make mine with one part advocaat to about 3 parts lemonade, ...
www.nigella.com
December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
It's past midday AND technically we are in the Christmas season so it's legitimate to consume festive things RIGHT NOW.
Let's go!
Let's go!
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Announcing for 2026 -- I need to read more books!
So I'm asking for your help. Help me read more by reading along with me.
I don't know what this will look like exactly. Participate however you wish. Let's dig into some of boxing's most classic literature. Let's read together.
So I'm asking for your help. Help me read more by reading along with me.
I don't know what this will look like exactly. Participate however you wish. Let's dig into some of boxing's most classic literature. Let's read together.
December 1, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Announcing for 2026 -- I need to read more books!
So I'm asking for your help. Help me read more by reading along with me.
I don't know what this will look like exactly. Participate however you wish. Let's dig into some of boxing's most classic literature. Let's read together.
So I'm asking for your help. Help me read more by reading along with me.
I don't know what this will look like exactly. Participate however you wish. Let's dig into some of boxing's most classic literature. Let's read together.