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Bennie Kara

@benniekara.bsky.social

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Former UK English teacher and senior leader, now training, speaking and consulting on all things DEI, curriculum, literacy and leadership. Co-Founder of Diverse Educators. Author • Mama • Reader • Coach • she/her www.adharaeducation.com for bookings

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 3h

Ugh Ben you’re being far more gracious than I would have. I don’t understand people who appoint themselves ambassadors for some imagined public feeling. Your daughter has the right to enjoy art in her own way. Her body should not be policed by anybody.

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 1d

My rip off degree in English and European Literature made an English teacher for 20 years. Short sighted from the Tories, but that’s not a surprise.

Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d

Badenoch and Co see education only as a means to a massive income in some soul destroying career.

Devoid of imagination and the power of knowledge they view life entirely through the prism of the CV.

My advice always is to study what interests you and the rest will follow

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 1d

Over 18k children. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

Young lives cut short on an unimaginable scale: the 18,457 children on Gaza’s list of war dead

Every name on a list compiled by health authorities in Gaza of the child victims of Israel’s offensive

www.theguardian.com

Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 1d

I was thinking poetic dandy…

Reposted by Bennie Kara

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 1d

I've responded to Robert Jenrick's vile comments in @thetimes.com

www.thetimes.com/life-style/c...

I sang Jerusalem with Robert Jenrick at school — he’s wrong about race

The Conservative MP has complained that, visiting Handsworth in Birmingham, he didn’t see ‘another white face’. You can’t judge whether someone is integrated by skin colour, argues fellow Wulfrunian S...

www.thetimes.com

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 1d

Accurate.

Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 1d

That’s exactly the kind of academia I’m here for.

Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 1d

I thought PE on a night out!

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 1d

Maths teacher, PE teacher, English teacher.

Dr Emma Salisbury @salisbot.bsky.social · 2d

Army, Marines, Air Force

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 2d

“It’s just so mainstream.”

Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 2d

The sneering critics often miss the clever stuff.

Dr Briony Hughes @brihughespoet.bsky.social · 3d

Intellectual profundity, intertextual craft, and Elizabeth Siddal: here’s why I’ve enjoyed taking @taylorswift13’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ seriously. A thread by a university lecturer 🎓

Article reads: Taylor Swift's new album, The Life of a Showgirl, is a more enjoyable listen if you don't take Taylor Swift - the artist, the persona, the person — so seriously.
That task, however, is difficult for two reasons: first, many folklore-era fans have leaned in way too hard to the idea of Swift as an Intellectual Poet Genius whose big words signify profundity.
Second, Swift herself has imposed an intense amount of pressure on making a perfect, concise pop album in Showgirl.

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 3d

Sharing xx

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 4d

Lucky!

Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 4d

❤️

Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 4d

Great people on this list - do give them a follow!

Nuzhat Uthmani @nuthmani.bsky.social · 5d

go.bsky.app/5zfUjQv

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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 4d

Aha! This is why I’ve had a sudden flurry of followers. Thanks for adding me - what a great list of people!

Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 4d

I know there’s a lot going on right now, but can we talk about Frank Grillo? The man is a movie making machine. He’s averaging four of five films a year. Not good films, but still!