Lucy
@lucyd1089.bsky.social
Middle-aged centrist mum. Spend my time reading, singing and being angry about stuff. Views my own (obviously).
There speaks a man who has no interest in fiction by women. Off the top of my head: Sarah Moss, Claire Kilroy, Margaret Drabble, Rachel Cusk, Holly Bourne, Jessica Stanley, Ashley Audrain, Milly Johnson, Maggie O’Farrell... Presumably they have escaped his Manly Notice.
February 12, 2026 at 11:02 PM
There speaks a man who has no interest in fiction by women. Off the top of my head: Sarah Moss, Claire Kilroy, Margaret Drabble, Rachel Cusk, Holly Bourne, Jessica Stanley, Ashley Audrain, Milly Johnson, Maggie O’Farrell... Presumably they have escaped his Manly Notice.
Fuck the whole grubby lot of them.
February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Fuck the whole grubby lot of them.
Social media being toxic for adults as well is not a reason not to regulate it for kids.
January 29, 2026 at 10:44 AM
Social media being toxic for adults as well is not a reason not to regulate it for kids.
Surely all over for Trump now he’s lost the ‘catbongos’ subreddit
January 25, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Surely all over for Trump now he’s lost the ‘catbongos’ subreddit
“How can I hate women? My mum’s one.”
January 19, 2026 at 7:25 PM
“How can I hate women? My mum’s one.”
I see what you did there, Independent. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
November 27, 2025 at 4:48 PM
I see what you did there, Independent. www.independent.co.uk/arts-enterta...
Absolutely spot-on. It was clear at the time that the Johnson boys’ club was completely failing to consider the impact of its policies on women and children (which nearly broke some of us).
November 21, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Absolutely spot-on. It was clear at the time that the Johnson boys’ club was completely failing to consider the impact of its policies on women and children (which nearly broke some of us).
We are all agreed this is bad, though, right?
November 10, 2025 at 8:11 AM
We are all agreed this is bad, though, right?
Actual footage of Kemi and Katie running the NHS themselves after deporting all the foreign-born nurses on less than £38k.
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Actual footage of Kemi and Katie running the NHS themselves after deporting all the foreign-born nurses on less than £38k.
There ain’t no episodes after Season 8, and there never were.
October 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
There ain’t no episodes after Season 8, and there never were.
I hated that book. openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
September 23, 2025 at 4:03 PM
I hated that book. openpsychometrics.org/tests/charac...
I keep being reminded of this poem. Can’t think why.
September 13, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I keep being reminded of this poem. Can’t think why.
Another day in the crime-ridden ethnic-tension-filled hellhole that is London.
August 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Another day in the crime-ridden ethnic-tension-filled hellhole that is London.
This would definitely be my Drag Queen name.
August 1, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This would definitely be my Drag Queen name.
Heartbreaking to have this and not be able to play it anywhere.
June 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Heartbreaking to have this and not be able to play it anywhere.
Excellent piece which includes this wonderful anecdote.
June 21, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Excellent piece which includes this wonderful anecdote.
This is neither normal nor tolerable.
June 21, 2025 at 7:50 AM
This is neither normal nor tolerable.
I mean they may not be ‘the’ theme, but they are undeniably ‘a’ theme. Is she not aware of the basic concepts of literary theory? (Of course she is; this is entirely performative).
June 16, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I mean they may not be ‘the’ theme, but they are undeniably ‘a’ theme. Is she not aware of the basic concepts of literary theory? (Of course she is; this is entirely performative).
Me! (Not that you have any idea who I am)
June 14, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Me! (Not that you have any idea who I am)