Joanna Whitehead
@mswhitehead100.bsky.social
Freelance journalist🏳️🌈 Words: The i Paper, The Independent, Positive News, DIVA magazine, Stylist, etc.
📍Yorkshire/London
📍Yorkshire/London
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I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I thought I could not be shocked by what prominent transphobes feel able to say about me. Turns out I was wrong.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
Here is Richard Dunstan, a prominent commentator closely associated with the Sex Matters charity, speculating that I enjoyed being sexually assaulted as a child.
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We have to talk more how transphobia has taken strong root among well-to-do journalists & politicians when in both the UK & US, the evidence is that voters do not share it.
The demographics of transphobia are people least likely to suffer prejudice in their lives. Richer, maler, whiter, straighter.
The demographics of transphobia are people least likely to suffer prejudice in their lives. Richer, maler, whiter, straighter.
Spanberger’s GOP foe spent 57% of her ad budget on anti-trans attacks. Spanberger focused on the economy. You see what won. trib.al/fkMmsR4
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
The simple truth told time and time again in the polls: The public doesn’t care about trans issues. Voters care deeply about the economy, inflation, & prices.
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 PM
We have to talk more how transphobia has taken strong root among well-to-do journalists & politicians when in both the UK & US, the evidence is that voters do not share it.
The demographics of transphobia are people least likely to suffer prejudice in their lives. Richer, maler, whiter, straighter.
The demographics of transphobia are people least likely to suffer prejudice in their lives. Richer, maler, whiter, straighter.
If you haven’t already:
✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
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✒️ Sign our open letter supporting trans+ people’s dignity and rights at notinourname.org.uk
📣 Share it with friends, colleagues, and networks
💖 Help us reach 100,000 signatures by Christmas
Together, we can show that women’s solidarity includes ALL women.
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Home - Not in our name
As women we reject the narrative that trans+ people are a threat.
notinourname.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
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A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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November 6, 2025 at 8:43 PM
A List of Things Said to Have Been Ruined by Women
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At least 133 people died whilst trying to seek safety in the UK last year - the deadliest year on record.
Yet the Government doesn’t officially count these deaths.
Each death is a tragedy. These fatalities must not be ignored.
The law must change so we can #KnowTheirNames.
Yet the Government doesn’t officially count these deaths.
Each death is a tragedy. These fatalities must not be ignored.
The law must change so we can #KnowTheirNames.
November 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM
At least 133 people died whilst trying to seek safety in the UK last year - the deadliest year on record.
Yet the Government doesn’t officially count these deaths.
Each death is a tragedy. These fatalities must not be ignored.
The law must change so we can #KnowTheirNames.
Yet the Government doesn’t officially count these deaths.
Each death is a tragedy. These fatalities must not be ignored.
The law must change so we can #KnowTheirNames.
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Say it louder
“If you live in a 15 minute city but your barista can’t afford to live there too, you don’t live in a 15 minute city, you live in a theme park.“
who creates the lively art and music scenes if the rent is too high? who makes cultural life? who serves you food or washes your dishes? who creates the fancy little restaurants that draw you to urban living? affordable housing is at the heart of what makes city life worthwhile.
October 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Say it louder
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Prince Andrew to be completely dismantled by 2026 so he's just a glass jar of spare buttons. Buckingham Palace have confirmed the jar will be kept in a cupboard at Sandringham and will only be taken out for special occasions such as Remembrance Day and fixing Camilla's favourite cardigan.
October 18, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Prince Andrew to be completely dismantled by 2026 so he's just a glass jar of spare buttons. Buckingham Palace have confirmed the jar will be kept in a cupboard at Sandringham and will only be taken out for special occasions such as Remembrance Day and fixing Camilla's favourite cardigan.
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it is not possible to have fewer than 30 you’re all full of horse shit I am being lied to and gaslit
How many browsing tabs do you typically have open?*
1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%
*across all windows, on desktop/laptop
yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...
1: 6%
2-5: 54%
6-10: 14%
11-20: 8%
21-30: 2%
More than 30: 3%
*across all windows, on desktop/laptop
yougov.co.uk/topics/techn...
October 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
it is not possible to have fewer than 30 you’re all full of horse shit I am being lied to and gaslit
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didn't her lot just misspell "Britain" all over their merch?
(They did) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(They did) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
October 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
didn't her lot just misspell "Britain" all over their merch?
(They did) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
(They did) www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Oh! A Pink-footed Goose is waddling through your feed. How very silly. 💗
October 1, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Oh! A Pink-footed Goose is waddling through your feed. How very silly. 💗
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A simple, haunting poetry in this information from a medical musuem website.
October 1, 2025 at 9:39 AM
A simple, haunting poetry in this information from a medical musuem website.
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Nearly five years on, PPE Medpro, the company linked to Michelle Mone, will have to pay back £122m for the defective gowns it sold the government.
Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4
Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4
The PPE scandal is far from over | Good Law Project
The Tory VIP lane was a high road to cronyism, says Henry Marsh.
goodlawproject.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Nearly five years on, PPE Medpro, the company linked to Michelle Mone, will have to pay back £122m for the defective gowns it sold the government.
Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4
Now it’s time to go after the ministers who handed out contracts worth billions to their political chums.
https://bit.ly/46RjgY4
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Owen Jones has been banned from 'Labour' Party conference - but Maya Forstater is welcome.
And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.
And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.
September 30, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Owen Jones has been banned from 'Labour' Party conference - but Maya Forstater is welcome.
And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.
And they wonder why progressive voters are deserting them in droves.
BBC News - Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet
For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.
www.bbc.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:27 PM
BBC News - Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Women’s Market, Liverpool, 1989s-90s, photo by Tom Wood.
September 23, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Women’s Market, Liverpool, 1989s-90s, photo by Tom Wood.
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President Trump said that regulators should consider revoking the licenses of broadcasters that air negative coverage or commentary of him, indicating that his assault on critics’ language is motivated at least in part by personal animus. nyti.ms/3W2Jz8p
September 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
President Trump said that regulators should consider revoking the licenses of broadcasters that air negative coverage or commentary of him, indicating that his assault on critics’ language is motivated at least in part by personal animus. nyti.ms/3W2Jz8p
I'm tired www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Privately educated still have ‘vice-like grip’ on most powerful UK jobs
Those in top roles are five times as likely to have been to private school than general population, study finds
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I'm tired www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Today is the day of the special election to fill the seat of former MN State Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot by a right-wing extremist.
September 16, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Today is the day of the special election to fill the seat of former MN State Rep Melissa Hortman, who was shot by a right-wing extremist.
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100,000 trans people & allies march through London without threatening or making anyone feel like it is a no-go area.
Media: crickets.
100,000 fascists & Nazis march through London threatening violence & making anyone not cishet & white feel it is a no-go area.
Media: wall-to-wall live coverage.
Media: crickets.
100,000 fascists & Nazis march through London threatening violence & making anyone not cishet & white feel it is a no-go area.
Media: wall-to-wall live coverage.
September 13, 2025 at 6:57 PM
100,000 trans people & allies march through London without threatening or making anyone feel like it is a no-go area.
Media: crickets.
100,000 fascists & Nazis march through London threatening violence & making anyone not cishet & white feel it is a no-go area.
Media: wall-to-wall live coverage.
Media: crickets.
100,000 fascists & Nazis march through London threatening violence & making anyone not cishet & white feel it is a no-go area.
Media: wall-to-wall live coverage.
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The Times following its US sister paper with "transgender ammunition", one of the most ridiculous things I have seen yet out of these people.
Friday's TIMES: Mandelson: I was clear about links to Epstein
#TomorrowsPapersToday
#TomorrowsPapersToday
September 11, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The Times following its US sister paper with "transgender ammunition", one of the most ridiculous things I have seen yet out of these people.
"To call for 'continuing his work' or to praise how he 'practiced politics' is to erase what that work actually was: a relentless campaign of hate directed at LGBTQ+ people, racial and ethnic minorities, and anyone who refused to fall in line"👈 www.erininthemorning.com/p/we-must-no...
We Must Not Posthumously Sanitize Charlie Kirk's Hateful Life
Influential anti-LGBTQ+ activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated on Wednesday. While condemning violence is something most can get behind, sanitization of his hate has gone too far.
www.erininthemorning.com
September 12, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"To call for 'continuing his work' or to praise how he 'practiced politics' is to erase what that work actually was: a relentless campaign of hate directed at LGBTQ+ people, racial and ethnic minorities, and anyone who refused to fall in line"👈 www.erininthemorning.com/p/we-must-no...
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Political violence is abhorrent. I have not celebrated Kirk's death.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
September 11, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Political violence is abhorrent. I have not celebrated Kirk's death.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
But Newsom calling for his followers to "continue Charlie Kirk's work," someone who praised stoning gay people as "god's perfect law," who called for men to "take care of" trans people like they did in the 50s and 60s, is not it.
"The Outright International report said that rises in discrimination against minorities had come hand in hand with growing authoritarianism: 'In 2024, as in previous years, LGBTIQ communities and other marginalised groups were among the first casualties of these anti-democratic attacks.'"
September 11, 2025 at 6:27 AM
"The Outright International report said that rises in discrimination against minorities had come hand in hand with growing authoritarianism: 'In 2024, as in previous years, LGBTIQ communities and other marginalised groups were among the first casualties of these anti-democratic attacks.'"
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Dutch parliament votes to criminalize gay conversion therapy
Dutch parliament votes to criminalize gay conversion therapy
Therapy practices meant to “cure” homosexuality are set to become punishable by law. A majority in the Tweede Kamer, the lower house of the Dutch parliament, voted in favor of a bill by D66 and the VV...
nltimes.nl
September 11, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Dutch parliament votes to criminalize gay conversion therapy
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Hedgehog highways could become requirement for new buildings
Hedgehog highways could become requirement for new buildings
Lords amend planning bill to include protections for wild animals, including bird-safe glass and swift bricks
Hedgehog highways and bird-safe glass could become requirements for all new buildings as members of the House of Lords push through amendments to the government’s planning bill.
This may cause a headache for ministers, who have tried to avoid burdening developers with laws on nature measures such as “swift bricks”. The new Lords amendments include mandated provision for these nesting boxes, which campaigners say are crucial for the survival of the threatened species. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Hedgehog highways could become requirement for new buildings