Jane Charman

If you’ve never seen one you’ve missed a treat. They are the most gorgeous colour.

‘A Hymn to Life’ Review: Gisèle Pelicot’s Memoir Is a Powerfully Written Feminist Manifesto With matter-of-fact precision, “A Hymn to Life” powerfully chronicles the shock of discovering her husband’s sex crimes, and the rallying cry that followed.

With matter-of-fact precision, Gisèle Pelicot’s memoir powerfully chronicles the shock of discovering her husband’s crimes and the rallying cry that followed. “It seeks a proper transfer of shame from sex-crime victims to their perpetrators, and the perpetrators’ enablers,” our book critic writes.

For those of you who like facts, this is all we actually know.

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Practising my Susan B. Anthony face you have been warned

In other news the OH has gifted me cinnamon dusted almonds in honour of the day and this is an inspirational choice as we are giving up certain cocoa adjacent items for Lent.

The ‘shape of the bum’, yes. That beautiful heart shape of a woman’s backside. Sure to spark all sorts of ideas in mind of the beholder. Although skirts can be pretty clinging too 🤔

Interesting. What really strikes me though is that skirts don’t actually protect women as well as trousers would do. Could it be that a patriarchal society wants women’s parts to be readily accessible, whatever it claims to the contrary?

But we know where their legs are. Where else are their legs going to be? 🤣🤣🤣

For the biblical literalists out there, the first undergarments were unisex. They were called ‘fig leaves’ 😆

Good morning skylarks. A feminist question has just crossed my mind. Why do proponents of female modesty always advocate for skirts not trousers? Surely trousers are more covering and protecting of the er, parts, than skirts are?

Good afternoon clerical skylarks from the diocese of Liverpool if any. Talk to me about Larger Single Parishes. A good thing?

A minor outbreak of common sense. There’s a big difference between criminal activities which should be prosecuted and terrorism.

Phone is a 13 mini. Pad is 10th generation. It’s not ancient or anything. But I think they are two different apps.

PM asks Sir Jim Ratcliffe to apologise for saying UK 'colonised by immigrants' Sir Keir Starmer says comments by the businessman and Manchester United co-owner are

Obviously zero reflection in any of this on how operating the largest empire in human history may have turned us into a multicultural nation. We are here because you were there. #Empireland

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Here’s an odd thing, skylarks. The new ‘draft’ function appears on my iPhone but not on my iPad. Why should that be?

And how is #synod? Is it frisky, eyes bright, nose damp, coat glossy and so on?

I’m not sure I remember the mutual respect as vividly as you do 🫤

Never tried it. Mine’s a nip of something around 12 years old. Bluesky does now have the long awaited draft function though, check it out 👍

Good evening skylarks. There’s a terrific draft in here (joke, niche, people my age, for the use of). Just tried it out 👍

Good morning churchy skylarks. Have you written your book about how to fix the @churchofengland.org yet? 😐

Always worth bearing in mind that in any face off between human beings and planet earth the result will infallibly be planet 1 human beings 0

Morning skylarks. This made me smile

Photograph of Archbishop Sarah Mulally and Bishop Rose Hudson-Wilkin, surrounded by many other bishops, all wearing choir habit. Caption says ' Oh no! We're all wearing the same dress'

Tee-hee!😀
From the current @privateeyenews.bsky.social.
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Effortlessly superior to the film, IMO

Who blanked out the dog’s face? That’s what I want to know 😆

Good morning to anyone who is experiencing one of life’s misfortunes and has just been sent 6,000 birthday cards which according to news reports seems to be a regular thing now. What puzzling creatures we human beings are.

I can’t look 🫣

Period blood test could be alternative to cervical screening, study says Looking for signs of the cancer in a more convenient way could help women access the test and prevent the disease occurring, researchers say.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Encouraging results in this use of menstrual blood for diagnosis

I call this very feeble. Instead employ the Marjorie Phelps technique as recorded in ‘Strong Poison’ when Lord Peter asks her to dine with him. ‘Peter, I’d adore to, but I don’t think I will. I’ve an awful lot to do’.

My conclusion is that the political ball known as women’s rights is still very much in play but fewer people are willing to catch and throw it personally. Safer to sit on the sidelines and say little until we see how the game is likely to turn out.