Dr Jenny Thatcher A primary school child told me he knew his mum couldn't afford school trips so he told teachers he didn't want to go - which meant they didn't offer to pay for him from a small fund the church gives the head teacher every year to quietly help with these things. Mum doesn't know.

It’s not just cost. A lot of scheduling of arts venues isn’t catered to people who don’t work 9-5 hours, which mostly impacts those on lower incomes. Also, research shows it’s not that w/c aren’t going to events, it’s that they attend less frequently because it’s less accessible

UK emergency plans are notoriously written through a white, male, secular lens. One fundamental lacuna was how to respond to faith. When we exercised before 2017, I often noticed that people thought that faith rites would be “negotiable” in extremis i.e… middleeasteye.net/news/grenfell-…

I am so sad and horrified. May she rest in peace

Some of the shitty, sanctimonious replies do nothing but reinforce Jenny’s point.

Men, please when you go out everyday: 1. Don't rape women 2. Don't kill women 3. Don't kidnap women 4. Don't hit women How careful can women be in a world that is unsafe for them? How careful?.

This is heartbreaking. Even more heartbreaking that it's not the first time the athletics community has lost such an incredible female athlete to domestic violence. 💔 It needs to stop! RIP Rebecca. 🙏

Another woman’s life snuffed out by a man. No words. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Imagine if let the mother enjoy a single cigarette on the beach while the kids were (at a distance) paddling in the waves. That would’ve probably been to much for people. It was the number one narrative told to me as a kid of why my mother was poor.

If you want to understand why we ended up in the state that we have, see the comments from the absolute compassion-vacuums who unfortunatley walk among us.

Dr Jenny Thatcher It doesn’t change the rich don’t make money, they take money. It’s impossible to have that much money without profiting off other people's lack of it. Instead of society of rejecting them we worship them & chastise the poor & vulnerable #InequalityCrisis thebritishacademy.ac.uk/blog/how-pover…

How it started....👀

True story...

Not satisfied with stealing a woman’s vocation and life, he had to make her suffer in sheer pain and terror. I can’t imagine what Rebecca Cheptegei went through when she was doused in petrol and set alight. What a time to be a woman.

This an excellent multi thread discussion/rabbit warren of a post that’s worth working through. Anyone thinking of commenting with a “go without” mantra should have a read of this report to understand the impacts of social exclusion. #inequalitycrisis strathprints.strath.ac.uk/28281/1/Irish_…

More than 100,000 children in poverty in two counties The study found 60% of those children in poverty were living in a household with working parents or carers. Children living in poverty were more likely to be obese, have asthma & poor mental health bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Our next Doctoral #phd student support meeting takes place 7-9pm on Thu 26th Sept, with Dr Louise Folkes (Office for Students) and Ruth Winden University of Leeds) talking about non-academic research careers. If you are interested in attending, please email [email protected].

“As a society, we value the lives of some people more than others.” The Grenfell Inquiry final report shows how “working class” and “racialized communities” are not listened to by authorities, Deborah Coles, executive director of human rights charity Inquest, says.