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Polly Atkin

@pollyrowena.bsky.social

Writer, Lake-swimmer, Bookseller. FRSL hEDS/Haemochromatosis/all the comorbs she/her rep @PortyLiterary Books incl: Recovering Dorothy Some Of Us Just Fall The Company of Owls Emergency Dream Swimming The Seasons https://linktr.ee/pollyatkin

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Polly Atkin@pollyrowena.bsky.social · 5d ago

For no particular reason whatsoever, I've decided to share the text of a lecture I gave last March. TL;DR: only people who have experienced lengthy and painful undiagnosis get to have opinions about whether overdiagnosis is a real social condition or just all in some people’s heads

“Promoting Chronicity”:

On Illness Narratives, Ongoingness, and Unrecovery University of Southern Mississippi Center for Ethics and Health Humanities March 24th 2025 ForewordBelow follows the text of a lecture I wrote and…

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Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · 6d ago

Just saw this is over 60k this morning! He needs 75k so can you help push it up up up if you have anything to spare? And if you don't, please do share! #Booksky

Louie Stowell@louiestowell.bsky.social · last wk.

I just saw a piece in @thebookseller.com about this fundraiser - to protect and share a collection of over one million Black books in the UK, a labour of love by one collector, Baba Pepukayi, but a vital resource for the nation. www.gofundme.com/f/save-1-mil... Please share, and donate if you can.

Damon Young@damonyoung.com.au · 5d ago

There are disability scholars and activists who’ll no doubt give this bullshit the criticisms it deserves, so I will merely ask: Is a requirement for being a terf that you simple *refuse* to recognise others’ embodiment?

KATHLEEN STOCK Why are young women using walking sticks? A disproportionate number of Gen Z females are affected by vague syndromes and may be victims of' social contagion
Katharine Norbury@katharinenorbury.bsky.social · 6d ago

Congratulations on this lovely book and thank you @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social @hjosephinegiles.bsky.social @annamfleming.bsky.social @pollyrowena.bsky.social @anitasethi.bsky.social @helenmort.bsky.social @gailsimmons.bsky.social Beatrice Seattle, Linda Cracknell, Kate Davies 🌱🌱

Kerri Andrews@kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social · 6d ago

It’s publication day for this gorgeous beast. Fly my pretty, fly! With work by Josie Giles Anna Fleming Kate Norbury Polly Atkin Linda Cracknell Anita Sethi Helen Mort Kate Davies Gail Simmons Beatrice Searle

The front cover of Women, Walking. It features strata in green and blue and cream with a copper foil.
Alejandra Caraballo@esqueer.net · 2mo ago

The UK banning trans women from breast cancer screening gives the game away, they want trans people dead. It's social murder.

Sophie Molly@sophiemolly.co.uk · 2mo ago

"Women's health clinics offering breast screenings would be unable to provide this service to trans women. This is despite the fact that trans women who have had more than five years of Gender-Affirming Hormons Therapy (GHAT) are forty-seven times more likely to develop breast cancer than men"

Page two of a letter written by MP Peter Lamb to Minister for Women and Equalities.
Polly Atkin@pollyrowena.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Member of the Society of Authors? Thinking about practical ways to make a difference to other members, prospective members, and help ensure a more equitable literary ecosystem for all? How about considering joining the board? Come along Tues 9th to learn more. societyofauthors.org/event/luncht...

Lunchtime learning - Why you should stand for the Board - The Society of Authors

With four seats available, this is your opportunity to add to the diversity of perspectives and influence the strategic direction of the Society of Authors over the next few years.

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Allison Gill@muellershewrote.com · 2mo ago

If my math is right, the crime rate for pardoned insurrectionists is roughly three times higher than that of immigrants.

Anna Bower@annabower.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NEWS: A @lawfaremedia.org report finds that *97* Jan. 6ers who received clemency for their role in the attack were arrested, charged, or convicted of subsequent crimes—a number much higher than previously reported. Incredible work by @katherinepomps.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...

Queen of Land@queenofland.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Watching Black men dying in their 50s again has been painful...and it turns out there might be something we can do about it. This is big.

Sparrow / Liz@untonuggan.myatproto.social · 3mo ago

heart health PSA (especially for folks of African and/or South Asian ancestry): - there's a type of "bad" cholesterol called Lipoprotein A - it raises the risk of heart disease - it's hereditary, & not modified by "eating well and exercise" - new treatments are being developed #NEISvoid

Isi Baehr-Breen@isibb.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Hasn't even been a year and Zohran's governance is having a massive impact on my family. Our daycare was able to open a 15-seat 3K program because of the 2,000 extra seats the admin funded. Everyone we know got in somewhere they wanted. This is gonna save us almost 50 grand.

Winnipeg Free Press@winnipegfreepress.com · 3mo ago

British Columbia’s provincial health officer says one of the four Canadians isolating in the province who had been on board a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a “presumptive positive” test.

Canadian isolating in B.C. tests "presumptive positive" for hantavirus

British Columbia’s provincial health officer says one of the four Canadians isolating in the province who had been on board a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a “presumptive positive” test.

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Polly Atkin@pollyrowena.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Genuinely extraordinary to hear Westminster mps argue that A) the electorate wanted Keir Starmer (99.9% just wanted the tories gone) B) Wes Streeting would be a good leader (no words for this other than No No No) C) Ed Miliband (even less words)