Rowan

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he/they 🏳️‍⚧️ librarian 🐀 occasional poet ✨ writing: linktr.ee/scatterbones geordie in greater manchester 🖤🤍

paris from gilmore girls slumped in a chair looking equal part furious and miserable. she is a mood
screenshot from letterboxd listing the films: nosferatu; mickey 17; conclave; challengers; get out; maurice; the wicker man; wild card; the relic; downton abbey the grand finale; frankenstein; the mirror crack’d; cruising; crash; pillion; the thing
a black long haired cat asleep next to two books: Bog People: A working class anthology of folk horror edited by Hollie Starling and Its Not A Cult by Joey Batey
screenshot of the classic tweet that read: Ah well, only the footy. At least one day we’ll definitely all die. Lovely, lovely, warm, sweet death
a small christmas tree with a random assortment of ornaments. some highlights: a worm-like fabric guy in a hat, a fruity nutcracker, and a mushroom made from toilet roll tubes
screenshot from Storygraph showing that i’ve read 14 books this year, meeting my reading goal for 2025
image of the painting “freedom of speech” by norman rockwell, commonly used as a meme for declaring a (usually but not always) controversial opinion. a white man in a blue shirt and suede jacket stands in a town hall meeting, his mouth open to speak, while the other attendees (mostly men in suits) look up at him.
screenshot of a tweet that says “Ah well, only the footy. At least one day we’ll definitely all die. Lovely, lovely, warm, sweet death”
It read: “A legitimate aim for excluding a trans person from a separate or single-sex service for their own biological sex might be to prevent alarm or distress for other service users. “A trans man might be excluded from the women-only service if the service provider decides that, because he presents as a man, other service users could reasonably object to his presence, and it is a proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim to exclude him”.
photo of the winter hill tv mast. the surrounding ground is covered by fluffy white seed heads
photo of the sam fender concert at st james park. the crowd is lit up by phone lights
photo of a long haired black cat which a brown and grey tummy. he looks like he’s just woken up
Screenshot of text: The EHRC further said: “Membership of an association of 25 or more people can be limited to men only or women only and can be limited to people who each have two protected characteristics. It can be, for example, for gay men only or lesbian women only. “A women-only or lesbian-only association should not admit trans women (biological men), and a men-only or gay men-only association should not admit trans men (biological women).”
photo of a trans rights protest in manchester. the crowd is blurred, but there are signs that read “they make it law we make it history” and “fuck the cis-tem”.
screenshot of two tweets by the NUFC official account. the first says “Bloody Hell.” and the second is just four crying emojis
photo of a basement room with a stage in the corner, with pink light shining on it. the band cheap dirty horse is playing, and the crowd is sitting on the floor (it was a slow one)
photo of a long, pointy knitted hat in pink, blue, white and red, with blue ribbing and a blue tassel
Screenshot from the response: The government is clear that healthcare provision for children and young people experiencing gender dysphoria and incongruence must be safe, evidence-based and clinically appropriate. Implementing the Cass Review ensures that this will happen. The government does not, therefore, believe an independent evaluation of the Cass Review would be beneficial and there are no plans for an independent evaluation.
illustration of a black and white cat librarian, wearing glasses and holding books. they’re doing some shelving amongst the bookshelves. there are two mice sitting on top of the shelves. overlaid is the text “librarians are generals in the war on ignorance.”