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Jennie Kermode

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Author - http://amzn.to/2kqeKwz - journalist, filmmaker and human rights campaigner. Strategic advisor at Trans Media Watch, commissioning editor at Eye For Film and LGBTQ+ lead at Bylines Scotland. #NUJ #OFCS #CherryPicks #binders #writer #author
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COVID testing should still be free.
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Regardless of what Tony Blair thinks, supporting disabled people is not an unreasonable cost - and listening to disabled people reveals ways to cut that cost without doing harm. Here's what I wrote for North East Bylines. northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...
Five ways Labour could cut the cost of disabilitynortheastbylines.co.uk Keir Starmer’s tough talk on welfare has left many disabled people fearful. But disability doesn’t need to cost as much as it does
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The big story of the UK election was the dramatic rise of the Green parties, even in an unfavourable election system. In this piece for Bylines Scotland, I take a look at what's going on. bylines.scot/democracy/gr...
Green shoots: a real political shiftbylines.scot The most consistent trend in the general election was concern about climate change and the rise of Green candidates everywhere
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The Portillo moment - everybody talks about it, but how many people remember what really happened? On the eve of a general election, I look at the events leading up to it and why it was a milestone for LGBTQ+ rights. yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The Portillo moment: what really happened - Yorkshire Bylinesyorkshirebylines.co.uk The fall of Michael Portillo was about more than just a Conservative defeat – it was a breakthrough for gay rights in the face of hypocrisy
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See when you get those emails from Evri that say "We've got your parcel," and it always feels like a ransom demand..?
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Recently, I was peer reviewing a paper, and it cited one of my papers. Except... it wasn't anything I had written. The title sounds like something I'd write. It included coauthors I work with, and was in a journal I've published in. But it wasn't real. AI is not good for science.
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So that's the sleight of hand. Now the big lie. The big lie is that nobody with "very fine" qualities can be a white supremacist or a Nazi; therefore nobody can ever be considered a Nazi as long as they present some good quality or another. But the opposite is true.
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"You boy! Are the bookmakers open yet?"
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This general election, under a third of Scottish candidates are women, and some constituencies have no women standing at all. In my latest piece for Bylines Scotland, I look at why that is and why it matters. bylines.scot/politics/ele...
Election 2024: where are the women?bylines.scot Over two-thirds of the candidates standing for election in Scotland are male. How can this give us MPs who represent the population?
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The thing that’s killing us is the idea that people’s politics just mechanically reflect their material conditions, rather than their social environment and information diet, which leads to liberals desperately searching for some economic lever they can use to switch off the far right.
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Take a look at the trailer for my new film, 'Primogeniture', which is screening tomorrow (Tuesday) in Edinburgh - 6pm at the Cameo. Thanks to all at Ruff Ruff Dog Productions for their hard work. vimeo.com/950950059/c2...
Primogeniture trailervimeo.com This is "Primogeniture trailer" by ruffruffdog on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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The US did something right. 😊
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My latest film, 'Primogeniture', is screening at the Cameo in Edinburgh at 6pm next Tuesday (the 4th of June), along with a package of other shorts. If you're in the city, please consider checking it out!
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The 11th annual international Gender Census 2024 is now open until at least 13th June 2024! survey.gendercensus.com It's for anyone whose gender (or lack thereof) isn't described by the M/F binary. It's short and easy, and results are useful in academia, business and self-advocacy.
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I just got my first look at the short film I wrote for my Denver team this weekend, and I'm super happy with it. It's much more polished and cohesive that what we've managed to pull off under pressure previously, so I'm really hoping it will get somewhere. Trailer coming soon!
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I once heard an ornithologist on the CBC say that crows are animals which "have exceeded their evolutionary parameters and are now just bored"
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In my latest piece for bylines Scotland I explain why, contrary to what many in the English media are claiming, voting for Labour in Scotland without being careful could hinder, not help, its chances of a UK victory.
How a Labour surge in Scotland could help the Conservativesbylines.scot The 'first past the post' voting system means that if Labour votes increase in Scotland, some marginal constituencies could go Conservative
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