All the Hebrideans are probably asleep but consider:
Established girl names: Skye, Isla(y), Jura, Barra, Tiree, Rona
Established boy names: Lewis, Harris, Coll, Arran
Unexplored gender neutral territory for the hipster gays to name their hipster kids: Mull, Uist, Vatersay, Raasay, Gigha, Luing, Bute, Lismore, Colonsay, Hirta, Eigg, Rhum, Muck, Scalpay, ok Eriskay is actually a good one
This graffiti appeared overnight at 5 different job centres in Birmingham.
It’s referencing the increasingly harsh benefit sanctions in the UK which are punishing disabled people in particular.
Claimants who cannot work due to severe disabilities or chronic illnesses are being categorised as “fit to work” in order to meet targets and are not being given enough money to survive.
The majority of people who legally challenge their benefits sanctions or ‘fit to work’ decision have them overturned, but only after months without the money they need.
Estimates generally put the number of people who have died in the last few years directly due to benefit sanctions in the thousands. These include people who have died of starvation, exposure, because they couldn’t afford electricity to keep their insulin cold, or because they couldn’t afford treatment, among other things.
The DWP has even sent letters to people declaring them fit to work when in fact they have already died from their illness.
A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP. A GOOD ROMANCE STARTS WITH A GOOD FRIENDSHIP.
a bad romance starts with “ra ra ah ah ah. ro ma, ro ma ma ga ga, ooh la la”
Do you know what kind of person I am now, I mean – do you know who I am right now? I don’t have any real friends. I did something bad with a married guy. I don’t talk to my mom and dad. I’m not a nice person. And the thing is – I’m not 13 anymore. 13 Going on 30 (2004) dir. Gary Winick
– expecting parents – trans people changing their names – writers – that guy outside my dorm room who was arguing with his buddy on whether the name Zach was in the bible and then very loudly announced that “behind the name dot com says its biblical in origin so fuck you”