Pinned
Look back on the distance travelled
Appreciate each rocky path & unploughed field
Remember the effort to get to this view
Keep a special place in your heart
For those who walked with you
Their constance & loyal support are treasures
Clare Lavery (@clerotto.bsky.social)
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Clare Lavery (@clerotto.bsky.social)
@clerotto
Creative writer, trainer, lecturer; Culture & Linguistic rights & feminist French & Italian
Campaigner VAWG DA CSA Language Matters
Many photos my own
UK
Joined May 2013
- Stage one in basic training of the judiciary
- Did she cry too much? Did she not cry enough? The performance of trauma Damned if you cry Damned if you don’t cry Women's emotions are still used against them – especially when they speak their truth | Glamour UK
- Replying to @RebeccaCNReid and @FernRiddellSo it’s not our “imagination “? So we are not “borderline”? So we have not “misunderstood “? So we know our own minds after all So we have not “misread the signs”? So we are excellent managers of our own lives after all
- Women who suffer domestic violence fare much worse financially after separating from their partner: new data theconversation.com/women-who-suff… via @ConversationEDU
- As always a simple poetic response manages to distill layers of harm. Our Catholic community “You don’t wash your dirty linen in public” or “I panni sporchi” in Italy Silencing harms #vawg #SocialJustice #HumanRights #childprotection #TuamBabies #motherandbabyhomes #motherblame
- Women & children have had to manage their own safety for decades. Imagine the mental terror of not being able to trust the police. Thanks Mel B & @womensaid Mel B: I wouldn't call police over domestic abuse - BBC News
- DARVO Role reversal is a key tactic of manipulating individuals If the individual is a good actor they can convince those around them, including friends & family members that they have been wronged These techniques are terrifying & damaging tactics
- It’s not OK if children find the courage to speak out about their abuse only to find that defence barristers transform into witchfinders & destroy their mothers to discredit their testimony #ItsNotOk to do that to children
- RIP Wayne Sad news to hear of the death of Wayne Osmond He ain’t heavy, he’s my brother youtu.be/3HElyuAp58U?fe…
- Australian study confirms that women are not only impoverished by family violence, but perpetrators are enriched by it as women leave behind property & assets. Not a “separate issue”, as targeted attempts to damage employment & economic stability continue
- A good country by country summary How societies treat women and children is the true reflection of their social health — and the behaviour of justice systems provides the legal framework to these values.” — Grant Wyeth, The Best Interests of the Abuser medium.com/@nationalsafep…
- Replying to @McGlynnClarePrepare to be amazed. Turin was pre-medieval. They also don't like women who answer back. You are supposed to do 'deferential'. I did some writing on it years ago. The stories of women. Like visiting a parallel universe. I call it the 'trenches of justice', like Dante
