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Don't think I have seen it but yes absolutely call it out. If I do see anything I do call it out.

Made a big impact on me when I first heard it. I think accepting that you are homophobic/racist/sexist/classist/ableist and trying to change is actually a better starting point. I really make an effort to read, listen and watch voices different to mine. I may not like every hip hop/rap/grime album for example but I will at least listen to it before judging it these days and I have found that actually I do really like some stuff from those genres. There's one thing I pointed out to my husband about 10 years ago and now that he has seen it he can't unsee it and it is the way his entire family treat his nieces vs how they treat another family members sons of the exact same age. His nieces walk in the door and straight away they are told how pretty they are, how lovely what dress their wearing is and the boys get What you been up to? How's rugby etc. ie from being tiny the girls have been told that is what valued about them is what they look like and the boys that what they do is important. If you asked every member of my husband's family if they think they are sexist they would say no. To me the evidence suggests otherwise. As I am a bit of a contrarian I always tell the boys how smart they look and ask the girls what they've been up to.

Oh misogyny comes from everywhere. As we saw recently the police themselves have a bad record when it comes to domestic violence etc. Sadly positions of power tend to attract people who are the worst people to have in positions of power.

Maybe they will but if enough people do the challenging then they at least have to start acknowledging their views are not automatically right. They won't feel emboldened and will think twice before doing this stuff again.

This speech for me is one I think applies as much to sexism, classism and racism as homophobia. It's very powerfully put and it does show that it is societal. I have heard women say some incredibly sexist things, gay people say homophobic things. We live in a society that has been designed around keeping power for rich, white men and anything that exists to challenge that is still considered quite revolutionary. We make small amounts of progress in every generation but we still have a long, long way to go. Ever since I heard this speech I accept that I am racist, sexist, classist and homophobic but the difference is I am doing my best to change it. Society has shaped all our attitudes. We have so much stuff that needs to be unlearned.

Absolutely the culture that leads to things like brutal murders and horrific rapes is started by small things and having nobody say they are wrong when they are challenged. I say this to people all the time it's not enough to disagree but say nothing because it doesn't really affect you because that's what enables this shit. It's time to call out the small acts of misogyny and start dismantling this culture for future generations.

I saw that she's got the lurgy what awful timing for her. Hope she's better soon as she has that full tour coming up.

If it's something that is highly sought after then yes they do seem to go instantly.

😄 In my house the answer to that question is me. It's always me and now we are on full Winter rules it's like I've acquired another part time job.

Aw so wish I could have gone to that one. Take care. Such a powerful record and I think to anyone in a bad place actually a remarkably positive record. If his friend could only have known how loved he was. To know how much his friends loved him and needed him then I am sure he would still be here today.

2016 I think it very much depended where you were. In the East Campervan fields it was a nightmare. We knew the only chance we had of getting out is if we had a run up to it. If we were in queueing traffic not a chance we would have gotten out without a tractor.

I do. Enjoy and if you get to talk to her tell her she's aced it. 2 years ago I saw her twice and the second gig came because she needed money for Christmas and was broke so she did a smaller acoustic tour. I remember feeling really bad when I heard that (so much so I went home and bought the vinyl and a t-shirt from her website) so I am chuffed to bits for her that this album is going so well.

Yep I wasn't the driver when it happened to me but I never sleep in a car I always feel duty bound to keep the driver entertained and my husband was the driver and he admitted he was the same as me that he noticed the sound more than seeing it happen. He used to hate coffee and was exclusively a tea drinker but I got him a latte with a double shot of espresso and it started him on his journey to becoming a coffee connoisseur. He liked it, by Christmas we had a coffee machine, by the following year we had our own beans grinder.

As my name suggests I can only encourage this behaviour!

This is great. So looking forward to this live. I love how she combines catchy pop with such profound and uncomfortable lyrics. Bravo Rebecca! Great work from her.

So was one of them Matt Everitt??

We are going on holiday to the middle of nowhere for 2 weeks in November to escape the fireworks so have been putting together TV viewing for when we are away. Ted Lasso, Mare Of Eastown, You, Sex Education and Squid Game so far we have downloaded in case the internet is bad.

And I got the email that my vinyl has been dispatched *does happy dance*

We did the leaving straight after a Sunday headliner just once the first time in 2010 and having witnessed or even more to the point not entirely being sure we did witness someone colliding with the central reservation on the motorway and pulling in very swiftly for some very strong coffee we decided we'd never do that again. 2016 we were in the muddy campervan field and actually left before headliners to make sure we got out. Would never normally do that but given we had queued for about 11 hours to get in and the person who was minding our dogs needed us back before 1pm we just couldn't take the risk. One year pre-dogs we did the very leisurely Monday afternoon getaway but every other year we pack up as much as possible on Sunday morning leaving just the essentials in the caravan. Husband stops drinking by about 4pm and we make sure we are gone by 06:00-06:30. It works well for us. Neither of us really do very late night Glastonbury anyway (too much of an ingrained early bird - I am usually up by 8am at the latest even at Glastonbury) and by Sunday as much as we say we wish it would last forever our failing bodies accept we are just about at our limits.

There are certain things I say I will always do and never seem to get around to it so you could just make that one of those things.

Yes but he's the closest I could think of to a Brexiter in Britpop.

Really looking forward to this album on Friday. Seeing lots of great reviews.

Yep and I think a lot of bands were lazily bundled in with it when they didn't really even quite have the sound. I know The Bluetones for example hated it at the time and felt like they weren't really part of that scene but were lumped in with it because they played guitars.

Lol!! That's a bad typo to make 😄

I don't really think of them as Britpop though. Britpop was more the indie scene that got popular Blur, Oasis, Pulp and the like.