Lauren Aitchison
@devilwrstartan
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Writer who gets caught on door handles a lot and never shuts up about domestic abuse. Views mine etc. She/her
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Four years ago, my ex boyfriend told me I should get a grip of myself and realise I'd never be a writer. Today, the CEO of Penguin Random House shook my hand and told me he couldn't wait to read my book.
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People aren't allowed to attend the funerals of their loved ones but apparently this is fine.
Residents in Grappenhall near
#Warrington
keep to
#coronavirus
rules by performing socially distanced conga to celebrate
#VEDay75
. More in
@BBCNWT
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I feel like I should have put "incredibly abusive" before "ex boyfriend" in this tweet, because a lot of people are looking to give him the credit for my achievements.
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Today is five years since I left my abusive relationship. I just wanted to mark it out loud and celebrate that every decision I make today, I can make without asking someone for permission. That's the big victory. I'm off to eat a lot of hash browns now.
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@NerdyPeopleDnD
It's not quite finished yet but when it comes out, he'll need to go and buy it like everyone else - I want his money 💰💰
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If we dropped all domestic violence charges because the victim requested it, or we're worried about the perpetrator's mental health, the prosecution rate would be zero. I can't believe this is the conversation we're having right now.
“I’m struggling to understand why the CPS brought this prosecution”
Barrister Dr Charlotte Proudman says “the lesson we should learn” from Caroline Flack’s death is that mental health should be given greater weight by the CPS.
#VictoriaLIVE
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I'm so sorry everyone, I can't keep up with everyone's lovely comments - THANK YOU SO MUCH ONE AND ALL! ❤️❤️❤️
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No, I took him to court for domestic abuse instead. Thanks for playing!
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The dress in all its glory. Thank you to all the brides who have contributed their beautiful photos! 💗
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@kerrysversion
Yes, Rowan made it! It was based on this Rodarte dress Kirsten Dunst modelled:
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#MaybeHeDoesntHitYou
but "I'm sorry" becomes a reflex, rather than something you say because you mean it.
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All the people replying to this who have had to either miss a funeral or attend a socially distanced funeral - I'm so sorry for your loss. 💗
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@prodigykenn
@Big1400__
Maybe because you're ignoring every signal she's giving you telling you to leave her alone so she's having to step it up.
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Unless it's a prison sentence, I'm not interested.
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@StevenB1962
Funnily enough, someone telling you you're shit constantly for six years is not motivating.
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I was in Tesco yesterday and a guy walked past me and when I saw him, my reflex reaction was, "My goodness, he's a bit lovely." I then realised it was my boyfriend.
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What a way to find out that Ryan Adams isn't a Bryan Adams tribute act, as I always believed.
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The UK, 2020. Where a phrase used in a campaign that happened six years ago carries more weight than the results of three general elections, a Scottish election, an EU election and an EU referendum.
Here's Boris Johnson's letter to
@NicolaSturgeon
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#indyref2
- "I cannot agree to any request for a transfer of power that would lead to further independence referendums"
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@roobsleiser
One of my pals is having Christmas alone despite currently living in a Tier One area because his family have so flagrantly been ignoring the rules. And they'll all have a great Christmas crammed in together without him. I could scream.
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Mum was embarrassed but, not wanting to let us down, told the security guard we didn't realise there was an entry fee and we didn't have the money to get in. He took us in through another door and I've never forgotten it. It's still my favourite building.
#nationalkindnessday
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I grew up poor but didn't know it because mum hid it so well. She was creative with day trips and we regularly went to Edinburgh just to wander around. In the 90s, the National Museum of Scotland started charging an entry fee. (1/3)
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A lot of men in my mentions competing for the title of "who understands domestic abuse the least". I will pick a winner in due course.
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My boyfriend is a strange person who buys a book, reads it, and then gives it away to a charity shop straight away if he thinks he won't read it again. I have 14 unread books on the shelf and just came home from Waterstone's with three more, like a normal person.
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@junodawson
Yes. I lived in three different flats with my abuser and none of my neighbours ever phoned the police - it's what I was praying for every time.
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@HadleyFreeman
You'll be very upset when you find out who the majority of womenswear designers are.
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My friend Natalie never tells us ANYTHING. It took us four years to find out her parents got divorced and she's just told the WhatsApp group her WiFi access isn't great because she's currently in Israel. Why?? How long?? Who knows.
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Continuing to keep a log of my boyfriend talking in his sleep.
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A retail worker is almost never checking through the back for you. They are standing on the other side of the door on their phone because they know fine what stock is and isn't there. Insisting they look is a waste of time.
Please quote this tweet with a thing that everyone in your field knows and nobody in your industry talks about because it would lead to general chaos.
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The truth is that most men don't call out their friends for bad behaviour because they want a quiet life above all else. People who GAVE STATEMENTS TO THE POLICE ON MY BEHALF are still friends with my abuser! They simply can't be arsed doing the work.
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@DailyMailCeleb
The state of this. Victim blaming 101. "Why didn't she tell anyone?" Because of this bullshit.
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My viral tweet was on a big Instagram account... Most of the comments are from snotty moms telling me I can't spell "realise". 😅
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@imteddybless
@lethal_heroine
Let all the fuckboi skateboarders I went through like wildfire as a teenager know:
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When I moved to London, a lot of phrases and words I thought were universal (at least, in the UK) turned out to be Scottish. Does anyone have any examples of some they've used with English pals, only to see a blank face staring back at them?
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That escalated quickly etc etc!!!
A handsome man has offered to take me to San Sebastian with him after lockdown.
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T/W baby loss. After complications from a Turner's Syndrome diagnosis for our baby, my husband and I were told that miscarriage was imminent. We terminated the pregnancy at 13 weeks and I went to hospital to have her on Thursday.
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At a pub quiz and one of the questions was: "Hopefully, Prince Andrew will die in prison. But where was he born?"
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I've received an NHS email inviting me for a Covid vaccination from "yorkshireripper1
@hotmail
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Have never forgotten when a rape victim went on This Morning to talk about her experience and Eamonn Holmes' first question was: "Why didn't you get a taxi home?"
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@Music__Sarah
@LindsTS19
@PPFA
There are more reasons people need abortions than lack or failure of birth control. Also, abstinence? Really?
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Hi there, "professional journalists", that's not how quotation marks work.
Chris Brown fires back at Chvrches following comments they made about him being an “abuser”
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Would like to point out that, not only does the Pill have a higher chance of causing blot clots, but it's regularly prescribed in lieu of an actual diagnosis.
Under-30s in UK to be offered alternative to Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine due to rare blood clot risk
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@virgogirl1972
@BeeBabs
Being responsible for the deaths of 460,000 Iraqi people isn't a difference of opinion. He's a war criminal.
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I've had severe imposter syndrome at work this week, and then I remembered that Douglas Ross thinks he's going to be First Minister and I felt much better.
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@shonalouiseblog
It's just setting disabled people up for financial abuse - it's disgusting!
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The most Scandinavian man I've ever seen is sitting opposite me on the train just reading a road map of Scotland. When I saw Alyth, I told him that's where I'm from and he circled it with a gold pen.
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Tomorrow, I will have been out of my abusive relationship longer than I was in it.
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My sister's going back to uni this year at the age of 27 and she just told me she got accepted to St Andrews! She's not going to go because it's too expensive etc but so proud of her just for getting in!!
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@ashleyfryer
I use them to put baked beans in so they can't touch the other food on my plate because I have the palate of a seven-year-old.
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97% of women are being sexually harassed by 1% of men? Those men must be very busy.
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Today is the 19th anniversary of my adoption! Congratulations to my dad for knowing a good thing when he saw it and taking on my sister and I.
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I actually have one of these in my house and it's working well so far.
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I always feel weird posting personal stuff on here but my Granny died on Friday and I want everyone to know how fabulous and funny she was. She could go to the post office and leave with three new friends she'd made in the queue. I would be lucky to resemble her in any small way.
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I think I got this free with Mizz in 2002.
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@amandadeibert
My ex boyfriend told me I should get a grip of myself and that I would never be a writer. I'm being mentored by Penguin Random House this year.
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My MP is
@AngusRobertson
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T/W weight gain
If anyone else who's gained weight recently has put off buying clothes in a bigger size because our gross diet culture makes them feel like a failure, I encourage you to do it. My new work trousers feel like the biggest act of self care in months. I feel great.
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My mum's been going to evening classes for the past two years, on top of working full time and being a carer for my grandparents, and is now officially qualified as a counsellor. I'm SO PROUD.
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My MP is using his bunking off time to be a linesman at champions league matches.
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I'm being 10000% serious when I say that forcing retail staff to listen to the same music over and over again (especially Christmas music) is a form of mental torture.
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Boyfriend watching his third ever episode of Queer Eye: "It seems like...this is going to be a lot more work for Bobby than any of the others..."
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I just found out sausage rolls aren't a thing in the USA. Is that really true?? And they call themselves the greatest country in the world.
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He's going to lose his mind when he finds out what chips are made of.
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Went to post some parcels and the man in the post office said, "If you send these by anything other than recorded first class delivery, they will be going into that room behind me and not leaving for the next fortnight."
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HOW do people not know the 100ml rule for carry on luggage at airports yet? Wifey in front of me trying to get through security with the full contents of her bathroom cabinet.
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@carriecourogen
Singin' in the Rain and Fred Astaire letting Debbie Reynolds be the only person to ever sit in on his rehearsals after Gene Kelly shouted at her and Astaire found her crying under a piano.
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I think financial transparency is healthy so, on that note, I had a run of financial bad luck whilst being in very low paying jobs a while back and I'm about to make the last payment on the loan I had to take out to dig myself out of that hole. An excellent way to start 2022.
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@daynamcalpine_
Dayna, you have lived the dream that all of us imagine for ourselves angrily in the shower every morning. Bravo.
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Ross Gellar, is that you
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We turned up with our packed lunch and I remember standing on the steps wondering what was wrong before it dawned on me that we didn't have enough money to get in. A security guard saw us standing there and came over to check we were OK. (2/3)
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I watch this EVERY SINGLE TIME it pops up on the timeline and every watch is a joy.
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This is now a James McAvoy in knitwear stan account.
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All the people, like me, who don't have a relationship with their biological father: I SEE YOU AND WE TURNED OUT PRETTY DAMN GREAT. 💗💗💗
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Went to visit my boyfriend's parents this morning. His mum has built a new shed in the garden and it's now filled with the lamps she's made from gin bottles.
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I was a university drop-out but I got there in the end and I wouldn't change any of it.
#NoWrongPath
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But I refuse to have this experience quietly, and the most helpful thing in the past week has been other people telling me their stories.
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Glad I live in a country where I was able to take back the tiniest bit of control over when this pregnancy ended to minimise the trauma of an already devastating experience.
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