Bitter Leaves

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What an interesting book, it’s about the maids in Singapore, and their employers. And how they are treated, the majority of the time not very nicely.

An Edinburgh mother was overcome with responses yesterday after she tweeted asking for penne pasta for her autistic son, which she was having trouble finding due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.

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One poor girl, Shammi, was treated so appallingly, beaten and starved. And yet another, Joyce, turned the tables right round and treated her employer as badly. a b c Robbie Smith (16 March 2021). "Far-Right link of Julie Burchill's new publisher". Evening Standard. Archived from the original on 17 March 2021 . Retrieved 16 March 2021.

Tabatha Stirling is the sole director of Stirling Publishing, an independent based in Scotland. On Monday, she announced that she had acquired Welcome to the Woke Trials: How #Identity Killed Progressive Politics, months after it was dropped by publisher Little, Brown over Burchill’s comments about Islam. Julie Burchill agrees to pay Ash Sarkar 'substantial damages' in libel case Mutch, Michael (27 October 2020). " 'Utterly insane' far right group bombards Hull homes with leaflets". Hull Live. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021 . Retrieved 21 December 2020. She went to extreme lengths to deny being Jewish and prove her whiteness. At one point, she offered what she called an ‘ancestry document’, which she said showed her to be ‘100% European’. Unbound, which has also previously worked with Stirling, said: “We are distressed and disappointed to read the allegations about the political affiliations of former Unbound author Tabatha Stirling. Unbound will always condemn hate speech and stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, people of colour and all those affected by discrimination and prejudice." The controversial author and journalist Julie Burchill has dropped the publisher of her new book after it emerged the company’s director was a supporter of an antisemitic far-right group.According to Searchlight magazine, in 2023 Alek Yerbury left Patriotic Alternative and formed a new militant group named the National Support Detachment. [27] Within a month, PA national administration officer Kenny Smith had also left and formed a new organisation called Homeland, attracting many members of Patriotic Alternative to join. The organisation's inaugural meeting was held on Adolf Hitler's birthday. [28] [29] Links to National Action [ edit ] Only the "OP" (original poster) can "bump" their topic/ thread (by posting a new comment) every 30+ days, or sooner if they remember more info. Don't create duplicates of the same request. Anti-fascists warn of new antisemitic group with neo-Nazi adherents". Jewish News. 17 August 2020. Archived from the original on 23 August 2020 . Retrieved 11 September 2020.

I have always been against racism in all forms, so am terminating my contract with Stirling Publishing with immediate effect,” Ms Burchill also confirmed to the Guardian. Describing herself as “very anti-Islam” and a Tommy Robinson supporter, she goes on to identify herself as owner of a publishing company which released The Colour of Madness, an anthology about mental health by BAME authors Stirling published in 2018. However, she said she only published the book to make money and get nominated for the Jhalak Prize, adding: “I wish I'd never done it because I've only had awful anti-white sentiment from all of them.” a b c d e f Murdoch, Simon (August 2020). "PATRIOTIC ALTERNATIVE – UNITING THE FASCIST RIGHT?" (PDF). HOPE not hate. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2021 . Retrieved 18 March 2021. SAMARA LINTON and Rianna Walcott, the writers behind mental health anthology The Colour of Madness are looking for a new publisher. After the announcement, a three-minute audio clip uploaded on YouTube in September began to circulate online. Taken from a Scottish-based Patriotic Alternative group on the messaging app Telegram, the clip sees a woman with the username "Miss Brittania" tearfully apologise for several tweets she had written that had caused other supporters to question her identity. Three people who have met and worked with Stirling identified her to the Guardian as the woman speaking in the clip.

My ability to have these conversations about mental health is hard-won, and relatively new. The stigmatisation of mental health in communities of colour prevented me from getting the help I needed for a long time. While my doctors have advised medication for three years, I only recently accepted this advice – to my vast improvement and incredible relief.