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This week’s distraction
This week’s distraction is the situation in Gaza. Nothing else has been on our mind!
”Towards the end of prime minister’s questions last Wednesday the Labour frontbencher Yasmin Qureshi rose to her feet to read an email from a constituent in Gaza, and to ask Rishi Sunak for his response.
“My heart can’t handle this any more. We are being massacred, relentlessly bombed. Homes destroyed. No water, no food, no electricity,” her constituent had written.
With MPs on all sides of the house silent and hanging on her every word, Qureshi, the shadow minister for women and equalities, pressed on: “Save the Children reports that one child is killed every 15 minutes. As I speak, the lives of 130 babies in incubators are in danger if fuel does not reach their hospital in time.”
Read more in the Guardian here
This week Madhvi read
This week Madhvi has been re-reading the Indian epic The Ramayana. It’s one of India’s classic texts — like what the Odyssey is to ‘the West’ — and boy does it have some feminist insights to offer. This text is the basis of Diwali, which is a big Indian festival coming up on November 12th, so I’ve been looking at the text behind it all and composing some thoughts on it. Stay tuned, a piece of writing about it coming soon if an outlet offers to publish it!
This week Rina read
This week Rina started reading “ Society of Spectacle” by Guy Debord. I referenced this book in my Master thesis and as I re-read it, all I can think of is: When did I lose all my brains? I was so smart at university. I can’t understand half the stuff I underlined!
This week’s inspiration
This weeks inspiration is us — yes, the amazing Ms Informed community. Together, we’re hoping to support the suffering children and people in Gaza, by raising donations. We’ll provide drinks and snack — come along and donate what you can. Email us for the full address!! See you later!
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