jennie_kermode

jennie_kermode, 12 days ago to movies

My new film, 'Primogeniture', is screening with a collection of other shorts at 6pm next Tuesday (the 4th of June) at the Cameo cinema in Edinburgh. If you're local to that, please consider going to see it. I'm really pleased with how this one has turned out. #film #Shortfilm #Edinburgh #movies

jennie_kermode, 25 days ago to random

Esther McVey has vowed to drive equality, diversity and inclusivity out of government. In my latest piece for Yorkshire Bylines I explain why competent government isn't actually possible without them. https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/equality-diversity-and-inclusivity-at-the-core-of-competent-government/?feed_id=758&_unique_id=66444d0ec930f #UKpol #EDI #equality #diversity

jennie_kermode, 1 month ago to random

Some of the analysis on recent events in Scottish politics is just bizarre, and if there's one thing it shows clearly, it's that the political models that seems to make sense under a first past the post system just don't apply here. In fact, they don't apply well anywhere, which is partly why politics more widely is so messy at the moment. In my latest piece for Bylines Scotland I look at how Scotland's situation provides insights into what's going on. https://bylines.scot/politics/beyond-left-and-right-making-politics-make-sense/?feed_id=1069&_unique_id=66308ac1c21dc #ScotPol #UKpol

jennie_kermode, 1 month ago to random

Here's my article on the Cass review and why we should all be wary when governments with a history of commissioning whitewash reports cite bad science like this as a reason to interfere in children's healthcare. https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the-cass-review/?feed_id=2485&_unique_id=6618ce964207b

jennie_kermode, 2 months ago to random

I wrote a piece for Bylines Scotland addressing the confusion around Scotland's hate crime laws, which the sensationalist nonsense across much of the media really isn't helping with. https://bylines.scot/news/new-hate-crime-law-is-there-to-protect-not-silence/?feed_id=941&_unique_id=660f8b2e8a230

jennie_kermode, 2 months ago to random

In the aftermath of a woman being forced to go public with her cancer diagnosis, I wrote this piece for North West Bylines about our Kafkaesque relationship with royalty. https://northwestbylines.co.uk/politics/opinion/the-treatment-of-kate-middleton-shows-exactly-why-we-shouldnt-have-a-royal-family/

jennie_kermode, 4 months ago to trans

My latest piece for the Bylines Network examines Rishi Sunak's excuse for the timing of his recent comment on trans women and looks at the deeper problem it reveals: a failure to understand that his political games affect real people's lives https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the-worst-of-politics-culture-wars-have-consequences/?feed_id=1073&_unique_id=65c61b4f34284 #trans #lgbtq #UKpol

jennie_kermode, 4 months ago to random

I've done a bit of Oscar commentary for the Bylines Network this year: https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/news/2024-oscar-nominations-what-comes-next/?feed_id=510&_unique_id=65b003712b101

jennie_kermode, 4 months ago to random

The other day I had a chat with Renny Harlin, who may be a legend in the industry but is also super lovely, about his enduring passion for action, making 'The Bricklayer' and his reboot of 'The Strangers'. I have to catch up with him again sometimes because I never did get round to telling him of my abiding love for 'Deep Blue Sea'. https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2024-01-12-interview-with-renny-harlin-about-the-bricklayer-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode

jennie_kermode, 6 months ago to trans

For Transgender Day of Remembrance, I looked at how tough things have been for trans people in the UK this year, and asked how society can start to make things better. https://yorkshirebylines.co.uk/society/transgender-day-of-remembrance-it-doesnt-have-to-be-like-this/ #TransgenderDayOfRememberance #tdor #trans #lgbtq

jennie_kermode, 6 months ago to LGBTQ

It's National Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, so I've been looking at the specific issues affecting LGBTQ+ people, who make up a high proportion of Scotland's homeless population. https://bylines.scot/rights-and-freedoms/lgbtq-homelessness-a-hidden-crisis/ #lgbtq #homeless #homelessness #Scotland

jennie_kermode, 6 months ago to trans

This is Transgender Awareness Week, so publisher Jessica Kingsley is offering 20% off books on trans and non-binary subjects. If you'd like to buy one of mine, go to https://uk.jkp.com/search?q=Jennie+Kermode&options%5Bprefix%5D=last and use code TRANSAWARENESS23 #TransAwarenessWeek #trans #lgbtq #books

jennie_kermode, 7 months ago to random

Today is Intersex Awareness Day, so I wrote a piece asking why we're so committed to one narrative about sex that we change the bodies of intersex children to fit it, rather than changing the story. https://bylines.scot/rights-and-freedoms/when-the-body-doesnt-fit-the-story/ #IntersexAwarenessDay #intersex

jennie_kermode, 7 months ago to Rabbits

This is Jafar, who moved in with us today. We're hoping that Callie, who has been alone for the past few months, will accept him as her new partner. He's very sweet natured, amazingly confident, curious and eager to play. #rabbit #RabbitsOfMastodon

jennie_kermode, 9 months ago to random

I've just started in my new role as Inclusivity Coordinator at the Bylines Network today and I'm looking forward to bringing fresh voices to national media. Far too much of the British press is dominated by highly privileged people and a lot of important stories are completely overlooked as a result. If you'd be interested in writing for us and in helping to change that, drop me a line.

jennie_kermode, 9 months ago to LGBTQ

I'm looking to talk to one or two Scottish LGBTQ+ people about their chosen family structures and, if possible, about how those were affected by Covid lockdowns and how any future lockdown might be run better with that in mind. This would be for a piece in Bylines Scotland. If you have thoughts you'd like to share, drop me a line. #lgbtq

ianRobinson, 9 months ago to Weather

Getting windy at Belfast. It will be much windier a few hundred miles south in Ireland, Wales, and Cornwall I expect.

#Weather #StormBetty

jennie_kermode, 9 months ago to Scotland

Along with the Flamingoland nonsense at Loch Lomond, we now have property developers after building a gated community at Loch Tay. it's vital not to let them get their claws into Scotland like this of we'll end up like those stretches of the US where every scrap of green land becomes a golf course, every waterway a place for private boats, and ordinary people can't even see them for the wall of gated communities. Petition here: https://chng.it/kJyBLSBDSP #ScotPol #Scotland

jennie_kermode, 9 months ago to journalism

Here's a bit of good news. And no, I don't want fellow journalists to be unemployed, but I would like them to be in ethical, unionised workplaces with a commitment to accuracy. https://newrepublic.com/post/174963/rupert-murodchs-news-corp-sees-profits-plummet-colossal-75 #journalism #news

jennie_kermode, 10 months ago to brainfood

Here's one of the interviews I enjoyed most at Fantasia - with Steve Adams and Sean Horler on their documentary 'Satan Wants You', which I really cannot recommend enough as a thorough and revelatory investigation of the 1980s Satanic Panic and the book which triggered it, 'Michelle Remembers'. https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-08-09-interview-with-steve-j-adams-and-sean-horlor-about-satan-wants-you-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #Fantasia2023 #documentary #journalism

jennie_kermode, 10 months ago to random

I'm beginning the process of data entry for this year's Toronto Film Festival (I know, I'm late), and honestly, people put years of their lives into their films - and sometimes millions of dollars too - yet when it comes to the one line pitch which will make or break it with a lot of viewers, many just do not seem to grasp that it would be a good idea to bring in someone capable of constructing a coherent sentence. :(

jennie_kermode, 10 months ago to Writers

The Authors' Guild is calling on Generative AI leaders to ensure that writers are properly compensated when their work is used for training purposes. If you'd like to support the open letter, you can do so here; https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/authors-guild-open-letter-to-generative-ai-leaders?source=direct_link& #writers #writing #authors

jennie_kermode, 10 months ago to random

The other day, just before its screening at Fantasia, I had the opportunity to talk with Larry Fessenden about his sweetly melancholy new werewolf film, Blackout. He's one of my favourite directors (and actors) and had a lot to say. https://www.eyeforfilm.co.uk/feature/2023-07-23-interview-with-larry-fessenden-about-blackout-feature-story-by-jennie-kermode #FantasiaFest #film

jennie_kermode, 10 months ago to journalism

I hear that Google is now pitching 'AI generated' (i.e. plagiarised) news content to media companies. That's likely another reason why it has been making it harder and harder for journalists to use its tools for research. It has identified us as competition. Where does that leave members of the public who just want to know what's really happening in the world? #journalism #news #AI