Jen Offord @inspireajen Twitter profile

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Jen Offord

2 years

*Changes every single profile picture ever* Thanks for having me @CAFCofficial , looking forward to seeing my interview about #TheYearOfTheRobin in the coming weeks. (And of course you can pre-order here: )

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

Not wanting to shit on anyone's picnic, but I think clapping for the NHS is a bit fucking redundant if you're also going to continue voting for a party that's consistently underfunded it for the last decade. Show your appreciation with your ballot box, next time.

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If you're going into a Taylor Swift themed children's dance and yoga event with a knife, it's a very specific demographic you're targeting. We really need to think about how we define "terror" in this country.

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4 years

The fact that babies don't understand they're upset because they're tired is, frankly, a fucking massive design fault.

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@inspireajen

5 years

To the angry men shouting at me, for the avoidance of doubt, I absolutely think you should appreciate the NHS, and by all means give it's staff a clap - they deserve it. Just understand it will take more than applause to keep our excellent health service going.

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2 years

The Clarkson thing mostly bothers me because that is what we secretly fear - that there are men we know/are familiar with, who want to do awful, violent, humiliating things to us for no fucking reason. And the headlines show us this is true every single week.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

While we're here, some other ways you might like to show your appreciation as well as clapping and paying your taxes: Give Blood Be kind to NHS staff STAY AT HOME

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

1 year

Sorry if this argument seems reductive, but how can a tampon be a luxury, but a private education isn't? 🤔

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@inspireajen

2 years

Ian Wright talking a lot of sense - it's not easy to get to WSL matches. And it needs to be easier if we're going to capitalise on this. "Women can't fill stadiums" argument underpins gross underinvestment in women's sport. We can! We did! Let us do it more! #eng #Lionesses

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5 years

I've turned off notifications from people I don't know now, because I'm 6 months pregnant and kind of bored of Angry McAgro & co's aggressively hot takes on what a twat I am, but now kind of enjoying the idea of their puce faces screaming into the digital silence.

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1 month

Ticketmaster just put me in a queue TO VIEW ITS WEBSITE, and at that point, I'm just like, I actually don't want to see Oasis enough to withstand this abuse.

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@inspireajen

5 years

If you said something nice, thank you very much. You can come again.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

Absolutely fuck all, TBH. Probs just sit on my arse eating cake for 40 long years, innit.

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@StefanMolyneux

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Women get mostly infertile at 40, but live to be 80. Without a family, what are you going to do with those 40 long long years?

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2 months

Worth saying, because the mute button is doing a lot of heavy lifting this morning, we do not have the full facts, and this person does not have to be an incel for it to be clear that VAWG has become completely normalised in our society.

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@inspireajen

3 years

I cannot believe the BBC would publish this absolute pile of wank. How *anyone* could deduce this much from 5 seconds of footage with no audio is beyond me - Witchell is off his fucking rocker.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 months

@StJeimuzu Yes, I'm aware. I think you have missed my point.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 years

You cannot with any legitimacy claim to have been "cancelled" if you are given a TV programme to talk about being cancelled.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

@Fern_McGovern @jeeakl It *is* political, Fern. In case you hadn't noticed it's being used by a political party to deflect from their poor treatment of NHS workers. Claps are lovely - adequate protection of their lives is better. Have a lovely day.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

Just been for my first post-pregnancy run at 11 and a bit weeks since birth, and I didn't piss myself, so I'm taking this as a huge win 🏆

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

IDK who needs to see this today, but here's an extremely cute baby in a fox hat (I made them both).

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

@HyperInertia Thank you very much and keep up the good work. Contrary to the interpretation of a couple of bellends on here, I am extremely grateful.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

Lyra Ifede born 5.02PM yesterday after a gentle 36 or so hours of labour and weighing a hearty 8lbs 10oz. She is a warrior queen (like her mum, obvs), and worth having a bit of a broken vag for ❤ Thanks to all of the wonderful staff at @huhmaternity for looking after us so well

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3 years

A year ago today, I gave birth to this excellent little human. In many ways, it has been an absolute arsehole of a year, but she's really fucking cute, right? Happy birthday, Super Squeaks, you are, indeed, the best ❤

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

Say what you like, but "Apocalypse Cow" is a fucking wonderful name for a documentary about the impact of the meat and dairy industry on the environment.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

6 years

YES Ireland! A little glimmer of hope for us all in an increasingly shitty landscape for women. Massive, massive props to those who campaigned their arses off for this victory @Together4yes #repealedThe8th

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 years

Gary Lineker aside, can we agree on the principle that it isn't *ideal* if you're responsible for taxation policy and your wife is benefiting from a tax saving scheme? In the same way that it doesn't look *great* if you tell people not to go out then throw a party in your garden.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 years

"WOMEN CAN’T FILL... OH."

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@WomenSportTrust

2 years

Another record smashed!

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

6 months

@richardosman Not a single woman. All women are woke.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

Still, at least now we have conclusive evidence that there's no such thing as a "moisturising" handwash.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

Spoke to the man, the myth, the legend, the enigma, wrapped in a mystery, hidden behind the face of Sam Allardyce chomping on a Fray Bentos pie, Chris Spencer aka @Coldwar_Steve , and a top chap he is, too.

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@StandardIssueUK

5 years

Another day, another manterview and this time @inspireajen is chatting to Chris Spencer, the man behind @Coldwar_Steve , about how Phil Mitchell became the face of Britain's political hellscapes.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

Whatever Cummings says now, it's too late. Any apology at this is because it's been forced, so completely disingenuous. If we're spun a brand new, more sympathetic yarn, doesn't matter - Cabinet already backed him on the basis of one rule for them and another for us.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

Are you actually shitting me??? Are we now expected to make up OUR ENTIRE BODIES? Literally go fuck yourself. In the eye or ear hole. I perish the thought of the teenagers following and influenced by this unholy shite.

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@KimKardashian

5 years

My new @kkwbeauty Body Collection launches TOMORROW at 12pm pst at #kkwbeauty ✨

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 months

If someone pointing this out makes you angry or uncomfortable, you should probably interrogate why that is.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 months

@Grandadgreg1 And why do you think it's emotive and unhelpful to highlight violence against women and girls? 🤔

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

Lyra is 6 months old today. Coincidentally, in the same period of time, I have visibly aged by eight thousand and twelve years.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

1 year

I realise there is a limit to how much anyone is going to care about this, but this is an entirely me-made outfit.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

1 year

I would probably just keep my head down.

David Walliams sues company behind Britain's Got Talent

Walliams files a High Court case against the show's production company following his exit as a judge.

www.bbc.co.uk

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@inspireajen

2 years

I hope every single creep who has ever done this (because there will be a lot of these creeps, quietly doing their worst) shit their pants today. We're coming for you, dickheads.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

I'm starting a campaign to make it not weird for mid-30s women who don't have BT Sport or Sky Sports to watch football in the pub by themselves.

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@SamWhyte

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@inspireajen How hard can it be to treat a woman sat watching the football the same as you would a fifty year old bloke nursing a pint of mild?

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

7 years

Uma Thurman basically shaking with rage speaks for pretty much all women right now.

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7 years

Controlled rage from Uma Thurman when asked about the sexual misconduct scandal engulfing Hollywood

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

I have just read that you should clean your oven 2 to 3 times a year. Does ANYONE clean their oven this much?

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3 years

It's funny how many people, who apparently know fuck all about women's football, want to have an opinion on how unqualified Alex Scott is to have an opinion on men's football.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

My little full kit wanker, absolutely bowled over by her first @CAFCofficial match

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Jen Offord

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9 years

This is actually the first time I've felt emotional in a good way about domestic UK politics. Ever. #labourleadership

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Jen Offord

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4 years

The uncomfortable truth here is that Ian is a bellend.

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@inspireajen

3 years

We have bubbled with my mum for a few days for while I finish off a project. We've not seen her for six months. I'm working in the kitchen/watching football, but very distracted by listening to her and the baby chatting and laughing in the other room. It's properly lovely stuff.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

Probably doesn't feel much like it at the moment, but 2020 hasn't been all bad.

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Jen Offord

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3 months

Funny how a bunch of men have used misogyny against Raducanu as an excuse to direct further misogyny at Judy Murray. It's almost as if it's just any opportunity to be big ol' misogynists.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

6 years

If you're getting your knickers in a twist about an advert, simply because it reminds you not to be a c**t to 50% of the population, you probably need to have a word with yourself.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

#mumlife

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 months

@Orwell420 I know, and I agree. But also this.

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@StJeimuzu @inspireajen the demographic group ‘women’ is highly politicised. this stabbing was Femicide. misogyny is v political. but it’s so ingrained in our culture no one even thinks it is that.

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5 years

From @BBCNews "UK artist @Coldwar_Steve has revealed he had to fight for the inclusion of Bungle, Cilla Black and Phil Mitchell in his artwork for Time magazine." I cried.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 years

It's absolutely wild that a prime time ITV presenter would be so emboldened as to commit this to print.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

Can you not see the irony of jumping on Twitter to decry the media's hounding of Caroline Flack? You ARE the media, Twitter, that's how it works now.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

@AndrewBarn0001 That's a very sophisticated response Andrew.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

Here is a thing I wrote for @HuffPostUK about being bereaved by suicide, why words matter, and why we all need to behave more responsibly when it comes to using and consuming the media.

My Brother Died By Suicide – I Know How Much Words Matter

The reaction to Caroline Flack's death shows how little we understand – or care – about mental health, journalist Jen Offord writes.

www.huffingtonpost.co.uk

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

I don't want to say you're the only reason @Jacob_Rees_Mogg , but you're definitely part of it.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

1 month

Obviously, demand is very high, but Ticketmaster literally has one job, and its consistent inability to fulfill it with any competence implies a level of disdain for fans/paying customers that I'm just not into.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

Anyone else sort of hate post-lockdown life? Everything feels feral and fraught with jeopardy, and all the people being bellends in plain sight?

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 years

Look, I realise there is a limit to how much anyone else cares about this, but I made a shirt and I'm quite proud of it. (More of this and a very confused curation of interests on Instagram where I am Jennoff)

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

Here are some things that men need to know. 1. There are women in your life who have experienced violence, assault or rape who haven't told you about it, because they don't want you to feel bad.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

3 years

Lyra took her first unaided steps this evening, and I did a little proud-cry.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 years

Back at the bookshop in Euston Station, and obviously I would say this, because my book isn't on the shelf, but I'm still absolutely gobsmacked by how obviously "MASCULINE" and utterly uninspiring the sport section is.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

6 years

It's a very different vibe to any of the pro-remain marches I've been on, where there tends to be much less lynching and a lot more hummus.

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6 years

Wonder if Cameron ever looks at footage of people dragging effigies of Sadiq Khan & Theresa May around by their necks and thinks “hmm maybe I do regret calling the referendum a bit”

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Jen Offord

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11 months

Passing through Liverpool St Station yesterday, so thought I'd give @BylineTimes a go.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 years

Fucking hell, I don't think I can take another prime minister this year.

Adam Bienkov

@AdamBienkov

2 years

Rishi Sunak's family's business is still operating out of Russia eight months after he told us they were pulling out.

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Jen Offord

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4 years

I know she's an actor and all that, but she's a VERY good speaker. White people, genuinely distressed by world events and want to make a tangible difference? Stop buying/clicking on the filthy hate-spreading rags which bullied her out of the country. That's one very small thing.

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@TvKhaleesi

4 years

The Full video of Queen Meghan Markle speaking in support of #BlackLivesMatter

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Jen Offord

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6 years

It's beyond my comprehension that you can buy bottled pancake batter. Sorry guys, but the way I see it, if you can't make pancake batter, you don't even deserve to eat pancakes.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

I am struggling to take someone with such a laissez faire approach to SPF seriously, if I'm honest.

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4 years

Conservative MP Robert Courts says he thinks Dominic Cummings' actions were reasonable "when I look at the explanation that's been given" "When you look at the regulations as they were, the question you have to decide is whether he had a reasonable excuse"

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

7 years

LIZZY YARNOLD IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO DEFEND AN OLYMPIC GOLD MEDAL IN THE SKELETON!!!!

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

I can honestly say, she is the best Valentine I've ever had ❤. (The bar was pretty low, tbh, but still)

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Jen Offord

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4 years

@akalamusic Lockdown Baby (in excellent knitwear)

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4 years

I've fixed it for you.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

8 years

I don't think for a minute David Moyes' "threat" was a serious one, but I question whether or not he'd have said that to a male reporter.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

5 years

Do pregnant immigrant women count? How about poor pregnant women? Pregnant women on benefits? Single mothers looking after their first babies? Should we be kind to them? Can someone tell the Mail and - sorry this is awkward - the Government?

Sarah Vine

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Would just like to remind everyone that this is @carriesymonds first baby, regardless of anything else. Let's be kind to the pregnant lady, shall we? #borisbaby

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

If you are finding yourself at pains to point out, in this moment, that #NotAllMen hurt women, then you are literally hurting women right now, just by tweeting about it. Read the news, have some decorum, and grow the fuck up.

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2 months

And for context, in case it I'd needed.

Call to action as VAWG epidemic deepens

3,000 offences recorded each day, 1 in 12 women victims each year

news.npcc.police.uk

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

Happy #InternationalWomensDay this seems like a good point to suggest that we stop buying newspapers and magazines that use their platform to tear women down.

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Jen Offord

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6 years

Nike, you are so clever. This gave me goosebumps (and made me cry - cos I'm fuckin' crazy).

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

It makes me very angry to hear the Prime Minister telling us that NHS mental health services are still here for us, given the woeful lack of mental health services which were available in the first place.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

A baby in some antlers, anyone?

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 years

Happy second birthday to this excellent little Squeak, who is having to accept a book dedication and last season's @CAFCofficial kit as her presents, because we've all got Covid and everything is fucked. She looks pretty chuffed about it, though.

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Jen Offord

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4 years

Would anyone like some good news?

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Jen Offord

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2 months

My 4yo daughter is about to learn some tough lessons in life.

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1 year

Lads, I am UNBELIEVABLY CHUFFED that I have been shortlisted for the brand new Vikki Orvice Award for New Women's Sports Writing in this year's Sunday Times Sports Book Awards. A HUGE thank you to @iconbooks and @LLMonts for championing diverse sports writing.

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2 months

@HelenSparkles Sorry, but you misunderstand me - I know this, and I am referring to what should be considered under that definition.

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1 year

As ever, I realise no one particularly cares about this, but I have just sewn my first invisible zip, and it's not shit.

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2 years

Don't want to wang on about how awful the men's game is, i like it and often think the narrative around it is lazy AF, but travelling across London last night, I didn't encounter any pissed up bellends on the train, or any other beef. Unthinkable if it were England men's team.

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3 years

Happy #InternationalWomensDay to all the excellent women of the world. We are already fucking killing it, so imagine what we could achieve if we had equal pay, decent affordable childcare, and a legal system that actually criminalised men who commit acts of violence against us.

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

4 years

Why are there so many grown men cycling on the pavement WHEN THE ROADS HAVE NEVER BEEN QUIETER?

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Jen Offord

@inspireajen

2 years

This is grade A (pls excuse the pun) gaslighting. Our energy bills are cripplingly high because your government has failed to make meaningful progress in sustainable energy, allowed energy companies to keep profits during this crisis, and fundamentally mismanaged the economy.

Rt Hon Grant Shapps

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I’m doing my best to lower my energy bills while still keeping warm. Unfortunately, my Elf on the Shelf has other ideas... #ElfontheShelf #ItAllAddsUp

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5 years

@Skenwobbly @Scientits I'd be prepared to lose those friends tbh.

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1 year

@bedrock_wasps Hi Graham, yes, for a whole 2 years! Lucky us, eh?

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3 years

Just sang Perfect Day to my daughter in the many voices of the excellent BBC advert version from the 90s. When I got to the climactic Heather Small/Tom Jones ending, she started growling at me 😂

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6 years

It only took FOURTEEN YEARS but I have, in the last 10 minutes PAID OFF MY STUDENT LOAN!!! 🎉🎉🎉

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@inspireajen

4 years

Merry Christmas Twitches ❤

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@inspireajen

5 years

Tomorrow would be my bro's 41st birthday. It's always a bit of a dogshit time of year, but the last couple of weeks have been particularly heavy going. Be kind, innit.

HuffPost UK Life

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5 years

'My brother died by suicide – I know how much words matter' – @inspireajen writes.

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4 years

Does anyone else think 1000 new cases a day is still *quite* a lot of cases?

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@inspireajen

4 years

Please PLEASE for the love of fuck let this be the beginning of the end of it. Your number is up @BorisJohnson and the rest of your cabinet, the tide is turning.

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@inspireajen

4 years

Well thank fuck for that. Feel a lot better about 60,000 dead, second wave imminent and Dominic Cummings' eyesight now I can watch horses racing again.

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4 years

Thanks to the nation’s resolve, horseracing is back from Monday Wonderful news for our wonderful sport

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