Hilary McCollum
@hilarymcc7
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PhD in creative writing & 2022 publishing fellow @HeaneyCentre. Feminist. Active in Stop Whitehead Oil Terminal. Nature lover, walker, & Man Utd fan
Ireland
Joined February 2015
My thesis is now available at It examines the issues at stake in (re)creating the #lesbian past through #HistoricalFiction, and the genre’s relationship to the past and the present. 1/7.
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RT @horton_official: England’s swimming waters five times more likely to be polluted than in EU, research finds.
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Experts warn country is in danger of becoming ‘dirty man of Europe’ as it falls to bottom of bathing water leaderboard
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RT @horton_official: Very important story on #BBCR4Today that 1 in 4 primary schools in the poorest communities don't have a library. That….
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RT @winniemli: It’s my UK publication day today and THIS BOOK, my 3rd novel is out in the world now! Estranged adult siblings, family secre….
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RT @WWF: Today, half of all Sea Turtles have ingested plastic. For millions of years, they have journeyed through our shared oceans. Now,….
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RT @SuzannahVEvans: so the very first launch for my debut @BloomsburyBooks collection UNDER THE BLUE will be in London at @BurleyFisher on….
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Support from rape crisis was vital for me in dealing with the impact of childhood rape. Some Rape Crisis centres are closing due to lack of funding. Others have long waiting lists for counselling. These services need to be properly funded to give survivors the help they deserve.
50 years ago, a group of feminists came together to demand a better life for women and girls, creating the Rape Crisis movement. We're now celebrating the completion of our 'oral herstory' project, which honours and documents their incredible stories >
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RT @jamesleithhill: “The whole UK population of wild salmon is on the endangered list. This river has a flow limit & Southern Water wants t….
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Environment secretary urged to stop drought order that could damage the ecology of River Test in Hampshire
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RT @WWF: From our oceans to the air we breathe, microplastics are polluting our environment. They're making their way into our bodies & har….
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RT @YaleE360: The 8 billion tons of plastic waste on Earth pose a grave and growing danger to human health, according to a new report. Ahe….
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RT @MariaNoorii: We are fading into silence. No one listens to our voices. No hands are reaching out to us. We are erased from public life.….
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RT @WDIAfghanistan: Afghanistan to start stoning women to death for ‘adultery.’. The Supreme Leader of the Afghan Taliban Hibatullah Akhund….
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RT @womensart1: Girl Skate India, the country's first org to feature, connect, and increase the number of female skateboarders #WomensArt h….
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RT @Love_plants: Irreplaceable meadows need protecting📢📢. We wouldn’t let historic buildings like the Houses of Parliament get knocked down….
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RT @WildBelfast: Come along to Native Coffee this Sunday for a special art exhibition celebrating our river Lagan! The exhibition will be o….
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RT @Seasaver: A U.S. congressman & several fishing groups are asking for a 10-year delay on rules designed to protect North Atlantic right….
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A Maine congressman and several commercial fishing groups are getting behind a push to delay rules designed to protect a vanishing species of whale for 10 years.
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RT @WDIAfghanistan: This is what is happening on women in taliban jail:-.Please action please action please please 😭🙏.Manizha Siddiqi says….
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RT @centreWJ: “I blindly trusted in the police. I trusted them and they failed and they failed and they failed time, time, time again – and….
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Centre for Women’s Justice says the criminalisation of women for their abusive partners’ actions is ‘shocking’
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RT @Seasaver: A team of scientists investigating a large area of the Pacific Ocean have found an astonishing 5,000 new species living on th….
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A team of scientists investigating a large area of the Pacific Ocean known as the Clarion-Clipperton Zone have found an astonishing 5,000 new species living on the ocean floor. The species they...
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RT @banbloodsports: Hares should be living free in nature, not confined in captivity and used as live lures for dogs to terrorise. Join us….
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