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Reform UK’s welfare policy: the problems in plain English: https://www.reformparty.uk/making-welfare-work-document.pdf Reform says its new welfare plan will make the system fairer and help people into work. But when you look closely at the proposals, disabled people have very good reason to be concerned. Reform wants to save around £50 billion a year across welfare, while its disability reforms would remove or restrict substantial amounts of disability-related support. The party says people with “severe” disabilities would be protected, but it also proposes gradually removing unconditional cash support from people it categorises as having “mild” conditions and treating some mental-health and neurodevelopmental claims differently.  Here are the main problems: It creates a hierarchy of “deserving” disabled people. Reform repeatedly distinguishes the “severely disabled” from people with supposedly “mild” or even “trivial” conditions. But disability is not that simple. Someone can have...

My album Unhinged, Raw & Unapologetic is now available across streaming platforms. 💖🎧 It brings together a lot of my work from 2021 onwards and, a track from 2007, but more than anything, it reminds me that creativity can’t be stopped — and emotions have to go somewhere. This album has a lot of moods living inside it. There’s the feeling of being lost and alone in tracks like M.I.A and Broken Coding; the passion and optimism of Never Give Up and Never Have I Ever; and then the creepy, chaotic, clowning side with Stitched Open, Zombie Undead and GFA Faygo. 🤡🧟‍♀️🖤 It also includes Belonging — a track I wrote at just 16 years old in 2003, before recording it in Holland at 19. More than two decades later, that piece of my younger self has finally found its place on this album. 🖤🎸 Grunge and indie aren’t dead yet. The album also includes satirical, explicit tracks that play with and comment on just how saturated sexuality can be within music. It’s messy. Emotional. Funny. Dark. H...

Art therapy 🙏🏻💗 When you’re at your lowest, sometimes creating gives all those feelings somewhere else to go. I drew this little digital cartoon girl, then disappeared into an editing app and built a whole collage around her — colour, comfort, silliness, sweetness and tiny reminders of the things I need to hear myself sometimes. “This page belongs to my happy thoughts.” 🌈🍓🎀 Creating doesn’t magically make everything okay, but sometimes it gives your mind a softer place to land for a while. And today, that was enough. 💕 Sarah Wingfield ❤️  Kawaii Doll Decora • K•Doll #ArtTherapy #DigitalArt #DigitalArtist #KawaiiArt #KawaiiDollDecora #KDoll #CollageArt #DigitalCollage #CreativeTherapy #MentalHealthArt #ArtForMentalHealth #CreateToHeal #HealingThroughArt #NeurodivergentArtist #KawaiiAesthetic #DecoraStyle #CuteArt #CreativeExpression #HappyThoughts #YouAreWorthy Alt text: A colourful kawaii-style digital collage centred around an original cartoon girl with bright green skin, l...

PIP and Universal Credit reforms risk destroying disabled people’s independence and routes into work: I’ve written to Andy Burnham about the impact PIP and Universal Credit reforms could have on disabled people who are already trying to work and remain independent. For me, further cuts or restrictions wouldn’t push me into employment — they could make me homeless, bankrupt and destroy everything I’ve been building towards becoming self-employed. PIP helps cover the extra costs of disability and supports independence. Councils, the NHS and charities simply cannot absorb the consequences if that support is removed. Disabled people need meaningful consultation, proper impact assessments and safeguards against poverty, debt and homelessness. You cannot claim to support disabled people into work while taking away the very support that makes work and independence possible. #SystemicAbleism #DisabilityRights #DisabilitySupport #PIP #UniversalCredit #StrongerTogether My email: PIP and Universa...

Why Pride is still needed: Pride is still needed because legal equality does not automatically mean lived equality. LGBTQ+ people can still experience bullying, harassment, discrimination, rejection from family, hate crime and hostility simply for being who they are. Trans people in particular are currently at the centre of intense public and political debate, and young LGBTQ+ people can grow up hearing that their identity is something shameful, controversial or unacceptable. Pride is therefore about more than celebration. It is about visibility, community, remembrance and the freedom to exist without fear. It remembers people who fought for rights that many now take for granted, honours those who suffered or died because of prejudice, and gives isolated people a chance to see that they are not alone. Supporting Pride also doesn't require everyone to have identical beliefs about every issue involving sex, gender, sexuality or policy. People can disagree respectfully on difficult qu...

My Creepy Cafe Announcement: It is with a heavy heart that I’ve made the decision to step away from My Creepy Café Show and my involvement with the podcast and Peter King going forward. I’m grateful for the time, creativity and conversations that have gone into the project, and I genuinely wish everyone involved the very best with whatever direction they choose to take it. For me, this decision comes down to professional differences in how projects are developed, organised and brought forward publicly. I believe strongly in having a clear structure, completed groundwork and realistic plans in place before promoting, casting or committing people to a project. At this stage, I feel my own professional approach and priorities are moving in a different direction. I’m also focusing more of my time and energy on my own writing, film, magazine and creative commitments, so stepping away feels like the right and responsible decision. There is no ill will from me, and I hope the project continue...