Jax UK

She/Her Queer Neuro-spicey middle-aged working class feminist socialist in SE England. Not a ter. Mum, Nan, and minion to 2 cats. Service Ops Engineer in the EV industry. Not a prolific tooter, I boost more than I toot. If I follow you its because I find what you have to say interesting, educational, inspiring, vital or genuinely funny!
Mostly interested in topics such as #Feminism #Socialism #HumanRights #Queer #TransRights #BlackLivesMatter #SocialJustice #ClimateChange
#NoIndex #NoBots #NoAI

Last Notes

2026-03-21 08:13:39 UTC

2 days post surgery and I was RIGHT. I've been off painkillers for 24 hours now and no back pain. None whatsoever. No constant dull ache when stationary, no grinding feeling when moving, no chronic, back gonna split in two, cant take another step pain when walking. Once surgery wounds have healed enough I bet i'll be able to touch my toes, get on the cross trainer for more than 5 minutes, and eventually get back to being fit and healthy.
That melon sized ovarian cyst WAS causing pressure on my lower spine and the proof is that the pressure and the pain has gone, whatever the gaslighting doctors tole me for 5 years before discovering it lurking there.
A reckoning is coming!!!
Had both ovaries removed and feeling great hormonally, so thats good too, though i'm well aware this may be a temporary high until my body starts demanding more hormones. 20 months post menopause so not expecting a massive shift though.
All in all feeling better than ive felt in years 😍

2026-02-27 21:31:04 UTC

For #internationalwomensday at work, me and a few other women have been tasked with recording a max 10 second video saying 'when I gave.......I gained'
Yes it's so transactional I know 😬
I want to say something along the lines of 'when I gave myself permission to stop editing myself for the comfort of mens egos, I gained a reputation as blunt and aggressive among those who don't matter, which I don't give a shit about, but I also gained self respect and confidence to say what needs to be said'
But, I know from experience that will be deemed too negative or controversial and not used.
So mastadon hive mind, help me out please cos I'm not using chatGpt 😁
How can I word this better?
Thank you 😊
#feminism #advice #hivemind

2026-02-21 11:27:27 UTC

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Yes - my account was disabled for 'suspicious activity' when there was none, and cant re-activate without doing a video selfie. I've had 2 colleagues say the same happened to them recently.

2026-02-21 09:02:55 UTC

Far too many people, myself included, relied on #facebook for #community
Now this roll out of disabling accounts and asking for video selfies to prove identity are going to leave a lot of those people in a quandary. Submit a selfie or lose connection to community.
I refuse, and i'm not sad about no longer being able to access facebook because I am done with the trolls and bots. But I am devastated that i've instantly lost connection to local groups and old friends with whom I never exchanged numbers, because we relied on facebook.
I dont know how to build community without it.
I mean I know i'll get over it, i'll find other ways of connecting and i'm sure I can ask my eldest daughter to message old friends with my number for me, but right now this feels incredibly cruel and intentional. Meta know that people will panic about losing their communities and connections and upload those video selfies.

2025-11-21 23:59:51 UTC

I’ve been around long enough to see this #antivax thing play out from the start (in the uk anyway).
Wakefield stated in the late 90’s that the MMR vaccine could be linked to neurological and bowel disorders. His research was flawed and was never able to be replicated. Nonetheless, the daily mail ran with it and started the media frenzy.
Suddenly, thanks to the fucking daily mail (and yes Wakefield initially but I wonder if his ‘research’ would have gone unnoticed by the general public if not for the right wing rag) we saw a massive decline in MMR uptake and who knows how many childhood deaths as a result.
10 years ago I worked in a disabled children’s team (social services) as admin. We dealt with a lot of autistic children who were non-verbal and needed a lot of round the clock care. Most of the social workers in the team were of the opinion that these kids were fine till they had the MMR. They didn’t even meet these kids pre-diagnosis so how the fuck would they know?
Then we had COVID, and the mistrust and paranoia was already so baked in. How many people died because Joe Bloggs decided to still go about their business despite having symptoms?
I blame right wing media rags. Bastards.
Thank you for coming to my drunk and tired talk.

2025-09-01 22:04:10 UTC

#men DO NOT STARE AT YOUNG GIRLS.
Had my 15 year old daughter in tears for last hour because she had a man on bus staring at her for a solid 10 minutes and she felt scared, humiliated, frozen, PHYSICALLY SICK.
'first time man stared at me so creepily I felt physically sick' is NOT a milestone ANY girl shoudl have to go through.
FUCKING STOP IT.

2025-07-25 12:31:58 UTC

When this happens its a no on both counts. I'll find the content elsewhere thanks!!
#DataPrivacy
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2025-07-10 09:07:51 UTC

So I finally...FINALLY...after 15 years of trying, have a referral to rhuematology. After an honest and lengthy conversation with a wonderful GP, who is not my usual GP and i've not spoken to before, she suspects I have fibromyalgia. Which is apparantly a form of rhuematoid arthritus (I didnt know that) and the main symptom is aches and stiffness that are usually felt as just that - aches and stiffness - are interpreted as pain instead. There was a lightbulb moment when she told me this. Like, for the last 15 years this is exactly what has been happening, but also my lower back pain has gotten worse as i've gotten less active due to the all over pain. And the exhaustion is also a tell tale sign. Not just a bit tired but would fall asleep standing up if I allowed myself to close my eyes for 5 seconds. All over, body and mind, sucking me into the void exhaustion. ALL.THE.TIME.
If I can finally get a diagnosis it means i'm not lazy (as the gp's always told me before) and I might even get a bit of support in the form of a council move to somewhere with no stairs, maybe a bit of PIP to pay for a home help (I work from home) and my kids might start to take my symptoms seriously.
I need this, like really really need this.
#fibromyalgia #RheumatoidArthritis

2025-07-04 21:48:43 UTC

I mean I guess us Brits should start celebrating 4th July a bit more now?
#4thofjuly #independenceday

2025-05-17 20:33:25 UTC

I’m a 50 year old woman, but it doesn’t seem that long ago I was a very pretty teen girl becoming aware of the looks from older men.
Men looked at me until well into my 40’s, until I became invisible to them. I’m so glad I did! This isn’t about that.
Lately I’ve noticed men looking again. I don’t like it and never wanted it. I noticed because we do. Then I realised, they are not looking at me but my 14 year old daughter beside me.
I want to gouge out their eyes.

2025-04-27 21:07:12 UTC

So, is it ok to talk about how us ND folk seem less susceptible to propaganda, and more likely to not conform to societal expectations, and how that makes us a threat to those who want to maintain the status quo?
#actuallyautistic

2024-08-11 05:40:53 UTC

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It’s my super power too….i spent my 20’s singing in rock/punk cover bands and never forgot a single lyric, and will sing along to just about every song that plays on car radio or as soundtrack when watching TV. I only need to hear a song once or twice and will recall all lyrics even if not heard again for years.
It’s sadly not something that applies to anything else other than lyrics and I have no idea why 😂