afshan d’souza-lodhi
writer of TV, plays & poetry - WGGB rep for Manchester - represented by MMB Creative - funny (my mum says so) - constant resting bitch face - pro-Palestinian all the way from the river to the sea -
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- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiAI advocates have warned that if every author in the class action filed a claim, it would "financially ruin" the entire industry.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhi"you are taking in the human centipede of content from the very end of the line" is such a good way of describing AI
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiNote this also applies to calling me: - smart - articulate - hardworking
- Don’t call me pretty. Give me a commission and send money into my account.
- On a train to london and playing the ‘are you on your way to the far right demo or are you just drunk loud and yt’ game.
- People think I’m really quick with sending calendar invites and notes after a meeting because I’m efficient. But really it’s because if I don’t do it right away it ain’t getting done ever because I’ll forget.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiYour monthly reminder: Keep writing. When no one cares, persist. When things appear to be crumbling, keep at it. When it's difficult, push through. When you feel alone, listen to the stories in your blood. Just write. The world needs your stories.
- Today I spent an hour sorting out all my fanfic open tabs into alphabetical order. Only to realise that you can do it automatically on safari. Fml
- I have desi aunties. Smear campaigns don’t work on me.
- Yt people in arts organisations will do ANYTHING before admitting they did a racism. And when you call them out on it they go on a smear campaign.
- One of the most humbling experiences as an adult is trying to learn a new skill and being shit at it. Because not only do you have to keep yourself motivated through all the failings, but folks your age are now experts in the thing you’re struggling to even get started on.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiOnce again, I am saying that letting a group of extremely antisocial tech bros make critical decisions about our collective data and all human interaction online is a very bad idea.
- I’m surprised that more couples don’t break up during wedding prep. This shit is stressful
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- Tried on a new jacket today that makes me look like Kim Possible. Prepare for me to be insufferable
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiThe best advice I got on public speaking was from Dolly Parton in a concert she did in London in the 80s: "Make them laugh, make them cry and then scare the hell out of them."
- Is it appropriate to take notes when having conversations during networking events? Like it stops me from interrupting and also helps me track my thoughts. But also gives off I’m a journalist here to steal your gossip vibes so…
- We need a fund for people who have pulled their work or stopped working with shitty organisations. This having morals and an ethical compass thing is making me broke.
- If you support a campaign to stop proscription of a particular group. Is that seen as support for that particular group?
- How soon until all direct action will be classified as terrorism?
- Gonna have to read an actual book now. Damn it
- Liberation on at Royal Exchange Theatre isn’t just political and funny and humanises all the figures we’ve heard about, but it’s a great night out. Ntombizodwa has given us a masterclass in writing for theatre. Go watch it now!! www.royalexchange.co.uk/event/libera...
- Who’s coming???
- Calling all #writers in + around Manchester! You are invited to our free summer meet-up on Mon 14 July, 6-8pm @rxtheatre.bsky.social, hosted by WGGB Manchester + Lancashire Rep @afshandl.bsky.social + WGGB TV Chair Sukey Venables Fisher Non-members welcome too forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiCalling all #writers in + around Manchester! You are invited to our free summer meet-up on Mon 14 July, 6-8pm @rxtheatre.bsky.social, hosted by WGGB Manchester + Lancashire Rep @afshandl.bsky.social + WGGB TV Chair Sukey Venables Fisher Non-members welcome too forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiPlaywrights working in the UK independent theatre sector are to gain new rights for the digital exploitation of their work and a 24% uplift in minimum fees over three years, following a major update to the existing agreement between WGGB + @itc-arts.bsky.social writersguild.org.uk/itc-new-agre...
- Hold up on sec. When yous have all been saying that you’re gonna ask chat you mean chat gpt?? I been thinking you’re asking the group chat this whole time.
- Why was booking my train ticket from manchester to london and then to liverpool more expensive than booking my flight to the us of a?
- Got a free artist ticket to go to the stage theatre conference but now gonna have to spend my next commission on paying off my credit card.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiPAID PERFORMER OPP - North West (See infographic for more detail)
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiLet's make Northern #Booksky grow! We've put together a list of Manchester & Northern writers we could find here, so check it out and give everyone a follow. This is, by all means, not an exhaustive list, so please tag who we've missed👇 bsky.app/profile/did:...
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiGet your hands on THE hot SF book this year as soon as it comes out with a preorder - a gift to your future self. So very sci fi appropriate. Lesbians! Robots! Collapse of humanity! geni.us/SomeBodyLike... by @ldlapinski.bsky.social
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- My toxic trait is thinking that I can soothe any crying baby despite their blood/bonded parents not being able to.
- Just checked my message requests in the badplace and aside from a gazillion bots I found two cute dms about work I’d written years ago. Anyway here’s your reminder to go check your message requests
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- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiWhat a total star Michael Sheen is www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiMy daughter is writing a paper on how corporate culture is affected by extreme and sudden social change -- in this case, how DEI went from standard practice to illegal in a matter of weeks I'd welcome any good academic sources to share with her, given how new this is.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiJust got an email from the Fulbright Association. As of right now, funding has been cut off to 12,500 US citizens currently abroad and and more than 7,400 foreigner scholars and students in the United States
- Anyway drunk football fans are scary. Because what do you mean you’ve been drinking since 7.30am and you’re still drinking at 9pm. Is your liver even alive at this point?
- Ended up on a train full of drunk yt football fans which ended up getting cancelled because they were out of control. And an old white uncle (uncle because he deserves the respect) noticed how anxious I was and kept talking to me and shielding me from them. Happy IWD.
- my name is all in lowercase letters. no caps
- I have proper business type in-person meetings today and look like a teenager who’s in their 2007 emo era.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiSandi Toksvig, the Writers' Guild of Great Britain President, shares her thoughts on the current AI and Copyright consultation and proposals being put forward by the government. As #writers we have until midnight 25th Feb to respond. @writersguildgb.bsky.social writersguild.org.uk/copyright-ai/
- We at #BFIflare this March with BEFORE I DO. Directed by @gitikabuttoo.bsky.social and written by myself! whatson.bfi.org.uk/flare/Online...
- What the subtweet equivalent on here? Did we ever decide?
- So turns out my new show is sold out most nights. With only a few tickets available for the matinees. Everyone wants to fall in love it seems.
- It’s gonna be a fab week. I can tell.
- Last month I gave a talk on radical poetic practice at a University in Hyderabad. Feels super relevant to what’s happening this week. Our libraries and bookstores are how we retain knowledge of our histories.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiThe Heroines Anthology is open for submissions of poems & short fiction on the theme of witches, witch trials, medicine women, mystics, herbalists, spells, enchantments, shapeshifters, familiars, covens, hags, crones and sabbats. Deadline June 2025 Please share :) www.writingtheheroine.com
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiPlease share :)
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiCurtis Brown Creative offer a series of breakthrough scholarships, bursaries, courses and mentoring for new writers, writers of colour and writers on low income and others. Details in the link. Please share :)
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiThe gorgeous residential Gladstone’s Library Writer in Residence programme provides space and resources for up to four writers whose work engages with liberal values in the broadest sense. Writers at all stages of their career can apply. Please share :) www.gladstoneslibrary.org/events/write...
- I am so traumatised by the culture in the industry (at this present moment) that my writing brain has stopped creating.
- We need to bring back angel donors so that artists can just make art without having to deal with all the bs.
- Which one of my friends has a sp*ctator account? I wanna read an article but don’t wanna subscribe/pay.
- I went thru a phase of dating white men obsessed with lynch. When really I just wanted to create the desi version of twin peaks
- It’s not over until it’s completely free
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiHear me out. The Traitors but everyone's a poet. The missions are all tasks from The Artist's Way. Every day someone gets a rejection. John Cooper Clarke is Claudia. The winner gets published in a print only magazine and invited to read on Guernsey. Travel will not be covered.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhi‘U.K. Indie Film Distribution Hits Breaking Point as ‘Santosh’ Saga Exposes Market Crisis: It’s an “Utter Shitshow”’ variety.com/2024/film/gl...
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiNon-artists: please gently let your well-intentioned niche blogger friends know that generating an AI illustration for their posts is not a harmless novelty. There are so many sources for free, eye-pleasing, not-environmentally-rapacious images. Creative Commons licenses, public domain art history.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiwant to read more books by south asian and middle eastern writers next year. has anyone got any recommendations? i love literary fiction, historical fiction, dystopian fiction, autobiographies, contemporary magical realism, female body horror, and surprises too!
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiIf you're a white author and a publisher or agent passing on your book says it's because they're focusing on authors of color instead, they're lying to you. And if you're the one saying it, you're lying to yourself and others. In both cases, it's racist bullshit!
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhisesame street isn't supposed to make money. the post office isn't supposed to make money. not everything is supposed to MAKE MONEY
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiBut apart from this they are definitely left-wingers with the best interests of the working classes as their main priority.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiI'm relaunching my thread from Twitter/X here, celebrating upcoming #writing competitions, development jobs & #filmmaking opportunities. Please share with anyone who might find it useful. #WritingCommunity #writers #Film
- To all my uk babes. How/where can I get those cheddar biscuits from red lobster? Been ill and it’s the only thing I’m craving rn
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- An asian boy is chirpsing on a girl in front of me like I (practically his auntie) am not sitting here. We used to fear our elders man. And this youth looked me straight in the eye and started flirting with this girl!
- We’re looking for community cast members based in Oldham for Oldham Coliseum’s new production ‘The Engagement Party’. Deadline to apply: Mon 6th Jan, 5pm. More details in the flyer below.
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhi📢Announcing: the Women’s Prize for Playwriting 2025. Bigger, bolder, brighter. Submissions will open on Monday 13th January and close on Tuesday 22nd April 2025.
- Just did a short performance on cervical cancer for a group of older aunties and one of them interrupts and is like are you acting or just telling us? Immediately humbled!
- I’ve done so much crazy shit year. At what age does midlife crisis hit???
- My bolt driver is listening to a really interesting podcast but he’s on like episode 5. How do I ask him to rewind to episode 1 so I can follow the narrative properly? Or do I just suck it up and fill in the gaps?
- Come join our community cast!
- Oldham Coliseum Theatre is looking for people to be part of a community company for new show The Engagement Party which is written by @afshandl.bsky.social and directed by @amandahuxtable.bsky.social and runs 18-22 Feb 2025 at Oldham's Queen Elizabeth Hall theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/24759680.…
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiOldham Coliseum Theatre is looking for people to be part of a community company for new show The Engagement Party which is written by @afshandl.bsky.social and directed by @amandahuxtable.bsky.social and runs 18-22 Feb 2025 at Oldham's Queen Elizabeth Hall theoldhamtimes.co.uk/news/24759680.…
- I’m still thinking about that scene in wicked where that man stamps on the books. So disrespectful
- Reposted by afshan d’souza-lodhiToday is an International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People. Please do what you can to support: through visibility and also donations (if you can) - I suggest @medicalaidpal.bsky.social. This poster was designed by Thomas Greenwood for @pscupdates.bsky.social 🍉
- Announcement Time 💍 💍 💍 You’re all invited to The Engagement Party written by myself and directed by @amandahuxtable.bsky.social for Oldham Coliseum. www.coliseum.org.uk/spektrix/spe...
