Mother of Hope

About my Substack and myself.

Well, here’s a ‘lil story…. (add “Fresh Prince of Bel Air” theme tune for best effect 😉😂)

Nah….not gonna work, I’m from Rochdale, innit.

I’m Julie, but you may know me as ‘Mother of Hope’, which was my Twitter handle.

I love pretty dresses, cats, carboot sales, taking photos of clouds, writing poetry, taking the piss and…..freedom! I’m a bit of an old school pop music anorak as well.

I live in the verdant Calder Valley in West Yorkshire. I took this from outside my house.

Oh yeah, I like sunsets too. Nice, hey?

Back in June 2020, I joined Twitter, feeling alone and disillusioned with the authoritarian grip and coercive control I saw taking hold on the UK, by means of a so-called ‘pandemic’.

Writing - and Tweeting particularly - became my therapy, ensuring I kept my sanity in a world I increasingly felt disconnected to. People said encouraging things about stuff I’d written and I was inspired to write more.

Fast forward two years and I’d found a ton of friends, been to several protests, been on someone’s podcast and bonded with thousands of like-minded souls. People who, like myself, refused to be a part of the whole disturbing and ever snowballing charade.

I could say I ‘found my tribe’ but I’m so done with that phrase. It’s become the X-factor ‘I’ve been on a journey’ cliché of the freedom movement, hasn’t it?

Anyway, I digress.

As with many other accounts that spoke openly about what they saw happening, in July 2022, Twitter kicked me off their platform in their purge against free speech.

So, now, I have my little soap box here, in the wild woods of Substack! (The White Witch hasn’t found me here yet, shhh….😉)

My posts will be random but can broadly be categorised as ‘any old shit’.

Have a look through my archives to get a feel for the kind of things I write about and whether it’s your cup of Chai. Along the top you’ll see it categorised so you can choose the sort of content you like.

I’m anti shitshow, but don’t dedicate my life or Substack to it, y’know?

It’s not me and there are many, many accounts that do that if that’s your bag.

There are so many wonderful things in the world and we will create our own depressing reality if we meditate upon the bad stuff too much. That said, I am rather a bleak poet and make no apologies for posting lots of dark, self indulgent poetry.

Oh, and I swear a lot so if that kind of thing offends you…..it’s not gonna work.

If you like something I’ve written, do share as I want to connect with people who ‘get’ me and the stuff I write. On the other hand, if I bore the shit out of you, then please……do one, unsubscribe. I want no sympathy subscriptions.

Comments are appreciated too. Always good to have a discussion around a post. Also, if you have ideas you’d like me write about, I’d love to hear them.

Oh, and if you’d like to use/publish something I’ve written or are interested in me writing a feature, story or poem for you or your publication, let’s talk!

That’s all for now.

Cheers chickens, stay hopeful

Julie

Mother of Hope

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