rachel grace almeida
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muñeca veneca ✨ deputy editor @residentadvisor / monthly on @ntslive 💌 rachelgracealmeida @gmail .com
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sexual orientation: corbyn and bellerin speaking spanish to exclude piers morgan from a conversation
@HectorBellerin
@piersmorgan
Fue un placer conocerte. Es mejor que no le digamos de lo que estábamos hablando, no lo entendería. Muy buen juego en el partido el domingo.
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Thinking about the time I went to an Arsenal Legends game and Ray Parlour subbed himself off after seven minutes, two hours after tweeting a picture of himself having a Cobra for breakfast
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Last month one of my mom’s patients told my mom to “speak proper English” because she speaks with a heavy Venezuelan accent. Today my mami has been deployed to the C19 wards to save clapped British people like that woman. A patient, kind hero 💜
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I just jokingly called my mom old and she temporarily blocked me 'so I can see what life will be like after she dies'
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This is an incredible initiative that funds mental health treatment by Black people for Black people in the UK. This is an ESSENTIAL resource. They are still a way away from hitting their goal – please donate if you are able:
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Some personal news ~ I'm now Deputy Editor of Crack ✨
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Hi! It's a new year and I'd love to work with some new writers at
@CrackMagazine
. Album reviews, profiles, deep dives into subcultures and underground movements relevant to Crack, and especially keen to centre non-Western writers & stories. Pitch me: rachel
@crackmagazine
.net 💌
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stop letting caucasians write about reggaeton 2k20
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Hello, looking to commission more women/nb writers for album reviews at Crack, paid. If this is you, you can reach me via rachel
@crackmagazine
.net with the subject line 'freelancing, album reviews' 🖊️✨
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Hi hi, looking to broaden our album reviews freelancer pool for print! The reviews are relatively short and we pay. Is this you? Please get in touch w/ examples of your writing: rachel
@crackmagazine
.net 🎷
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hi, some news: i'm now junior editor at
@CrackMagazine
so hmu with tasty pitches/ideas for 2019 ✨
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Not British people using this opportunity for “at least we’re not them” when their country singlehandedly etched the template for white supremacy and imperialism
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Hi! Looking for print feature pitches for
@CrackMagazine
. Especially interested in ones that step away from straightfwd artist interviews and instead cover a wider cultural moment – scene profiles, underground movements, etc all relevant to Crack. 💌 rachel
@crackmagazine
.net
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every week, one specific UK PR emails me with the opening line 'hola amiga!' and I cannot stress how much no one ever, ever needs to do that
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hello, looking to take on more non-dude music writers at
@CrackMagazine
💌 rachel
@crackmagazine
.net
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Thom Yorke is our Crack 100 cover star.
If someone ever told me one day I was going to edit a cover feature with my favourite artist of all time, I'd have placed a hex on you – what a dream. S/o to everyone who helped put this incredible issue together. We did it ✨
Ahead of his next solo album, Thom Yorke calls for a shock to the system.
Read our Issue 100 cover story now:
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exclusive pic of ed sheeran's tattoo artist at work
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Some news! Louise is now Editor of Crack, making the print editorial team entirely women ✨
Some news – from yesterday I'm the Editor of Crack Magazine. Hey.
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Latinx artists: I want to play you on my NTS show! It doesn't matter what genre you make, how established you are, as long as you're part of the diaspora. PRs + labels, if you're working with a Latinx artist, I'd also love to hear from you: rachelgracealmeida
@gmail
.com
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Buenas! On here with some big life updates...
1. This is my last week at
@CrackMagazine
after six years. I will forever love and support the team, publication, and am so proud of what we've achieved together.
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Devastated to hear about the passing of Juan, Silent Servant + Luis, Soft Moon. Two Latino artists whose legacies and contributions to techno, darkwave + industrial were synthesised by this very fact. Mourning their losses today, and every day
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Surprise! After a chaotic year, we've worked really hard to to print a special edition of the magazine with four new covers.
The first one is – pinch me –
@kylieminogue
in conversation with
@lou_brailey
.
A dream come true ✨
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in the most predictable move ever, here's me on
@daddy_yankee
's everlasting latinx legacy for
@NoiseyMusic
:
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This morning morning I had my EU visa approved which means I am safe in Berlin for two more years, at least. Being an immigrant anywhere in the world is mostly isolating and scary, but today Germany chose arepas 😌
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It worked!!! On Monday night we met our bb with a long name called Sienna 🌹✨
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"when did arsenal's banter era begin for you?"
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Happy to share that my
@NTSlive
residency starts this Friday 🌞 tune in every Friday from 5-6pm GMT for great tunes ✨
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If I made a very DIY Venezuelan recipe book downloadable for free by PDF, would anyone be interested in that? Process and technique GIFs and Venezuelan cheese replacements included
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Hi! Due to the ongoing pandemic, I'm one of many people that are still on heavily reduced hours/pay. I'm open to commissions! I write about music, culture, art and Latin American topics. I'd love to write for you, or know of any opportunities. 💌rachelgracealmeida
@gmail
.com
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Utterly depressing, I have no words. Britain has a spiritual sickness — such bold arrogance and imperialism that runs so deep in its fibre that people don’t think their countries could ever fall apart, despite it happening right in front of them
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And for 3: I'm thrilled to join the editorial team at
@residentadvisor
as Deputy Editor, alongside
@gabrielszatan
,
@CarlosHawthorn
+ Nyshka Chandran. I'll be starting at the London office in May. ✨
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This is tragic, and not the first time. If the Guardian insists on having a caucasian top table, please consult (and pay!!!) POC before you publish racist garbage like this.
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Contributed to the
@RockstarGames
takeover on
@NTSlive
with the best Latin music from the entire GTA radio archive 💸💰 tune into NTS1 at 7:50pm UK
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~ some news ~
Excited to announce that my
@worldwidefm
residency, affectionately titled Perreo FM, starts Sept 9. Tune in monthly for an hour of reggaeton and reggaeton only, courtesy of moi 🌞
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Now I can finally unclench my jaw I might produce some oxytocin and my overdue daughter might make her appearance!!!
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daughter started saying "mama" which is obviously life-affirming and adorable, even if this means she can now randomly scream it at me at 3am 😌
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thinking abt giving my daughter yet another middle name days away from my due date lol? just spoke with my cousin maría de los angeles julieta león nassi + now feel like i'm short. my real name is also long - rachel graciela almeida-león nassi. should i add the razzle dazzle?
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If one more white male PR greets me with “hi mami” via email I am going to riot :~) if you are comfortable subscribing to my stereotype then you should also be comfortable with a fist fight. thanks!
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because journalism is male-dominated you snide weirdo
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😌🎷 we back mis amores
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I don't expect many of you to know what this means, but my next record is in 7/8. I realised in all these years I have never had sex. If any DJ works out how to play it I will bake a pie with their name on it.
I don't expect many of you to know what this means, but my next record is in 3/4. I realised in all these years I have never done it. If any DJ works out how to play it I will bake a pie with their name on it.
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if this is how the white British press covers a European singer, I pray my Latinx icons never make it big in this hellish island
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organisers/activists who need assets made for social media, please use our free services – they are open to you.
If you need simple social media assets designed for fundraisers and petitions but don’t have the software then email requests to design
@crackmagazine
.net and we’ll help wherever we can.
#BlackLivesMatter
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Spoke to
@TURNSTILEHC
for the new issue of
@CrackMagazine
– a band that embodies the warmth and kinship that made me fall in love with hardcore as a teenager. Turnstile forever 💜💜💜
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Watching Slipknot for the first time and I cannot express how happy I am that it’s in Germany. People here are made for this — not a single colour or print article of clothing in sight. Black everywhere, not one strand of hair un-dyed. Mein mänchen; mein greebös
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i did something nerve-racking and spoke about my assault and subsequent article on the BBC earlier this morning
"He attacked me in the back of a taxi"
@_rachelgrace
wrote about sexual harassment in the music industry after she was assaulted.
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This is extra special to me because for the first time in my professional career, we’ve got a trifecta of Venezuelans working together - editor, writer, artist ✨
reviewed the new
@arca1000000
for
@CrackMagazine
...a really special one for me to work on. Thank you to
@_rachelgrace
for the opportunity🌹🇻🇪
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One minute you're 19, running down Curtain Rd to get to Plastic People (via American Apparel ofc) to watch the genius behind Classical Curves. . .
The next, you're 30 and editing his first ever cover story. For issue 142, Jam City by
@wf_pritchard
:
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This is now in my top 5 worst tweets of all time.
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It's 2016 – let's make this the year where I don't have to write anything like this ever again:
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wow, show me the body are one of the best bands in the world. that's it, that is the whole tweet
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Yesterday my dad told me that the first word I ever uttered in English, age 6, was “help”
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it's a real shame your da got hold of the wifi password again
We dated without
@Tinder
.
We took rides without
@Uber
.
We got jobs without
@LinkedIn
.
We found places without
@Waze
.
We did playlists without
@Spotify
.
We took photos without
@Instagram
.
We found answers without
@Google
.
We made friends without
@Facebook
.
#BragAboutYourGeneration
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I witnessed a lot of this first hand & also experienced unwanted advances from him. Re: Latinx cosplay- when I once asked directly what his heritage is, purely to find common ground, he replied “I don’t like putting myself in a box”
Four years later I’m finally speaking up about my experiences with Felix Hall
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hi latinx artists, starting to compile music for my next NTS show. open to any new tunes being sent my way, any genre: rachelgracealmeida
@gmail
.com
hola artistxs latinxs, estoy buscando musica nueva de cualquier genero para mi prox show de NTS. manden si quieran 🫡
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Today on
@NTSlive
I'm honouring Venezuelan Independence Day, which happened on July 5, by playing the music that shaped our country – llaneras, joropo, salsa, tambores.
Flyer for today's show, ft. mi mami and papi in Venezuela 🌹
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I no longer live in the UK, but my mom, a Venezuelan immigrant who works for the NHS, does. So do a lot of my best friends who I love deeply, and my colleagues whose futures I care about. My partner is British. I care about your trash island like it's my own home. VOTE LABOUR 🌹
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Hello! Looking for more pitches for Meditations, an opinion-based column that doesn't need to be tied to current events specifically. Plus points if it relates to music/culture. Pls keep pitches short + clear! Paid, ofc.
💌: rachel
@crackmagazine
.net
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For our first cover of 2022, a redemptive and revealing conversation between
@misszing
and
@mitskileaks
. Out in print today.
In 2019,
@mitskileaks
announced a hiatus from music and disappeared. Now, she’s returned with a new album. So Mitski’s back? Kind of...
Mitski in conversation with
@misszing
→
Issue 127 is out this week. Pick up the magazine for free or order online.
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Hello! Looking for pitches for Crack's Meditations feature – an opinion-based column that doesn't necessarily have to be pinned to a current event (and paid, of course). Here are some previous examples:
Pitches to rachel
@crackmagazine
.net please 🌹
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Ah yes, shocking news to the ethnic and racial minority women working in UK journalism who have spent the majority of their careers staring back at white faces
'Shocking' lack of racial diversity and women in UK journalism – report
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Kacey Musgraves for our latest print issue, in conversation with
@douglasgrnwd
. What a dream to publish this 🌹
In 2018,
@KaceyMusgraves
won four Grammys and became one of the biggest stars in the world as her personal life was coming undone.
Three years later, she’s still searching for inner peace.
Unveiling the singer's second act in Issue 122. Read in full 🕯️
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@danhancox
DAN I AM SCREAMING my mom texted me from the induction yesterday saying 'they got some random guy for our video, quien es este pendejo' and I had no idea she was talking about the singer from The Kooks, I am beside myself
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My partner started Latin percussion lessons yesterday, v good, v nice. I told my dad – a prolific conga player – and he immediately sent me a voice note telling me off for letting him learn from anyone but him. He has not texted me back. We live in Berlin and he lives in Caracas.
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My favourite thing about becoming a mother is all the congratulatory messages for my daughter getting my lips and not her dad’s
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please, immigrants, stay here and risk your life fighting a pandemic in an NHS that we have consciously decimated. we'll only kick you out a year later
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you reckon music press will ever learn the difference between spanish and latin?
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In the most recent issue of Crack, I asked
@ovolumemorto
to go deep on the darker, sparser strain of baile funk – funk mineiro. He spoke to the scene's pioneers, and I cannot recommend reading enough:
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We must expect no less from a country that thinks baked beans are a good meal
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of all the things i'm angry at taylor swift for appropriating, it's the appropriation of hardcore font that has rattled me the most
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Feliz navidad ✨ lock into
@NTSlive
at 5pm UK for a journey through Latin Christmas music, from gaitas to aguinaldos to salsa
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@tratratrax
– the Colombian underground label that is changing dance music.
A story so vivid, so special, so damn Latinx, that I had to step out and write the cover story myself.
From Caracas, to Medellín, to Bogotá, pal mundo. 💚
.
@tratratrax
has taken the global underground by storm 🌪
The Colombian label is leading a Latin American dance movement. But with recognition often comes tokenisation – and they’re resisting.
The November issue is out now. Cover story by
@_rachelgrace
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💔 RIP to a true legend
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George literally had to swoop in and save his own memorial performance WHAT CANT HE DO
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ALSO @ ALL CAUCASIANS WRITING ABOUT MUSIC 📣📣📣 Rosalía is Spanish (from Spain!), performing flamenco-coloured pop. She is not making Latin music, she is quite literally making folkloric European music
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So, we've been working on something 🌱
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Lets take a moment for the people who are disgusted––and rightly so––by Ryan Adams' inexcusable behaviour but refuse to put that same energy into calling out their music industry mates who have done the same, or worse. We see you.
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In case you're wondering what my cat eating a tiny homemade arepa looks like:
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I wrote about my complicated once-hometown and the crew of artists bringing Miami's experimental club movement to the world. Eternally proud & thankful for
@nickleon
@bitterbabe_
@jonnyfromspacio
@invt305
@sistersystem305
🌴
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Mom just FaceTimed me and asked if I could pass the phone to my three month old so she could show her what plantain looks like
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