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wrote about *that* video of ayo edebiri and jeremy allen white and how we should normalise touching, hugging, and even kissing our friends instead of only permitting it to romantic relationships!!
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Hearst are threatening to fire Samira Nasr for posting this ?????????? what the FUCK??????
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what is so controversial about stating it’s inhumane to cut off electricity and water to 2.2 million people???? IT IS INHUMANE ?????
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I wrote about the way women eat in horrors and how it’s changed my relationship with food recently <3 🍧🍰🍮🍒🍥 🥞🍦🍓
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wrote about ‘girl’s girls’ feminism and rhetoric and how women online use it to bully and police other women xx
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she was then forced to publish this apology…. the rage I feel right now… I literally don’t understand what’s happening
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had the pleasure of ranking bobs today x
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i know it is not march but this reminds me of the way jenny slate describes spring in little weirds
i love spring so much, it’s my favourite time of the year. seeing everything and everyone slowly come back to life again is so lovely
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For
@Dazed
, I wrote about how we document our whole lives online, from our jobs to the mundane, in hopes of social media fame and success, but more often than not, social media fame struggles to translate into anything material in real life ❤️🔥
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I know it feels so pointless to be posting on social media but we need to be as strong and as loud in our support for Palestine and for the people who are literally losing their JOBS because they are speaking the truth
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coming out of hibernation bc my disso is done + uni is complete:)
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wrote about challengers and how I wished it disrupted our understanding of desirability in the same way it challenged our understanding of relationships!!
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also they very well could be in a relationship idc honestly I just think it’s weird that ppl see a video of someone rubbing another persons back and think “I don’t touch MY friends like that” — well maybe you should!
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With all the news from St Lucia, Jamaica, Belize and the Bahamas — I wrote about how weird it is that British Vogue uphold the Royal Family in the way that they do for
@BlackBalladUK
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Interviewed the extraordinary Melissa Barrera for the cover of
@polyesterzine
’s latest Dollhouse issue ❤️🔥
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Wrote about the calls to decentre men online and how those making the content claim it’s the key to women’s empowerment. But how liberating is decentring men, and is it even possible?
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also not to deep this joke but it’s all fun and games saying that ayo is irish when actual black irish women are continuously ignored 😀😃😄😁😆
Continually leaving Ruth Negga off these discussions again…
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I wrote about the Love Island botox discourse, self-mutilation and how we should be rebelling against the predatory nature of the beauty industry for
@Dazed
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hi 💌 I’m now the editor-in-chief of
@wellby___
a publication that focuses on wellness, mental health, spirituality, personal growth and big ideas. we are looking for unique pitches! read our guidelines below! we pay £50 per article :) open to all x
👋🏾 Hello we’re Wellby! A digital platform that gives you the personal developmental & emotional educational tools you need to survive & thrive in today’s world. No PhD necessary. We’re always looking for smart personal essays/ investigations & reports. This is how to pitch to us:
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Wrote the cover story for
@PolyesterZine
’s May digital cover! I had the pleasure of speaking to
@Tinashe
💚💚💚 you can read it here:
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Interviewed the brilliant
@fiona_lali
who is running for MP in Stratford and Bow with the support of the
@revcommunists
. We spoke about her campaign, the connection between Palestine and austerity in Britain and how we’re on the brink of revolution!
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Interviewed the wonderful
@johngreen
about the film adaptation of his book Turtles All The Way Down! 14 year old me would not believe it 🐢
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I got a first :) 💃🏾❤️
coming out of hibernation bc my disso is done + uni is complete:)
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For
@Dazed
, I wrote about how we relate beauty with morality in times of crisis - and investigated how this belief (and focus on celebrity) impacts our perception of the world! Featuring incredible insights from
@jessicadefino_
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Happy 2 announce I start my new role at
@PolyesterZine
as the Community Editor tomorrow! Polyester has not only provided me with amazing opportunities but I’ve learned so much & made lots of new pals through The Dollhouse. So excited to start!💋
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“Abortion is rarely celebrated for being a life-saving medical intervention, but in many ways, this playlist does that. The clinic becomes a place to have a boogie rather than a place to be fearful of.” I 💘 abortion playlists and wrote about them!
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wrote about how our obsession with skincare and anti ageing is killing us - and if it’s possible to have a relationship with skincare that isn’t harmful for dazed beauty 🤜🏾🧴🙅🏾♀️
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Thank you to whoever nominated me for this award! 🥺 I haven’t done much this year as I’m trying to finish my degree but I appreciate this a lot :) if you’d like vote for me ~ you can through the link in the tweet!
Congratulations to Halima Jibril
@halimaajibril
who has been nominated for the Positive Role Model (Race, Faith and Religion) Award at The National Diversity Awards 2021. To vote please visit
#NDA21
#Nominate
#VotingNowOpen
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“Hayward’s impulse to destroy Wanda (literally) is worth examining because it raises important questions about women’s grief: Are women allowed to mourn in ways that may seem ugly and painful?” — Brilliant from
@BitchMedia
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wrote about the panic surrounding gen-alpha boys as the leader of the UK’s largest education union calls for an independent inquiry into the rise of misogyny among boys and young men and how we all have a role to play in challenging patriarchal culture!
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went to a lfw party in 2020 & tyler was there! my friends & I we’re giggling with him so much. his security told us we couldn’t take any pics so we were like okay & walked away. I turned to look back at tyler & I pouted and he pouted back & told us to come back to take piccys lol
What’s your favorite interaction you’ve had with a celebrity?
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ngl I know ppl follow that white freelance lady bc she tells ppl where to pitch and all but she’s mean and does not care about poc or marginalised people and y’all should stop following her
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“…Mainstream feminism is not real feminism. It is merely a poor imitation of it. Feminism is, as Black feminist writer Lola Olufemi defined it, “a weapon for fighting against injustice.”
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The Perks of Being A Wallflower was released 10 years ago in the U.K. today! I spoke to young people about the impact this movie had on their teenagehood for
@Dazed
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everything I know as a writer and thinker is because of bell hooks. her words opened up a brand new world for me. i hope she rests in perfect peace ❤️
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London is such a wonderful place and the last few weeks have shown me that more and more !!!! Solidarity is a beautiful thing !!!! There can be no love without justice and every week people come out to demand justice for Palestine and it is incredible to witness ❤️🇵🇸
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why is it that we only accept one type of morning. I saw someone write "solidarity with those who went to peacefully mourn." why are we only given grace when we mourn in a way that is seen as demure? do we not have a right to mourn in the ugliest way possible? a woman is dead
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it does feel insane to have people talk about this while people who menstruate in gaza doesn’t have access to menstrual products :) makes me feel crazy :) why are you all so concerned about this :)
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bell hooks - ain’t I a woman
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I find that people in the magazine world / creative world / writing world are only nice to you when they want things from u & i hope those ppl are having a bad day loooool xx
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We need to seriously divest from celebrities — especially celebrities who have showed their asses and are saying the most abhorrent things about Palestine and Palestinians. We can not let’s those capitalist pigs, with no morals and no backbone know peace after all of this
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interviewed
@MsRebeccaBlack
for
@PolyesterZine
:) read if ya fancy & sign up to the dollhouse for more content like this!
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Thank you to those who attending my zine activist workshop with Common Threads Press! it was so fun. I didn’t get to finish my zine, but here are so pics of mine 🤍
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I interviewed
@maggierogers
, one of my favourite musicians of all time (!!!), for
@Dazed
. We spoke about her upcoming album Don’t Forget Me, turning 30 — but mostly we talked about TV and film 💋
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Disabled and chronically ill people in the UK and US are being denied everything from antidepressants to cluster headache medication solely because they are of ‘childbearing’ age. I wrote about this very fucked up situation for
@dazedbeauty
🫠
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I’m ready to be the emma chamberlin of the black community
are there any regular Black girl vlogs? like instead of “Black girl luxury” just “Black girl kinda doing ok?” lmao how many chanel bag unboxing can people watch?
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would love to speak to people with PMDD and endometriosis who have been denied treatment such as hysterectomies because they are of 'childbearing age' - for
@dazed
. will be handled with sensitivity!
#journorequest
#pmdd
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💒 finally made myself a website, 💒 have a look if ya fancy, quite proud of all the work I’ve done 🤎
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fuck this horrible little country :)
BREAKING: Tube driver who led 'free Palestine' chant on London Underground train suspended, TfL says
🔗 Read more below
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i wrote my first cover feature this year. can’t describe how surreal it was to chat to
@ziwe
for the
@PolyesterZine
x
@MaisonValentino
hot vamp summer zine. i screammmmed when ione asked me to do it. 😭
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My audio documentary is out! FOMO is a podcast where young ppl explore the parts of British history we wish we learnt about in school.
My episode is about the history of the police in the U.K. You can find it here:
Big ❤️ to
@boldface_cic
@JesseLRadio
🫶🏾
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fuck every single one of you who sided with johnny deep fuck you
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good morning -
@ashamedmagazine
is almost at 500 followers on twitter, if u could give us a little follow that would b super cool! we have a lot of v exciting plans/revamps for when my disso is complete
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Is feminism in collapse? I spoke to video essayist and writer Alice Cappelle about her book Collapse Feminism for
@Dazed
. We spoke about catastrophism, the rise of tradwives and how we can stand proud in our feminist beliefs.
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first time out of academia and I’ve done some really amazing things & worked with some rlly amazing ppl 🥺 here’s my end of year thread of some of my fav bits of work 🤧💋‼️
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where do people get their film posters from!!! I need some for my room!!
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wrote about antidepressants — specifically womens experiences on them & how we deserve a better understanding of the benefits and pitfalls of the medication for
@Dazed
💊
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where is our alternative media that stands up for us and is proud and unafraid to speak the truth!!!!!!
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I interviewed
@MichaelaCoel
and
@GuvnaB
about Guvna’s latest album The Village Is On Fire ❤️🔥
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One of the speakers at the online Southampton vigil was at Southampton Common, and gave her speech while being followed and harassed by the police.
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Please join me in donating to Doua’s fundraiser. He is raising money to evacuate his family from Gaza. This is urgent!!!
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😐 this is actually a bit grim but completely unsurprising that they will allow her brand of feminism in british schools lolz
"It’s a book I wish I had access to at a young age and I can’t wait for young girls to read it",
@Octopus_Books
is publishing a small edition of Women Don't Owe You Pretty, partnering with
@Literacy_Trust
to distribute across schools!
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hellooo — one of my very good pals is trying to get mental health treatment but it costs an excruciating amount in ireland. pls donate if you are able to or share! please rt! it really really helps.
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I understand this - however it’s important to note what people have been saying — especially black people, about the police. Asking that policing be strengthened doesn’t sound like the best idea, especially for POC/ black people?
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I’ve a new column on
@PolyesterZine
called ‘Dedicated to the Press’ based on my undergraduate disso. It explores the making of feminist celebrities, by investigating radical American feminists who became celebs in the 1970s, who didn’t fit the convention of ‘celebrity’. 🐥💛
Buzzing about the debut of
@halimaajibril
's new monthly column, Dedicated to the Press.
Halima is taking a look into Feminist history and how the mainstream media shaped the Feminist movement. This month is all about Angela Davis and Kate Miller 💭
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looking to speak to a few social media experts/researchers for a Dazed feature! Please DM me if this is you!
#journorequest
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Re-sharing my article for
@screenshotmag
about White feminism and the BLM Movement. Police abolition is now being seen as a feminist issue by white peoples, but why wasn’t it seen as a feminist issue when Breonna Taylor was killed?
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wrote about how much I hate celebs!! and how they show us who they really are in times of crisis ❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️
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I don’t care about timmy and kylie like I really don’t Care like I’ve never cared about anything less in my life… if you looking for someone who does not care and is completely unbothered by the news Look no further
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happy international women’s day! I hope this is a day where we can fight for the rights and safety of trans women and stop having weird women’s day brunches! because we seem to do that every! year! I am also guilty of it!
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we fucking hate u !!!!!!!!
I utterly condemn the ongoing attacks on Israel and her citizens.
There is no justification for this act of terror which is being perpetrated by those who seek to undermine any chance for future peace in the region.
Israel has a right to defend herself.
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I wrote an article about black hair & capitalism for trashtalk zine. you can buy the zine today! all the money is going to mutual aid fundraisers in india as they are still battling with covid-19. you can buy a physical zine or digital one!
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there has to be a way to get this man to resign like pls god I hate him so much I wish nothing but failure upon his life oh my god
🚨 BREAKING: Keir Starmer will sack all of his shadow ministers that back the SNP Gaza ceasefire vote tomorrow
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Cover story by me! More fabulousness coming out this week 👀
@PolyesterZine
x
@MaisonValentino
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👠 Our first cover announcement for Hot Vamp Summer is Ziwe and we are so elated to have this phenomenal host at our necks, in cahoots with
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happy sunday!!! I wrote about ‘the chair’ and how women of colour are fucked over in academia 💟 read if ya fancy x
“Women of colour are put on this pedestal because it makes white liberals feel like they are well and truly supporting us, when in fact, they are just leaving us with their messes to clean up.”
@halimaajibril
on Netflix’s ‘The Chair’. 💟
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heyyyaaaa 🧸🫀❤️🩹 ashamed is back !!!! got some funding and we’re making a zine <3 for now check out our new website
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not the history department sending 3rd years police recruitment information lol
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For
@PolyesterZine
I had the pleasure of speaking to
@lolaolufemi_
&
@defund_abolish
about their programme
@SomersetHouse
called Abolition: In Defence of Translation 💓
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I wrote about black beauty maintenance for
@dazedbeauty
and how people love to make fun of black women for their hyper indulgence in beauty when it’s beauty culture and white supremacies fault!! and that’s not something to make fun of!!
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As Black History Month is coming to an end in the U.K. I’d love to hear black peoples thoughts on BHM generally. Is it a month you enjoy? Are you happy when it comes to an end? Do you think we should rethink how we celebrate? Pls lmk!
#journorequest
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For
@Bricks_Magazine
I wrote about the intersection between race and LGBTQ+ activism in the United States & how we need to move past the “human rights” framing of activism 💌
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this is genuinely fucking horrible!!!! pls
don’t take pictures of protesters with their faces in them!!!! and keep ur face covered!!!! wear a mask, a hat something!!!! we must protest ourselves and each other!!!!
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feminism is not the reason women have to work!!!! capitalism is!!!! listen to eden & i rant away on the pod about the rise of the trad wife 🕺🏾🫀💋🌀
Should men be paying our rent and our bills while we cook for them? Is being a trad wife a realistic lifestyle? 🥧
🩰
@halimaajibril
and
@doeeeyes
discuss feminism falling behind on this week's podcast - listen in here: 🩰
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crying big tears to hear that this video I made in my second year of university is being shown in schools this black history month !! 🥲😭
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lots of chatter about 2014 — I wrote about our cultural fixation with 2014 & why we can’t move past it for
@dazed
a few weeks ago!
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