The Rise and Fall of a Midlands Princess

The better connected you are to self with a strong understanding of your values the less class makers like university weigh in your decision to pick a partner. Someone could be well educated & great on paper but if you don’t share the same core beliefs it’s all long.

I have some rigorous public service journalism for you today

#Grenfell: Muslim survivors denied halal food while being rehoused, inquiry finds. My latest report. "We live in a society where a hierarchy of human worth is premised upon the colour of your skin". MCB #BlackLivesMatterUK Runnymede Trust independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…

there are not enough words to express how deeply ingrained the xenophobia is in the online star wars commentary space. it's actually bewildering that nobody has stepped in to do anything about it. it's hate speech that's being rewarded and it has to stop.

Students at Columbia’s SIPA building are holding a sit-in on the day of former SoS Hilary Clinton’s first class teaching. ‘Welcome to the IGP: Israel’s Global Propagandists,’ one sign reads. Thread on events here 🧵

🚨 for Teen Vogue i wrote about the systemic erasure of black girls from young adult media. i spoke to kay, nay & lyvie scott, three black women who have worked tirelessly to hold the industry to account on our behalf. enjoy 🫶🏿: teenvogue.com/story/where-ar…

my babe ayan. with another banger looking at black girlies in ya!! such a brilliant read! teenvogue.com/story/where-ar…

this article is brilliant and also reminds me that someone needs to get legendborn adapted into a three-series drama asap

pushing this up again!!

⚠️4557 girls dropped out of school due to pregnancy in Zimbabwe 4557 girls dropped out of school in the past year in Zimbabwe due to pregnancy. This is the response I got yesterday in the National Assembly when I asked the minister of Primary and Secondary Education on the

Very sad news. Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died days after being doused in petrol and set on fire by a former boyfriend, a Ugandan official says.

WOMEN ARE SPEAKING AGAINST FEMICIDE AND YOU'RE CALLING IT AGENDA?????

2005 theguardian.com/world/2005/nov…

“Why doesn’t Private Eye look into Charlotte Owen?” We did! Here’s a piece I wrote about her Lords’ contributions in, erm, January

Corinne Bailey Rae: ‘I was seen as boring. Lily Allen started a campaign against me’ independent.co.uk/arts-entertain…

Stop The Arts have been unmasked! And you’ll never guess who it was. stopthearts Sky Arts Awards

‘Essential for me’: readers on the importance of libraries theguardian.com/books/article/…