Freelance (2020-)
I’m looking to grow my experience as a freelance writer in 2020 after leaving a full-time staff role as National Editor at The Tab in December 2019.
Apple Music
Junk Food by Easy Life interview and album review
Apple Books
Review: Black and British – David Olusoga
Review: Djinn Patrol On The Purple Line – Deepa Anappara
Review: Hamnet – Maggie O’Farrell
Review: In Five Years – Rebecca Searle
Review: Nightingale – Marina Kemp
Review: Taking Up Space – Chelsea Kwakye and Ore Ogunbiyi
Review: This Book Is Anti-Racist – Tiffany Jewell
Review: Why I’m No Longer Talking To White People About Race – Reni Eddo Lodge
Bustle
Amelia Dimoldenberg Won’t Stop ‘Chicken Shop Date’ For Anything, Not Even Lockdown
Are Instagram Activism Resources Helpful Or Performative?
Could TikTok Therapy Be Doing More Harm Than Good
How I Cope When The Toxic Conversation Around Celebrity Suicides Triggers My Mental Illness
I May Destroy You Navigates Dysfunctional Family Dynamics Like Never Before
The Glaring Problem With The UK Government’s Dangerous Anti-Obesity Campaign
The ‘Love Is Blind’ Narrative Proves Just How Quickly We Can Forget To #BeKind
Cosmopolitan
How shows like Love Island highlight racism in dating
‘I’m finding faith on my own terms’ – How to be LGBTQ+ and Muslim
gal-dem
‘But who will clean the toilets?’ isn’t the woke take you want to have on immigration
Henrie Kwushue’s web series is a hilarious look at the rapid gentrification of London
We must hold the media responsible for amplifying government anti-immigrant rhetoric
Huffington Post
Abolishing Private Schools Is The Only Way To Make Things Fair
Netflix’s Too Hot To Handle Sends A Toxic Message About Intimacy
i-D
15 iconic TV moments that defined the 2010s
Independent
From The Good Immigrant to Think Like A White Man: The best books on race in Britain
Sponsorships, scrutiny and selling sofas: The making of a modern TV reality star
Your ‘strange’ crush on Rishi Sunak could actually be a racist fetish
Penguin
Nimko Ali interview: ‘I’m trying to create a world where FGM isn’t a reality’
Refinery29
Breakup Apps Helped Me Get Over My Ex
My Ramadan Diary: A 23-Year-Old Fasting For The First Time
Once I Had Seen My Hip Dips As A Problem, I Couldn’t Unsee It
When Your Intrusive Thoughts Are So Taboo, You Feel Like You Can’t Tell Anyone
Queer Muslims Are Carving Out Their Space On TikTok
Restless Magazine
How To Make Sure Your Allyship Isn’t Performative
Knowing When To Switch Off: Why Good Mental Health Is Crucial For Activism
Stylist
From WAGatha Christie to ‘The Dress’: 19 tweets that broke the internet this decade
How did wokeness become weaponised?
Summer of Solidarity
Being 20 in 2020: Still locked down in London
VICE
A Colourful Look at How Women Occupy Public Space
Artist Naima Sutton Explores the Role of Music in Caribbean Communities
How Lack of Social Housing Has Destroyed Communities in British Towns and Cities
Photographs Illustrating the Breadth of Identity
Students React to the Banning of Anti-Capitalist Material in UK Schools
The ‘Chav’ caricature has made a comeback on TikTok
The Dark Side of the #PerfectFace Surgery Trend
The Unbearable Limbo of Waiting for Post-Furlough Redundancy
These TikTok Stars Moved in Together During the Pandemic
These Textile Designs Protest the Invisibility of Black Women in Western Art
Teens on TikTok Are Filming Their Own Viral ‘Love Island’ Show
University Lecturers on Their Fears for the Class of 2020
We Asked Some Witches to Explain That TikTok Rumour About Hexing the Moon
What Gen Z’ers Really Think of Millennials
The Tab (2017-2019)
During my time at The Tab, I wrote around 500 articles, helped launch a popular culture section called “Trash” and wrote a TV column one summer which was read by 1.5 million people. Some of the articles I wrote were also featured on The Tab’s sister site Babe.net. I also illustrated for a few pieces. Here is a selection of my favourite pieces:
Features
TV/Culture/Nostalgia
Ant and Seb, AbLisa and Cher Lloyd: Where are the iconic stars of X Factor now?
Sex Education’s unapologetic diversity is what makes it so powerful
These 16 ridiculous moments in Netflix’s ‘You’ prove just how dumb it is
George Sampson, Diversity and Connie Talbot: Where are the iconic stars of BGT now?
These are the 24 most batshit crazy things that actually happened on Waterloo Road
RIP The Apprentice (2005-2018): Another iconic British show gone but not forgotten
The 32 thoughts I had while watching Netflix’ tragic ‘The Knight Before Christmas’
Ranked: The most shocking Snog Marry Avoid transformations of all time
I watched Love Actually for the first time and actually, it’s a fat-shaming, sexist pile of crap
Yes, these 22 vintage but crazy moments really did happen on EastEnders!!!
These are all the hidden meanings you may have missed on Fleabag
I watched the first ever episode of Love Island and realised how terrible it used to be
The Lizzie McGuire Movie is the dumbest film ever and these 29 moments prove it
The 17 bizarre life lessons I learned from reading Dani Dyer’s book
Internet culture
All the truly unforgivable fashion trends you wore as a girl in the late-2000s
These are 23 of the most outrageous Depop dramas of all time
These early 2010s fashion disasters are so horrific they can stay in this decade
There’s now an Insta account for THAT polka dot dress from Zara
The 42 most soul destroying moments from Zoella’s new book ‘Cordially Invited’
Dating and relationships
Every ridiculous boy you will meet on Hinge right now
We spoke to the woman behind THAT private school dating app to ask her: ‘Why?’
What it’s like to actually date a young Tory, by people who’ve done it
Life
The trials and tribulations of having a very needy housemate
The 89 signs you’re actually a massive Tory
If you’ve experienced these 59 things, you’re living in a grim house
Starter packs
The essential starter packs of every single degree, of course
The starter pack guide to every single student during the 2019 General Election
Which one of these uni girl starter packs accurately reflects your life?
This is every single boy at uni condensed into a starter pack
The transformation of every British girl in starter pack form, obviously
The British festival stereotypes of 2018: A starter pack guide
Reported features
‘There was an orgy in a tent’: What really happens at a Piers Gaveston Ball’
Third year who went viral on Twitter explains the reality of being a black student at Cambridge
These Reading Festival stories prove it’s Britain’s grimmest festival and always will be
Opinion
Kendall Jenner’s supposed ‘trauma’ over her Pepsi ad is the epitome of performative white feminism
BBC’s ‘Real Housewives of ISIS’ makes a mockery of women who are raped, tortured and killed
Enough is enough: Love Island’s Samira isn’t unwanted, she’s a victim of anti-blackness
Finally people are seeing Alex from Love Island for who he really is, creepy and patronising
All the reasons you hate Cheryl are actually sexist
I’ve never been more ashamed to be a Warwick alumna
Ariana Grande is a blackfish and these are the receipts
Calling time on Jameela Jamil and her toxic brand of feminism
The racism in Love Island’s first coupling ceremony has reared its ugly head again
Sorry to break it to you but Game of Thrones is racist af
The Jeremy Kyle Show was a classist piece of trash that needed to be binned years ago
Actually, Caroline Calloway’s ex-friend Natalie Beach sucks just as much!
Original news
‘I was told to leave a bus for speaking Arabic’: Muslims tell us their experiences at university
Man on Bumble tells girl ‘if you went to the gym, I’d smash your back doors in’
My dad’s mental health story was ditched for the royal engagement news on live TV
This girl says she was raped twice on holiday. Now she wants to go back there to find her attackers
Nottingham Trent students arrested after chanting ‘we hate the blacks’ in halls
Named and pictured: The five students sending racist messages in the Exeter group chat
YouTuber accused of re-selling ‘unwanted’ and ‘used’ products in £49 Christmas advent calendar
Instagrammer cries at the thought of working a ‘normal job’ after account gets deleted
