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The Best Country in the World

The sun never sets On an empire of hate. How far have we come in ten decades When all it takes is a ten crate For ‘ten men’ To knock ten bells out of those Who are other to them? “Gesture Politics”, Broken promises, No trust in the people who are meant to be running […]

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“How Can I Hate Women? My Mum’s One” or, an exploration of irony.

It’s been a while. Coming off the back of a week bookended by International Women’s Day and Mother’s Day, I’m not the only one who’s been struck by the irony of what’s happened over the last seven days. From the persecution of Meghan Markle, to the harrowing events of the Sarah Everard case, and the […]

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Ain’t No Black.

It’s been an interesting couple of weeks. Like so many others, I’ve spent the last fourteen days or so on the clock; reading, writing, sharing, donating and debating in order to do two things – help get justice for George Floyd, and educate myself and others on the issues we’re finally seeing become so prevalent […]

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Get Angry, Stay Angry.

It’s happened again. The recent murder of George Floyd by Derek Chauvin is just the latest in a long and worrying line of human rights violations directed toward black people by US Police officers. But when I saw the stream of posts on Instagram and Twitter this time, I knew something was different. The outrage […]