Really proud that Hyphen is leading today on this long read from thediyora.bluesky.social on how Muslims were failed in the aftermath of Grenfell. (Trigger warning that the night of the fire is discussed at the top of the piece.) hyphenonline.com/2024/11/13/ken…

wrote about age-gap relationships in film, tv, and literature. tldr everyone is horny again dazeddigital.com/life-culture/a…

look, david plouffe did his thing in 2008 for obama, but I think that if this is what he has to offer at this juncture, we can and must collectively move on. Their obsession with moderate voters, disaffected republicans, etc has made them miss the forest for the trees

Billboard Hot 100: #16(re) All I Want For Christmas Is You, Mariah Carey [66 weeks]. *peak: #1 for 14 weeks*

What a courageous, important piece theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

We’re off…

Of course Justice Alito is eager to highlight the widely flawed and debunked Cass Report. He only cares what other countries say and do when it aligns with his biases. law.yale.edu/sites/default/… #Skrmetti

Gay club Heaven could face closure at a crunch meeting tomorrow as police investigate an alleged rape by a bouncer outside the venue. Cllrs have also been told of alleged assaults by staff, including three being filmed beating a customer in the street

Typically astute from Zing Tsjeng – I'm a home owner but, had renting been better protected and allowed formpers, long-term leases etc, I'm not sure I'd have pursued it. They need to be made equal options inews.co.uk/opinion/young-…

NEW: Massive article just dropped by PinkNews bosses accused of sexual misconduct. BBC News have spoken to current and former employees on and off the record to corroborate the allegations. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

how I sleep knowing I didn’t vote Labour on July 4

Yesterday as the UK government announced a permanent puberty blocker ban I learnt ALICE’S DATA WAS NOT INCLUDED in data sent to Appleby to assess for his rushed DHSC report, that dismissed whistleblower claims of increased suicides in trans youth since Bell. The report’s a sham.

.Mariah Carey becomes the first artist in history to have multiple songs spend 16 weeks at #1 on the Hot 100.

to mark the release of Luca Guadagnino’s Queer, I reflected on 2024 – a year where queer people were portrayed as messy, flawed and complicated I spoke to some fab people: Harper Steele and Will Ferrell, Justin Kuritzkes, Amrou Al-Kadhi 🦄, Zing Tsjeng and Jeffrey Ingold! bbc.com/culture/articl…

Happy new year all. I'm writing a piece about the reported rise of mephedrone/M-cat/meow meow for the Guardian, and am keen to hear from anyone who's got experience of heavy/regular/frequent use and can speak to the impact – even if it's in the past. Interviewees can be anonymous

For The New Statesman, I wrote about Marion Milner's 1934 "meta-diary" A Life of One's Own, and what it has to teach us about contemporary struggles to feel focused and personally fulfilled newstatesman.com/culture/books/…

My fitness goals for 2025: