Why you can’t see rainbows under the rubble. My latest for the Guardian. 🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🔗 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Dominique Jackson AKA Tyra, discusses how the murder of Venus Xtravaganza changed the culture of sex work for trans women in New York City. Dominique, an icon in the community, is also now an executive producer of the “I’m Your Venus” documentary. From Paper Magazine interview

🧵Today is one of the darkest days yet in modern journalism. I want to write a thread about the martyrdom of journalists Abu Hatab & Omar Zaino, who are among the 30+ people massacred at a café journalists used for its WiFi, and about Bayan Anu Sultan, who was badly wounded.

VODW' Future Voices Revolution spokespeople were joined by Migrants Organise CEO Zrinka Bralo this past weekend for a fantastic workshop on power, change and community organising. Thank you Zrinka - we're looking forward to putting our learnings into action!

Andrea Gibson died today and i am very sad. here’s one of their works about grief.

Future Voices Revolution Workshop 2 with Zrinka Bralo of Migrants Organise . Organising, Mobilising, Advocacy and Campaign. The Voice of Domestic Workers Suyin Haynes #VODW #VODWFutureVoices highlight #domesticworkersareworkers #domesticworkersrights #SolidarityInAction

It's syllabus season, so here's a revised version of my undergrad-level Gender & the Media course! We're covering feminist media theory, popular representations, consumer culture... pretty much a dream syllabus. Feel free to share widely! ✨ docs.google.com/document/d/1aw…

In last Sunday's workshop with King's College London Kalayaan🧡 AfterExploitation.Bsky.Social, VODW's Future Voices Revolution group wrote letters to MPs Sir Stephen Timms stellacreasy Seema Malhotra MP calling for reform of the Overseas Domestic Worker Visa. We look forward to their replies!

The #BritishSeaside explained for our friends across the pond by Suyin Haynes Loads of great photos too, including this one from my new book cnn.com/2025/07/22/sty…

I can’t fully express how I feel reading this report as a Black employee of UofEdinburgh. But I feel the weight of this history in the present. Everyday. I can only express gratitude right now for everyone who led this project for years. theguardian.com/education/2025…

In Gaza, mothers are waking up during the night to check that their starving children are still alive. Aid workers are collapsing from hunger in the street. Doctors are fainting at operating tables. Reporters are struggling to maintain their physical reserve, as they try to

Palestinian statehood is not a bargaining chip. It is not a threat. It is an inalienable right of the Palestinian people. Our demands on this shameful government remain the same: end all arms sales to Israel, impose widespread sanctions, and stop the genocide, now.

#OnThisDay 1977: Thanks for the Memory - The Viewer's View asked people what they thought about television. This woman was likely approached for a snappy vox pop, but ended up delivering something closer to a dramatic monologue.

― Raymond Carver

James Baldwin was born on this day in 1924. Baldwin was many things: a brilliant writer, a trenchant social critic, a dogged activist. He was also an unapologetic radical.

― Mary Oliver

feeling a bit stressed today

Four Al Jazeera staff, including reporter Anas Al Sharif, were killed in an Israeli attack on a tent for journalists outside the main gate of Gaza's al-Shifa hospital aje.io/onll19

This is my will and my final message. If these words reach you, know that Israel has succeeded in killing me and silencing my voice. First, peace be upon you and Allah’s mercy and blessings. Allah knows I gave every effort and all my strength to be a support and a voice for my