Yosola Olorunshola
@yosolayosola
Writer/ Producer. Don’t tweet much but I do write sometimes. Words in: British Vogue, National Geographic, Quartz. Former Emerging Writer @TheLondonLib
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https://www.wordsbyyosola.com/ 31-07-2012 15:10:49
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Writing this about one of the first Black British romcoms is absolutely insidious.Where to begin.A celebration of Black romance&joy situated in a culturally Black area is positioned as something that could harm the cultural integrity of the area lol theguardian.com/film/2023/mar/….
How Carrie Mae Weems keeps making her presence felt Barbican Centre & Luma Foundation in Arles. By Yosola Olorunshola via Apollo Magazine apollo-magazine.com/carrie-mae-wee…
Loved writing about Carrie Mae Weems ‘Reflections for Now’ at the Barbican Centre for Apollo Magazine ✨
Great piece on the antidote to the sad alienated millennial novel (sometimes controversially known as ‘sad girl lit’). This observation felt especially accurate: “so many main characters with so few friends.” critmas.substack.com/p/24-anti-atom… Salome Wagaine
BBC team reporting from Gaza find dozens of neighbours & friends among the injured & dead in Al-Shifa Hospital. Exceptional reporting - at a huge personal cost - from adnanelbursh Rushdi Abualouf & many others in Gaza.