DAZED
I am currently Deputy Editor at Dazed. Here are some selected pieces of my work:
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How pop got its sense of humour back
Why was the response to the UK riots so classist?
How Reform UK won over so many Gen Z men
Why more young girls than ever are getting labiaplasty
Private Rites: Julia Armfield’s queer reimagining of King Lear
Wellness culture is making us worried sick
All anyone wants is a hot rodent boyfriend
Inside the pro-Palestine UK student protests
Why don’t rich people eat anymore?
New novel Memory Piece imagines life in a dystopian New York
Why don’t people date their friends anymore?
How big tech is fuelling dating app addiction
How glucose trackers became a status symbol
Why does Gen Z love The Sopranos so much?
The dangerous world of black market Ozempic
How rental scams are affecting young people in Britain
No Beyoncé fans, no Geminis: why are spare room ads so weird right now?
THE OBSERVER MAGAZINE
Finding beauty in old makeup: the comeback of vintage cosmetics
THE GUARDIAN
‘Viewers enjoy seeing people suffer’: reality TV’s desperate struggle to be more ethical
PROSPECT
I was a Lives columnist at Prospect in 2022. Here are all of my columns:
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Gen Z's progressive intolerance makes perfect sense
Being forced out of my home left me in shock
Why we shouldn't give into heteropessimism
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A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder review: Cosy crime for teens
What the Harry Potter TV series must get right
'I'm an adult Harry Potter fan. People stare at my robes but I don't care'
One Day probes the British class system better than Saltburn ever could
The Traitors has found the perfect moral loophole
Driving lessons are back - and so is learner's anxiety
GLAMOUR
Gen-Z men are becoming more right-wing. What does this mean for women's safety?
‘I don’t date Tories': why dating in 2024 is more political than ever for women
THE LEAD
Tackling voter apathy starts with proportional representation
Why I surrendered to the Northern brain drain
How to win the fight for a four-day week
COSMOPOLITAN UK
The inescapable appeal of the messy man: a deeply unserious investigation
A new reality show asks: can women ‘train’ their bad boyfriends to be better? Should they?
Move aside Brat Summer, we are all demure now – do catch up
How disordered eating content is slipping through the net on TikTok
ELLE UK
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Ok So… How Do You Actually ‘Hold Space’ For ‘Defying Gravity’?
VICE
The Life-Changing Realisations That People Had on Psychedelics
People Tell Us Their Worst Christmas Horror Stories
Non-Brits On What Shocked Them Most About British Politics
Art Students On the Weirdest Shit They’ve Seen at Art School
Tattooists On the Tattoos People Will Regret in a Decade
Why So Many People Are Quitting Their Shitty Jobs
Non-Brits On What Shocked Them Most About British Fashion
Foreigners Share What Shocked Them Most About British Food
How Much Does 'Instagram Face' Really Cost?
Everything You Need to Know About Money if You’re Going Freelance
Why Do Posh People Perform So Badly On 'Love Island'? An Investigation
Goths: What Do You Wear In This Heat?
Thinking of Doing a 'Panic Masters'? You're Not Alone
The Lockdown 1 Nostalgia Has Begun
The Weirdest Dreams I’ve Had Since Taking Antidepressants
Gen Z Are Already Nostalgic for 2014
How the ‘Millennial Divorce’ Became the Defining Break-Up of a Generation
For Some Recovering Self-Harmers, Lockdown Is Like Being Back at Square One
We Tracked Hundreds of Graduate Job Adverts for a Month – Here's What We Found
Why Antidepressants Can Kill Your Sex Drive – and What to Do About It
The ‘Chav’ Caricature Is Now An Instagram Filter
Why I Quit Writing About Star Signs
Students Are Documenting Their Own Gentrification on TikTok
What Is 'Wokefishing' and How Do You Tell If You've Been 'Wokefished'?
REFINERY29
Should You Get Heartbreak Leave From Work?
Why More Young Women Are Taking Shrooms
Drunk Instagramming Is The New Drunk Texting
Why More Young Women Are Identifying As Demisexual
This Is Why Men Don’t Understand What Women Find Attractive
How Young Women Feel About Pegging Their Boyfriends
Is Vinted Taking Over From ‘Gentrified’ Depop?
How Avant Basic Became Instagram’s Favourite Look
Inside The Dodgy World Of Dropshipping On Depop
Why We’re ‘Soft-Launching’ Relationships On Insta
How Instagram’s ‘Photo Dump’ Trend Finds The Beauty In Lockdown Life
Students Are Turning To Sex Work To Pay Their Rent
From Star Signs To Myers-Briggs: Why Are We So Obsessed With Compatibility Tests?
BRITISH VOGUE
Why Do We Think Of Eating Disorders As A “White” Illness?
The Truth About Dating Across The Class Divide
HUCK MAGAZINE
Why we need to recognise influencers as workers
How bogus self-employment is harming workers
The Facebook group for terrible art in charity shops
Why more young people are ditching their smartphones
Uni ‘confession‘ pages: a space to discuss sexual assault?
Is lockdown fuelling a student gambling crisis?
TikTokers are using secret hashtags to discuss self-harm
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Inside the Facebook group where people share comforting depression meals
What is 'reality shifting' and why is it taking over TikTok?
Brown young people are using TikTok to open up about their complex families
How TikTok's teens are critiquing mental health services
STYLIST
Why singles nights are making a comeback (and the best ones to book now)
What getting rejected does to your brain (and 6 scientifically proven ways to feel better about it)
Everything that happens to your e-bike once your commute is over
From Marilyn Monroe to J-Lo’s glow: an oral history of our obsession with celebrity perfumes
How do you know what you really like?
5 raw stories of female friendships that didn’t survive lockdown
The truth about dating on antidepressants, according to the women doing it
Why do we think of antidepressants as a last resort when our mental health is failing?
How women’s relationship with their facial and body hair is changing in lockdown
Black and brown women need better representation in strength training
We asked 10 optimists what their secret to staying positive was and this is what they said
GRAZIA
Generation stagnation: all work and no pay (rise)
How To Talk To Your Boss About Starting To WFH Again
Priya’s Love Island Entrance Is Tokenism, Not True Asian Representation
Does he like me because I'm fun, smart... or simply because I'm not white?
BUSTLE
Why Seeing Shannon Singh On Love Island Means So Much To Me
RESTLESS NETWORK
How low-maintenance friendships came into their own in 2020
How to cope with job application burnout
I started my period at the age of 10. I was terrified.
It's not preference, it's prejudice: dating apps need to remove ethnicity filters
BUSINESS INSIDER
TikTok's rich list exposes the million-dollar pay gap between white and Black creators
THE CURIOSITY CLUB
How lockdown helped heal my tricky relationship with food
METRO
How to avoid becoming codependent in your relationship in lockdown
Moving from the country to the city made me more comfortable in my brown skin
DAYE
Why Some Women Are Choosing To Remain Celibate After Lockdown
Students are using university confessions pages as a sex ed resource