Twexit
I think this is one of the under acknowledged aspects of what went wrong with Twitter. It was not "shouting in the void", it has often...
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HeardinLondon
- Dec 27, 2021
2021
I did 87 photoshoots, I delivered over 27k photos, I did 61 funding applications, I organised 528 workshops, I went back to college, I began
HeardinLondon
- Dec 15, 2021
Fat and a liability. Why is that?
I got turned down for insurance last week because I'm too fat. But mostly because we're still wildly prejudice against people in...
HeardinLondon
- Jul 9, 2021
How I made my peace with conspiracy theorists
“Who did you hear that from and who is making money from that article / video / your fear?” Because someone is always profiting from this...
HeardinLondon
- Dec 31, 2020
2020
2020 started off gloriously. I changed time zones, I woke up paradise, I listened to the sound of waves, I climbed rocks, I walked on...
HeardinLondon
- Aug 10, 2020
I've noticed a pattern about post-COVID symptoms and no one is talking about it
I had all the symptoms and ended up struggling to breathe for about a month before things started to get better. Or so I thought. They did..
HeardinLondon
- Jul 28, 2020
I am fat. And I do not think it is ok to blame me for suffering with COVID.
It is such an easy little soundbite isn’t it? “Lose weight”. I wonder how many calories there are in soundbite.
HeardinLondon
- Mar 5, 2020
Ramblings from self isolation
I have been ill. Is it coronavirus? I can’t tell you. Because I could not get tested. Despite having all the symptoms...
HEARDinLONDON
- Dec 31, 2018
2018
I spent five months in plaster and broke six bones. I went back to college. I gave up dairy and healed my agonising periods. I officially...
HEARDinLONDON
- Nov 9, 2016
Reclaim the power
Trump’s rhetoric was filled with lies and hatred. Predominantly aimed at people of colour, women and minorities. This appealed to a lot...
HEARDinLONDON
- Aug 19, 2016
It’s a date
A needle pierced your beautiful flesh
scoring ink under your skin
to commit your life to another woman.
HEARDinLONDON
- Jun 1, 2016
Vegans? We’ve gotta talk.
I commend your dedication. I think you are right.
But the messaging has gone astray. Really astray. This hostile aggression...
HEARDinLONDON
- Dec 2, 2015
5 Actions You Can Take to Create a More Peaceful World
We tumble back towards another war, there are some things that we, people who oppose military intervention...
HEARDinLONDON
- Nov 15, 2015
On flags and indignation and guilt tripping
Facebook is awash with Tricolour faces I have to squint to see, which feels darkly emblematic right now. This morning my mind started...
HEARDinLONDON
- Sep 6, 2015
Three simple things you can do to help refugees
Yes donating cash, time and resources may help the immediacy, but how can we prevent this being a repeating story? There are three...
HEARDinLONDON
- Jan 10, 2015
Je suis l’Amour
In a week filled with hate and horror, fear and anger and finger pointing, it is essential that each of us, and I’m talking specifically...
HEARDinLONDON
- Oct 4, 2014
Defeating Youtube Terrorism
An idea for punishment befitting the crime of taking another life: the perpetrator should have to spend as long as it takes, listening to...
HEARDinLONDON
- Aug 16, 2014
On Looting
The looting in the Ferguson suits the media and the police just fine.
It changes the narrative from the devastated community to the wild..
HEARDinLONDON
- Aug 9, 2014
I doth protest
Don’t go on a demonstration against conflict and then come and bitch to me about how much you hate that bloke at work.
HEARDinLONDON
- Aug 20, 2013
More than words
They’re just words, right? No one really means any harm. They’re just words.
Only words can be powerful and they create strong images.
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