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Coco Khan
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Coco Khan
@cocobyname
podcaster @podsavetheuk; freelance writer, mostly @guardian. Books: #TheGoodImmigrant (and more). Repped by: @aitkenalexander (πŸ“š) @thesohoagencyuk (🎀🎬)
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Joined April 2011
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Feb 1, 2024
    Do people not understand that if you live in a council house and earn well, you pay rent? Like a substantial amount? Just to the council, rather than a racketeering private landlord, money that is invested back into the community. Imagine if most rentals were council-run!
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    Tom Harwood
    @tomhfh
    Jan 31, 2024
    Sorry, but if you are in a top tax bracket, you should move out of your council house. That’s it, that’s the tweet.
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Oct 7, 2023
    May delete later but wondering: have other women had the experience of talking to a man, just normally - maybe about work or films - and they suddenly mention their gf/wife (presumably to make sure you don’t get the wrong idea even though the thought hadn’t crossed your mind!)
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Aug 5, 2024
    In the conversation abt integration one obvious fact seems to get routinely overlooked, and that is: No one wants to integrate with people who want to kick your head in, call you a cockroach, see any display of your heritage as an affront, and will never ever let you be British
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Oct 7, 2023
    Replying to @cocobyname
    I personally find it quite arrogant, esp when these interactions are so obviously nonsexual (and I’m like in my lanyard and wedding ring πŸ˜‚), and my instinct is it’s a bit sexist but I don’t know for sure? Is the answer to not be friendly to men? But some of my best pals are men?
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Oct 8, 2023
    Replying to @Excalibah
    Oh I talk about my partner all the time! I’m talking about a specific instance where you know that the mention has been dropped to convey β€˜I’m off limits’. Which is fine if there’s flirting but if you’re just talking about the bus timetable I have been taken aback
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Aug 23, 2023
    Thanks so much for sharing this! I usually say β€˜thank you / cheers drive’ (inspired by Bristol) when I get off but a hello costs nothing and at least they def hear it. Will be following your lead!
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Feb 15, 2024
    I’m on the suffragette line which used to be known as the GOBLIN (Gospel Oak Barking LINe) so you could say things like β€˜I’m going to get the goblin home’ and I’m sorry but that is a loss
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    BBC News (UK)
    @BBCNews
    Feb 15, 2024
    London Overground: New names for its six lines revealed bbc.in/49vBIoA
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    May 30, 2024
    Yesterday I started a new gig, as one of Newsnight’s new β€˜cast’ of commentators. It was a powerful ep - being in the room for Faiza Shaheen’s intvw gave me goosebumps - wish I was doing the pod today so we cld talk abt it more! Anyway, chk the ep out if you get a moment πŸ’«
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Jul 26, 2024
    my main takeaway from this ceremony is that Eurotrash was not satire it was in fact documentary
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Aug 5, 2024
    A horrible watch. This β€˜airing of personal grievances in guise of journalism’ is gross at the best of times, and at a time like this, reprehensible. Why is the husband of the Home Secretary doing this interview in the first place?
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Nov 11, 2023
    Replying to @edcmpbl
    First of all, big up for doing this, am sure it could have felt at points unsafe. Second, when I was watching it, I noted now many times one guy kept saying β€˜English’ and wondered if you felt your Scottishness was a concern to him (or if he was just sore you were arguing back)
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    May 24, 2024
    Incredible to win host of the year at the podcast show yesterday πŸ₯Ή The UKAN awards are particularly special as you can’t nominate/vote for yourself/your show, so to have received this endorsement after only a year of podcasting is just wow (and was a total surprise!) πŸ˜­πŸ’•πŸ₯‡πŸ†
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    The Audio Awards
    @AudioAwards
    May 24, 2024
    CONGRATULATIONS to @cocobyname for winning Podcast Host/Team of the Year at The @UKAudioNetwork Audio Awards 2024! The awards nominated and voted for by the audio community to celebrate and uplift, inline with UKAN's aims of: Transparency, Equity and Diversity.
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Oct 8, 2023
    Replying to @cocobyname
    had to mute this thread earlier cos RIP my mentions but thanks to those who respectfully contributed in good faith, genuinely fascinating to hear your stories and perspectives πŸ€”
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    Coco Khan
    @cocobyname
    Oct 8, 2023
    Replying to @cocobyname and @Excalibah
    There’s some great examples in the replies - ie someone asks the name of the dog and gets β€˜I have a wife’ as a reply - it’s that I’m talking about. And that frustrates cos it’s like β€˜can’t I just be friendly or funny, why must I always be assessed sexually?’ if that makes sense
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