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The Trashies 2024: A Celebration of Bad Journalism
Like a Labour government and white race riots, The Trashies are back for 2024 to cast a critical look at the journalism and media class and what they consider legitimate as journalism and comment pieces. For those who don’t know, The Trashies are awards for bad journalism. Particularly work that’s prejudiced at best and straight…
In 2022 Why Do We Still Show Such Loyalty To Royalty?
Excerpt from Shane Thomas’ 2015 article Why Do We Show Such Loyalty To Royalty? When I was about 13, the Caribbean steel band I played in had a gig which included a brief appearance by Prince Charles. I recall our manager being adamant that we had to be on our best behaviour. This wasn’t new –…
“Some People Are Gaysian – Get Over It!”
Article first published in February 2015 by Khakan Qureishi Last year, I participated in a project whose aim was to explore the issues surrounding people who identify as LGBT amongst South Asian communities in the UK. The interviewer asked the following three questions: 1) Why are LGBT South Asians still “hidden”? 2) Why aren’t there…
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Can we talk about the ethnicity of perpetrators of VAWG without fuelling racism?
In a political moment where far-right groups are gaining traction by stoking fears about migrants and Muslims, as well as weaponising VAWG for their own racist agendas, ‘naming isn’t neutral’.
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