The next book we are going to read in DB book club is Feminism Reimagined which I'm currently reading myself. I know it sounds v. niche but honestly this is a must read for everybody ! Black Feminism Reimagined After Intersectionality is a groundbreaking text, -and with the ubiquity of intersecti...
2022-07-04 12:34:03 +0000 UTC View Post
Exclusive recording of book club chat for Patreons
Would love to hear your thoughts and keep the conversation going x
2022-04-28 13:44:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello lovelies
Just a lil reminder about this live tonight at 8pm and an opportunity to give you first dibs on any questions that you might have for Symeon. If you have anything you want to ask him, let me know as soon as possible but totally cool to just ask directly tonight as well....
2022-04-27 14:10:46 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
I hope you are well. As promised I am starting up Disobedient Bodies again and our first book with be Channel 4 Investigative Journalist Symeon Brown's Get Rich or Lie Trying described as a new cutting exposé of the influencer economy.
I'm also deli...
2022-04-03 21:40:20 +0000 UTC View PostHello everybody
I wanted to pick up more regular communication again, now that I’m more settled, and increasingly feel like sharing less and less of my thoughts and ideas on social media, particularly Twitter.
I’m in the US at the moment, where I have been appointed to a position ...
2022-02-15 21:30:47 +0000 UTC View PostThe following is from an early draft of WWPCDN. There was a lot that didnt make the final edit as I was way over the word count. But I'm sharing it in light of the UK MPs Report that links the increased use of the term 'white privilege' with the adverse material conditions of the 'white working c...
2021-06-23 10:27:21 +0000 UTC View PostHi everyone,
WWPCDN is way over the original word count, and even so, I had to lose lots of text as earlier drafts were way way way over! But I'd love to share some of that material with you here.
Ok first up we have this lil section on Irish and black points of soli...
2021-05-20 11:33:15 +0000 UTC View PostHola lovelies
A selection of events I'm doing in April. Do let me know if you'll be attending and I'll say hi!
April 1st https://membership.th...
2021-03-24 22:33:42 +0000 UTC View PostHola everybody
It’s been a hot minute but the last two weeks have been absolutely mad ! Still I’m back now, WWPCDN is out in 1.5 weeks, the US edit is almost finished and the audiobook is recorded. Whoop whoop!
I went waaaay over the word count, so I’ll be...
2021-03-21 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhoop whoop whoop. Spring has sprung!!! Anyone else feeling a long overdue pep in their step with the novelty of sunshine? ( I dunno you’re probably not all on a mostly grey lil isle, so you might have different relationship to the seasons ) but boy what a difference the sun's rays make .
Happy Valentines Day beloveds.
Is it as cold where you are as it is in the UK? My word, it is Baltic! The flipping sea froze for the first time in like half a century. I didn’t see it myself but it sounds kinda extraordinarily beautiful.
One of the many mad developments to ...
2021-02-14 22:57:26 +0000 UTC View PostHey beauts,
This is happening tomorrow night 7-8pm if ye fancy it.
Keynote from Professor Stevenson
who is 'hailed by Desmond Tutu as "America's Mandela", Professor Stevenson has devoted his life to fighting injustice, racism and discrimination in America. He i...
2021-02-07 23:24:00 +0000 UTC View PostHey beauties,
How are you all? I wanna say ‘roll on March /April but I’m actually very reluctant to put a date on things. There have been so many false alarm ‘it’ll be ‘back to normal by…..’ over the last year, and here we are, the best part of a year later, still in lockdown!...
2021-02-07 15:34:07 +0000 UTC View PostHello beloveds,
As you may well know my work sits across both academia and TV (as well as other intersections). As such I have been invited to give the keynote speech at the Arts and Humanities TV festival (a charity initiative that is part of the Edinburgh Festival) 2021-02-01 00:12:59 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey gang,
I hope this week has treated you well!
WWPCDN is in its final stages before print, I've been working on little tweaks all weekend. Instead of the weekly round-up this evening, I'm going to share a piece I wrote on beauty and the gaze. I ended up having to r...
2021-01-24 22:18:13 +0000 UTC View PostHow are you beloveds?
I submitted the draft of my book for proofs (galleys) on Friday and then re-wrote a section over the weekend and re-submitted again this morning! Whoop. So I’m now free…. to catch up on everything I have let stack up while I’ve been writing it….
Still str...
2021-01-19 00:56:44 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back my loves. 2021 started off with a bang ! Where to begin? Does anyone remember an episode of Charlie Brookers end of year Screenwipe where he discussed what a nutso year it had been, and the way there were all these major cataclysmic events happening every few weeks that in t...
2021-01-11 16:37:56 +0000 UTC View PostAs basketcase Britain goes into free fall, it seems appropriate that we enter into the longest night of the year with a cosmological event that hasn’t been seen since the Middle Ages, 800 years ago! Tonight the two largest planets in our solar system; Jupiter and Saturn, will nearly overl...
2020-12-21 14:24:09 +0000 UTC View PostWhat's up my peeps?
Just a lil extra note this week ahead of Sunday cos the previous one was so scant. WWPCDN is back with my editor and I’m awaiting her comments tomorrow which is always ever so slightly nail biting ! Like I said, its way over the word count, so whatever doesn’t make t...
2020-12-17 22:35:49 +0000 UTC View PostBeloveds,
Forgive me, its a quick one today! Round two of my WWPCDN manuscript was due Friday and guess who still hasn't sent it - insert sweating emoji face.
However at this stage its almost 10k over the word count haha so you can expect those outtakes on here !
... 2020-12-14 16:25:04 +0000 UTC View PostHey peeps.
Bare with my timekeeping and refer back to my arguments regarding the 'managing' of time in chapter 2 of Don't Touch My Hair (hahaha can I get away with that ?!)
Recently, I’m feeling a huge shift in my work. For quite a while I’d been feeling frustrated bec...
2020-12-07 23:37:11 +0000 UTC View PostJust swinging by with a lil update. So at 3am this morning, I finished the manuscript for WWPCDN (upon which my youngest son, promptly woke up and cried until around 5am! of course). So while I'm feeling delirious (I then had a day of voice overs for series 5 of Britains Lost Masterpieces - we're...
2020-12-04 19:07:30 +0000 UTC View PostLets face it, the Friday round up is a Sunday round up !
The response to my book cover has been phenomenal – thank you so much for all your feedback.
This week saw the Home Office double down on their decision to deport 50+ people to Jamaica just before Christmas, in the middle of a...
2020-11-30 00:18:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey folks
What I'm writing is full of surprises so I imagine the cover is slightly unexpected as well lol.
You guys are literally the first people to see it, so please don't share anywhere until after it goes live on my socials later in the week, in the meantime thoughts p...
2020-11-23 22:50:24 +0000 UTC View PostHey famz,
I hope you're all well.
I think some of you were at the Dingle Lit session today so thanks for dropping by. If you wanted to ask me a question and didn't get a chance you can holla on here. I loved discussing The Vanishing Half with Brit. I'm thinking of...
2020-11-22 22:38:26 +0000 UTC View PostHello there,
Gosh I've missed a couple of weekly round ups so my apologies for that. I actually really like doing 'em but trying to meet my deadline for What White People Can Do Next (the end of this month eeeek), being in this second lockdown while looking after two nipper...
2020-11-16 23:23:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey peoples,
Did any of you see my C4 hair doc Hair Power; Me and My Afro that was broadcast last week? Its up on 4OD for those in the UK who feel so inclined. Here's some behind the scenes shots from on set..
Wow fireworks going off like mad in the background, who el...
2020-11-05 18:23:27 +0000 UTC View PostOíche Shamhna - Happy Halloween in Irish for those of you not familiar with the language!
Did you know that Halloween originates from Ireland and was exported to the world via the USA following the mass migration of Irish to the States during the mid 1800s as the result of the Fam...
2020-11-01 00:03:02 +0000 UTC View Post
What a week, and saying that in 2020 is quite something! But with the tier 2 announcements and the No deal Brexit bombshell, it really is quite something.
What are you doing to cultivate joy? For me it’s family, reading, meditation and flowers. I’ve bought bundles of dried flowers; dais...
2020-10-16 19:07:44 +0000 UTC View PostI was thinking that a round up of the week every Friday might be nice. A brief reflection on current affairs / what I've been up to, something of that nature.
This week has been an incredibly busy one for me. Black History Month is in full swing and I don't think I've ever seen ...
2020-10-09 13:10:48 +0000 UTC View Post