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micha frazer-carroll

5 months

In case you'd like to buy it as an xmas gift 👀 I've made a page on my website where you can buy signed (and unsigned) copies of MAD WORLD 🌎 Buying direct from the author is actually the best way to financially support🌟

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4 years

when I was 4 I told my college professor I would one day be a doctor. he laughed and said if I wanted to, maybe I could be a waitress. today, I receive my PhD in astrophysics, as a barrister. I am the pro vice chancellor of the university. I am CEO of the hospital

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do you remember how hyped the word "antidisestablishmentarianism" was when we were kids. it was all the rage. no one talks about antidisestablishmentarianism anymore

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jodie whittaker says she believes the UK is 100% aliens

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Jodie Whittaker: ‘I believe in aliens 100%’

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UK is fine atm as long as you don’t get sick, have an accident, need to get on a train, need heating or affordable food

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Beautiful action from @theDykeProject , which has hacked over 100 ads across TfL bus, rail and tube networks to share queer Palestinian stories, and show queer solidarity with Palestinians.

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2 years

As the interviewer, can confirm this happened

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5 years

Last night a guy came up to me in the club was like “I think I’ve seen you before...in Vogue.” I said thanks and talked for a full minute about an article I once wrote for Vogue before I realised it was a pickup line

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The met police fatally shot a 24-year-old Black man four days ago and I don’t think we should just allow ourselves to forget about it

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The number of young people I know who have gone from canvassing for the Labour Party in the freezing cold to vowing that they will never vote Labour while the current leader is in charge is really quite staggering. A generation feeling proper betrayal

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🚨🚨🚨M&S mojito tinnies SOLD OUT in Hackney Central today🍸🍹🥂 the constituents have spoken 🚨🚨🚨

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4 years

can't believe they tore down a statue of a racist i learnt about 5 minutes ago 😭 those statues educate the public guys 😭

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guys pls don't follow me thinking im a barrister astrophysicist hospital CEO pro vice chancellor with a PhD

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can't believe there are people questioning whether this 'really happened'. it absolutely happened

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3 years

a "man"....sir he is a Met police officer

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2 years

been noticing a trend whereby ableism is discussed like it’s a sort of made up thing, or using it as like a parody example of social justice talk ‘gone too far’. The strangest thing is seeing this happen on the left as well as the right

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UK media euphemisms for 'racist': – 'race-related' – 'racially-charged' – 'racial' – 'race-row' – '"""racist"""' – 'prejudiced' – 'bigoted' – 'controversial' – 'inflammatory' – 'divisive' – 'racially motivated' – 'widely called racist' – 'colonial undertones' ...just say racist

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2 years

here comes antidisestablishmentarianism twitter 🙄

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keir starmer focus grouping whether these resignations are good or not

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3 years

I’m sorry but how can u play any sport for 90 minutes and not score a goal

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4 years

i love when the bbc fucks up and the bbc has to report on it

BBC receives 18,600 complaints over use of racial slur in news report

Viewers complained after a racial slur was used in a TV news report last week.

www.bbc.co.uk

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2 years

Valentines scenes in Sainsbury’s: man comes up to me with flowers and says “sorry…you’re a girl…is this nice for a girl??”

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me: wow i'm aching so much, and i've heard that might be a coronavirus symptom. maybe i've got it also me:

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4 years

YAAAS! 💥 These ✊🏽 racist 👏🏽 front 👌🏽 pages 🙌🏽 were 👀 printed 👊🏽 by a woman!! 💅🏽 Feminism wins again 🥰🗞

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hardest part about the Xmas break has been trying to explain to my family that at periodic intervals I just need to go lie in the dark, in silence

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4 years

did anyone else dedicate all their energy in the first few months of 2020 to something that now literally doesn't matter/exist because of coronavirus

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4 years

this you?

University of Oxford

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We're committed to supporting our community in opposing racism in all its forms, including upholding anti-racist values.

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my issue is: how does the bbc decide what is and isn't political? being proud of being gay = not political. being proud of being trans = political. being black and not wanting to be killed by police = political ??

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4 years

Generation rent will be showing our kids round a city like “I lived there! And there! And there! And there!”

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3 years

Meghan Markle said said join a union

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4 years

britain like, invented racism. it's like its whole thing. read a book

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3 years

sorry but i feel like most people work hard. if u think u 'made it' in a competitive field because u worked harder than everyone else, ur probably deluded. also there's nothing inherently virtuous about working hard.

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convenient day for buckingham palace to announce a four-day weekend

The Guardian

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Buckingham Palace banned ethnic minorities from office roles, papers reveal

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3 years

It's been a long time coming, but today I signed a contract with @PlutoPress to write a book on mental health from a radical political perspective. I'm so excited!!!! Out early 2023 🧠📘✨

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4 years

This tweet made it back to the guy 😭

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that statue topple was honestly one of the only good things to happen in 2020

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i want to live in a world where people don't have to see a video of a black man being murdered to speak up about racism

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Is it unusual to still feel grief months or years after a negative experience with an employer?

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priti patel is the exact reason so many of us reject the idea of representation being the be all and end all. being a PoC doesn't magically mean you have anti-racist politics, yet liberals will still say it means something for kids who have never seen a PoC on tv or something

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it's like the media just learned how to tell the truth like 2 minutes ago

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My summary of another extraordinary day for American democracy.

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“Racism is racism. When people of colour are silenced, it sets a worrying precedent as to which experiences are seen as objective, and what is left up for debate.” I wrote about why the BBC’s decision on Naga Munchetty sets a very worrying precedent

Racism is not a legitimate standpoint. When will the BBC learn that? | Micha Frazer-Carroll

Naga Munchetty was right to criticise Trump’s racist tweets, says gal-dem.com’s opinions editor, Micha Frazer-Carroll

www.theguardian.com

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woken up at 7am with a bbc request to discuss naga munchetty at 3 minutes notice. they kept calling & when i said I was half asleep & have to ask my editor, they said "micha we've gone to the item now", pushing me to go live on the spot. nothing has changed for people of colour

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4 years

pandemic stage:

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3 years

"They'll ask you to defend your life to a clown for clicks and call it 'a debate'. Then you'll need 3 wines to recover, while they cash in on your free labour. There is often a lot of men shouting." Resharing a piece I wrote for gal-dem on TV 'debates'

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5 years

I do wish white journalists would stop covering stories from other cultures like this. So unnecessary

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been reading up on PTSD recently and it struck me how much research has been done on veterans versus how much has been done on the people living in war zones

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wait the queen is a nepotism baby??

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god i just persuaded a guy who is in the queue to vote in a 30-vote marginal to vote Labour, via Tinder. THE RUSH

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"The exploitation of my face came at the expense of other victims whose persecution apparently does not warrant similar moral outrage. Question why the photo of two attractive, white cisgender women compelled you to post about Pride for the first time."

You saw me covered in blood on a bus. But do you get outraged about all homophobia? | Chris

The photo of me and my date went viral after our attack – but only as we’re white, feminine and cisgender. Sympathy and action must be for all

www.theguardian.com

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One year ago today, 39 Vietnamese nationals were found dead in the back of a refrigerated lorry in Essex. Today I am remembering the Essex 39, and all those who have lost their lives to border policies. We must end the hostile environment now. #RememberTheEssex39 @remember_resist

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I’m in the Guardian print today, writing on the BBC’s deeply misguided decision on Naga Munchetty. You can also read the piece here: #IStandWithNaga

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dawn has the energy of all my aunties rolled into one

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god I’m crying

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This is just one reason why black lives matter is just as big an issue in the UK — the government won’t tell us how many black people they have allowed to die of coronavirus because they know there might be anger and protest

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Exc BAME report delayed amid fears its contents could stoke racial tensions By ⁦ @inzyrashid ⁩

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so as of today the bbc is suggesting trans staff can't go to trans pride and black staff can't go to black lives matter protests

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the met police calling out the US police's institutional racism

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this is my only issue with fleabag discourse tbh. It wasn’t any moment for feminism, it was just quite a good show and that’s ok

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. @michaelhogan interviews Vicky Jones: 'Fleabag felt like a tipping point for feminism'

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he had the what

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"A refrain I’ve heard ad nauseum is 'I can’t believe this happened – it’s 2019'. It always has been and still is open season on the bodies of people of colour, indigenous people, transgender people, disabled people, queer people, poor people and migrants."

You saw me covered in blood on a bus. But do you get outraged about all homophobia? | Chris

The photo of me and my date went viral after our attack – but only as we’re white, feminine and cisgender. Sympathy and action must be for all

www.theguardian.com

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U ever think about how pmqs is basically a rap battle

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yesterday on the doorstep i felt genuinely scared for my safety. me & another black woman doorknocked a man who immediately shouted abuse about diane abbott & immigrants. He stepped out, lunged in my face and tore up my leaflets. for a second it seemed like he was going to hit me

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Sandra Oh...in Rowans

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Classic example of irresponsible editorial framing – the answer (no) is literally in the article, but yet they went ahead with a title and opening hypothesis that frames this as if there's a "debate" to be had. Also horrifically dehumanising image choice

Does fat shaming help people lose weight?

Fat chance - the evidence says fat shaming is more likely to lead people to put on weight.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Sorry but the fact that you’re never forced to take a job with the right wing press is the hill I will die on

Hannah Al-Othman

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The ignorance & privilege of this is astounding. Some people have to take jobs that pay the bills - not everyone gets handed a column in the guardian. Junior reporters trying to make a career aren’t guilty of anything.

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4 years

is anyone else finding it frankly impossible to do anything at all at this point

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Mind speaking on Chris Kaba's death and then bowing to outraged cops is peak neoliberal mental health politics – 'we all have mental health' without any analysis of power, or the psychic impact of one group routinely killing another with impunity

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We are very proud of the Blue Light programme we deliver in partnership to support our emergency services. Our support for the mental health of the police force is also unwavering. (3/6)

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OKAY here it is 🗣 on TV, characters are rocking up to their therapists' houses in the middle of the night, DATING their therapists, and for some reason everyone effortlessly manages to get a black woman therapist...why is therapy on TV so unrealistic?

From I May Destroy You to Sex Education, therapy on TV is too far-fetched

From 'I May Destroy You' to 'Sex Education', depictions of therapy onscreen range from daft to downright immoral. Our new arts columnist Micha Frazer-Carroll won’t take it lying down

www.independent.co.uk

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don't u dare come for an autistic teenager's "monotone voice" thanks. make your trash argument if you want, but leave it out

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“There is something chilling about Greta Thunberg. Her monotone voice. Her warnings of hellfire. Her cult-like claim that the End of Days is coming. She is proof that the millenarian green movement is messing up the next generation”, says Brendan O’Neill

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I’m sorry but is it just me who thinks that changing a duvet cover is an unnecessarily laborious activity considering how frequently it needs to be done

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laura kuenssberg...hears these stories...for the first time....

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"They were every week... wine time Fridays" Insiders who attended lockdown gatherings in Downing Street tell @bbcLauraK that social events were held regularly and the prime minister was there "grabbing a glass for himself"

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why does every 'dream bedroom' have to have like 25 plants that literally encroach on the bed, velvet upholstery, misaligned photos in the middle of a blank wall, a persian rug, and a lone, exposed clothes rail in the corner

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is it okay to say K*ren if it's in a song

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This round face is now working part-time on Guardian opinion. I’m looking to commission original, considered, slower-burning content, particularly from marginalised perspectives. Please DM me about pitching! 📝✨

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As Jess Phillips announces her leadership bid, @galdemzine 's stance on her remains the same. Here's why we've got no time for her...

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51 years apart

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this is awful but am i the only one who doesn't want to go back to normal life because that was also awful

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i've cancelled so many people this election. holly and phil the latest to go, may they rest in peace

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men will literally seal themselves inside a glass box in the air above London for 44 days instead of going to therapy

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i really can't believe i used to go to things every day

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'How I Was Silenced By The Woke Millennial Left' – me for The Times

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After the police told Richard’s mum “If you can’t find your son, how do you expect police officers to find your son for you?"

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I signed this, but feel absolutely exasperated to see our letter published alongside more TERF rhetoric. Myself & others signed because trans lives are not up for debate. Didn’t think it was possible, but I’m even more disappointed with the Guardian today

Differing perspectives on transgender rights | Letters

Letters: Readers respond to an article by Suzanne Moore

www.theguardian.com

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ladies, we made it! dystopia is here!

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wait for it..

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I wrote about Black people who have died in police custody in the UK.

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'The BBC said they cared about sex workers, so why was I mistreated on Louis Theroux’s set?' You may have seen Louis Theroux's doc on sex work. Here, Ashleigh, who asked to be removed, explains what the BBC needs to do to really support sex workers

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one thing that's really jarring me about this whole amber rudd no-platforming thing is her daughter's continual use of 'mum' – not even 'my mum'. it makes it feel like we're siblings, and she's referring to our shared, communal mum

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like ‘the gen z social justice TikTok teen thinks that this thing is ableist haha!’ Wondering how much this is tied to an analysis of disability seen as pure identity politics and not old school ‘sensible’ leftism.

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why does the white middle class media have to co-opt terms like 'woke', 'cancelled', 'Karen' etc and debate and rinse them to death until they're literally no fun anymore

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just read that Anthony Burgess was fired by the Yorkshire Post for writing a negative review of his own work under a pseudonym, which is sort of a mood

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Is this week making anyone else feel like they have no friends lol

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Amazon turns over 150% of its hourly associates per year

Read Let This Radicalize You

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This is crazy. Amazon burns through workers so fast there might be none left soon

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i will not

I Could’ve Just Sat On In With Massa

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if u think jess phillips throwing people of colour, trans women, sex workers and immigrants under the bus isn't a problem, maybe your opinion is a problem

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do u remember when walkers did that giveaway where they'd just put a loose £10 in the bottom of your packet of crisps

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My brother doesn’t believe he’s dressed like shrek, please tell him

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happy anniversary to this very actually real tweet from the home office

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This is blatantly about disability as well as race. Disabled student arrives early because of accessibility concerns, comes back to claim seat & is manhandled. Just a physical manifestation of how black & disabled people are often treated by institutions