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Asyia I

2 months

Job news! I’m officially a reporter with @Metro_Ents - so excited to get stuck in! PRs, do pop me on your list for news, screeners, interview opps etc and as always, keen to hear from underrepresented communities! asyia.iftikhar @metro .co.uk

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Asyia I

@asyiaiftikhar

3 years

Do Taylor Swift fans ever have a day off or do y’all just spend your hours trying to decipher random emojis she puts on her social media 😭

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1 year

One of the most depressing aspects of my job is reporting on the endless tirade of incredible queer women centred shows being cancelled - #ALeagueOfTheirOwn deserves a full second season and so much more!!! @WillWGraham

A League of Their Own's season two renewal leaves fans outraged

Prime series A League of Their Own has only been renewed for a four-episode second season, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

www.thepinknews.com

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4 years

Are you a young/student journalist? I am currently making a Twitter gc for us all to connect (doing freelance and writing articles alone can be tough) and support one another! If this is you, like this tweet or dm me to be added (also share around to reach more people!)

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2 years

Okay we have entered “why are Harry and Meghan holding hands after the probably incredibly emotional ceremony for his dead grandmother” level of discourse so it’s time to stop scrolling 👍🏽

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3 years

🚨Personal News!!! 🚨 I’m still applying for jobs and figuring out what I’m doing with my life and that’s okay! Sending good vibes to y’all xxx

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4 years

Controversial- You can’t tell young journalists to stop writing for free when the only other option seems to be pitching relentlessly which is incredibly time consuming (many are in full time education or work) and taxing on the mind to be continuously rejected. 1/5

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The last day of Pride seems like a good day to announce that from 18 July I am officially joining the @PinkNews team as their Entertainment Reporter - so excited to get stuck in!!

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4 years

🚨Journo news!! 🚨 I’m so absolutely honoured to have been chosen as one of the winners of the @Hearst Talent Scholarship! Really excited to start working with @digitalspy next year, best end of year present 🥰

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2 years

On a separate note I assume Meghan has paused her podcast uploading but am sad, was very much looking forward to this week

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3 years

Ummmmm so I applied for verification on a whim without telling anyone and…. woke up this morning to find the blue tick????

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3 years

Employers repeat after me: if you need a certain number of years of experience... then it is NOT an entry level job. Thank you for coming to my TED talk :)

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3 years

Officially graduating UCL with a 2:1 in Classics!!! 😭😭

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WHAT ABOUT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, thousands of young people cry as we are once more completely ignored?????

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How throughly depressing that my feed has turned into warnings about rising domestic violence and (likely) increased racism following this result… puts a lot of things in perspective.

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4 months

There is nothing more depressing than seeing your dream jobs just slowly blink out of existence one by one

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4 years

I'm just a girl trying to find work experience in the media industry whilst it crumbles around me

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3 years

I am currently working five days a week as a journalist and yet whenever anyone asks what I do I say ‘I want to be a journalist’, rather than ‘I am a journalist’ - afraid I’ll jinx it or something 😭

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3 years

If I’m expected and warned to be impartial on LITERAL FASCISM in order to not put a career in the media at risk then what is the point in it all???

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4 years

thoughts on like doing a national screaming into a pillow session? All of us get together on Thursday at 8pm and just scream until its all over

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Asyia I

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4 years

So I GOT A PART TIME JOB! With my uni, to do with content creation and communications!!!! Maybe not the exact area I envision my future but definitely a start 😭

Asyia I

@asyiaiftikhar

4 years

I would love to find a part time writing job this year (paid) but it feels like there is nothing out there for people who haven't graduated yet, anyone got any suggestions?

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3 years

It’s been an immeasurably tough week. To bring some hope to the timeline, I wrote about how healing it is to see positive relationships between PoC mothers and their queer daughters on screen for @galdemzine hope you're all taking care of yourselves 💞

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1 year

Well #KnockAtTheCabin floored me - Ben Aldridge and Jonathan Groff’s chemistry is gorgeous to see on screen, not a second wasted with emotional punches, heart-racing suspense and Dave Bautista being just incredible!!

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3 years

My university has emailed saying that we should not return to campus (unless essential) until 22nd February. I know people who were planning to head back today, with plans changing suddenly. The lack of communication to students from government is ridiculous 1/3

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4 years

I’m so excited to announce that I still have no idea what I am doing with my life!! it’s been a difficult journey, so proud of myself 🥺

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Hey! Your daily reminder that 94% of the media industry is white so people who spend their time and energy shouting at young WoC trying to make a space for ourselves and give each other a leg up... why don’t you target it at places with all the power 🙃

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4 years

[Thread] After my brief social media break the other week, I was hoping I would bounce back but sadly that hasn't happened. Had a few disheartening emails (or lack thereof), and generally been reassessing how capable I am as a writer. 1/11

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@asyiaiftikhar

3 years

My latest piece for @galdemzine is now live! This is perhaps one of the most personal pieces I have ever written but also something I wish I had read when I was younger so I didn’t feel as alone... This is for everyone still trying to figure stuff out

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4 years

It can come across as patronising from established writers to say ‘know you worth, don’t write for free’ when there are very few platforms for students to write paid and build their portfolio. Instead of lecturing and saying meaningless stuff about knowing our worth 2/5

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2 years

For @bustle I pulled together a list of just some of the brilliant LGBTQ+ fiction coming out this year - if you’re looking to get into a new genre, or to add to your TBR, have a peruse!

16 LGBTQ+ Fiction Books To Look Forward To In 2022

Round up of the most exciting LGBTQ+ Fiction releases coming this year.

www.bustle.com

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@asyiaiftikhar

4 years

(Also paid outlets only seem to be interested in what I have to say if I am exploiting my life experiences and hardships... major attitude change needed)

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Asyia I

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2 years

Took a break from having my pitches ghosted to officially graduate!

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3 years

Just got a rejection for something I had forgotten I applied for (months ago), nothing like a horrible surprise just sitting in your inbox!

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4 years

Incredibly excited to announce that I will be joining @aureliamagazine as a staff writer! A brilliant team and magazine and so ready to share my work 💕

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4 years

When people message me saying they enjoyed/appreciated an article I wrote/something I am doing it makes me so warm inside, actually motivates me to carry on in this industry even if it is soul crushing

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3 years

Would any other LGBTQ+ journalists wanna do a zoom social sometime this month? Could be nice to do something to celebrate the month and have a sense of community?

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4 years

We need to be discussing proper solutions, finding constructive ways to make the industry more accessible because the way it stands now, it is an unfortunate fact that for many, unpaid labour is unavoidable and this is not the fault of young people 3/5

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4 years

Planning to be on BBC Asian Network briefly this morning discussing the findings of the BAME health report from 10:45!

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3 years

What does this even mean in a country where children live in poverty and nurses go to food banks???

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4 years

reminded me we need more Muslim rep in these hashtags so here we are #beautifullybisexual

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3 years

Seen a lot of love for the Young Journalist Community in recent days, we are almost at 4K members and I’m planning on putting a survey up soon to see what people want from the group next! Thank you all so much for humouring this idea, what a wonderful space 💕

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4 years

entering the media is like a bizarre journey of being accepted and rejected and ignored in such quick succession you aren’t sure what to feel lol

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Asyia I

@asyiaiftikhar

2 years

Looking to speak to LGBTQ+ South Asians about a piece of culture that has resonated with their identity (from music to poetry to tv and everything in between) for a feature for @PinkNews DM or email asyia.iftikhar @pinknews .com #journorequest

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3 years

Really late to the ~discourse~ but like... wish people defended minorities regularly targeted by a certain paper as much as they defended the right to support and write for it....

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Y'all my dad just came into my room and said 'Asyia for years, wherever I am, these songs will suddenly start playing from my iphone and I can't get rid of them. Please I never want to hear them again'. So I looked and... reader... it was the 2014 U2 free itunes album lolllllll

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3 years

After a decade of end of year exams, a three year degree marred by strikes and COVID-19, I just handed in my final exam and am officially finished with university and academia 😭

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your bitch bingus ␓

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Nobody looks good in Yellow. Nobody.

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How it started: How it’s going

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2 years

I have watched this enough times that I need to share it with the people, completely in love with this edit - makes me want to rewatch the show all over again!

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These two stories being in the same week of news is the reason I can accept no defence of capitalism.

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Asyia I

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4 years

Ya gal got a 2:1 and is ready for final year whoo!

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Asyia I

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4 years

Overwhelmed by the response to this! I have now created a facebook group for everyone interested in joining :)

Young Journalist Community | Facebook

Welcome to the Young Journalist Community! This is a supportive group for young journalists to share their work/projects; find help and support and share news related to starting journalism. Find...

www.facebook.com

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@asyiaiftikhar

4 years

Are you a young/student journalist? I am currently making a Twitter gc for us all to connect (doing freelance and writing articles alone can be tough) and support one another! If this is you, like this tweet or dm me to be added (also share around to reach more people!)

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3 years

Just came home to a lovely surprise, so excited to read this with my morning tea!

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2 years

In my first feature for @PinkNews I spoke with LGBTQ+ South Asians about cultural moments that impacted them - it was quite emotional writing this piece and thank you to everyone who contributed! #SouthAsianHeritageMonth

Queer South Asians on the icons that shaped them: 'It helped me love with myself'

For many LGBTQ South Asian people, in their life comes a watershed moment when they discover themselves on the pages or the screen.

www.thepinknews.com

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3 years

Boris, don’t react, don’t look around... you are the saboteur

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4 months

For @digitalspy I wrote about Ambika Mod's comments about not believing she would be the right fit for Emma in #OneDayNetflix and the joy of seeing South Asian women as romantic leads Thanks for the commission! @ljaneturner

Why Ambika Mod's casting in One Day needs to be talked about

South Asian women are finally getting their flowers as romantic leads.

www.digitalspy.com

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3 years

I’m just so unbelievably angry that we are approaching a year of this pandemic (in the UK) and we are literally still at square one????

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Do I have any mutuals in London who would wanna potentially start a cute casual regular in person book club (to just vibe and have fun)? (Alternatively if one already exists, hmu!) comment or dm :)

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1 year

The watching Charlieissocoollike, Dan and Phil, Dodie etc as a teen to realising you’re queer as an adult pipeline is so beautiful to me

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And also all the information is so scattered across the internet and there are so many gatekeepers that even collecting all the info you need in order to have a good go at it takes a lot of time. Do you think we want to do this for free??? Stop lecturing us lol.

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4 years

This lockdown has essentially become me stanning young journalists all day everyday and I am here for it lmao

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3 years

Here’s the times graduate scheme info!

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Seen loads of people putting their journalism goals which I’m not gonna do except for one goal which is to be actively commissioned for something (like being asked to write something rather than pitching) That would be so cool

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4 years

Briefly on twitter to say... I have written my first Medium piece! Please do show love and share and have a read! Writing for free: is it for me?

Writing for free: is it for me?

If you met my past self, three things could be relied on: pre-emptive self-depreciation, eager but unregulated writing, and opinions.

link.medium.com

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Me dropping maths after GCSE

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STOP THE COUNT!

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Wrote a little something for @GlamourMagUK about a couple of the things I loved about the Sharma sisters and the untapped potential of South Asian rep going forward

Bridgerton’s South Asian representation shows the beauty of our culture and sisterhood, but it just...

As someone with a bumpy nose, brown skin, and hair on my arms, I saw no representation of realistic brown bodies until recently.

www.glamourmagazine.co.uk

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3 years

I’ll be on BBC Asian Network around 10:20 talking about whether there is a pressure to move out of your parent’s home in your early twenties (I write, living in my parent’s home in my early twenties)

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Media outlets, I know life is real tough right now, but taking many weeks/months to get back to grad applications (with no sense of timeline) is super stressful for students who are trying to find some security!!

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I wrote a piece last year anonymously in light of the primary school protests about being a queer muslim but my parents aren't on this app so here it is:

Being a queer Muslim today feels like stepping out of Narnia and into no man’s land. | South Asian...

It is in the hands of the impartial education system to give these children their best start in life. I had no one to look up to, to give me hope and even now the only queer Muslim role models I know...

www.burntroti.com

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My weekly screen time notification is always such an unnecessary attack on a Monday morning

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Trying to give one another a platform. Instead hold big outlets to account when they take on unpaid labour, brief commissioning editors on building relationships and seeking out young journos, actually give us platforms! 4/5

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Helloooo PRs just a reminder that I’m always looking for brilliant talent pitches, screeners, event invites etc across culture and entertainment - especially keen for June/July pitches asyia.iftikhar @metro .co.uk

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4 years

[Crash Course Thread] Volunteer led publications I love: @aureliamagazine @themeridianmag @empowordjournos @indie_pendent @ashamedmagazine

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3 years

Do people have any advice for someone who does not exercise at all on how to start incorporating it into their life? Any specific tips? (The thought of just joining a gym or starting to run kinda terrifies me)

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Is there anything quite as soul-crushing as the post-grad job search? 🥲

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My debut piece for @themeridianmag is finally up! I did a lot of research so if you want a starter guide to transgender rights in India and Pakistan have a read!

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Headlining @TheTab , I spoke to LGBTQ+ University students who have to move home during the pandemic and hide their identity. It was heartbreaking to write about this generation of young people trying to find themselves at uni. 1/3

How the pandemic has impacted LGBTQ+ students who had to move back home

'It felt like somebody just popped open my roof, picked me out and threw me into the middle of an ocean that I couldn’t swim in'

thetab.com

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Important! Please interact with this tweet (or DM!) if, when you were younger (or even now), you read or wrote fanfiction in order to explore queer narratives. Have you ever relied on fanfic to feel represented where mainstream media fell short? e.g. LGBTQ+ Harry Potter ships

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Everyone shook at Malala suddenly announcing her marriage is hilarious I forgot not everyone realises this just how it goes in our community 😭

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Inspired by @anmolirfan22 , to end the year like this tweet and I’ll send a compliment or motivational words your way!!!

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Not me frantically pitching in order to live up to twitter’s expectations of me

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Pre-corona times I would motivate myself in the darkness with social plans and Christmas vibes and now I turn my light on at 3 and continue to stare and the same desk and screen and try not cry lol

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It’s such a difficult choice between staying at home in tier 4 or moving back to uni in tier 4 xxx

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Please tell me I’m not the only one who has gone from using tv as escapism to becoming intensely jealous of their Covid free existences????

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So thrilled to share my debut piece with @autostraddle - where I got to interview the formidable @thefawz about her new short, Noor & Layla, what it means to be queer Muslim and a hopeful future. You can watch the short film in the article!

"NOOR & LAYLA" Shows Us Queer Muslim Love

Follow the ups and downs of a relationship — from its chaotic end to its shy beginnings.

www.autostraddle.com

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Just read a tweet (amongst this whole debate about taking down a photo of the queen lol) that said she was a PIONEER of anti racism and I just.... the people of this country are exhausting, how can you say that about the British Monarch with a straight face??????

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23 and still my idea of the perfect birthday is going to Waterstones by myself to look at all the books I do not have time to read

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So apparently the universe decided I was mature enough to be 21??? Gonna spend the day eating cake and watching Downton Abbey (the greatest form of birthday self care)

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I wrote about what it feels like to forget how to write.... as a writer. This is kind of dramatic, personal and ambling. Recently I feel like none of my words feel right and maybe some people will relate?

Falling out of sync with expectation

Expectation has always been a tricky line to tread. People spend so much of their life expecting things to work out some way or another…

link.medium.com

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My walk yesterday vs today

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Apparently it’s been six years since I made an account on this bird app and… I started this account to promote my blog because I knew I wanted to be a journalist who was gonna do classics and I’ve just graduated with a degree in classics and I’m verified as a journalist 😭

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When I decided I wanted to be a journalist I did not realise keeping up with the inter-community discourse would become a part-time job 😭😭

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I’m just a girl trying to find somewhere affordable to rent - how is London going to survive when it pushes out all the young people with extortionate rent prices???

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I actually can’t wrap my head around the fact that I’m now 22 but hey at least I now have 365 days of truly appreciating Taylor Swift xxx Spent my birthday weekend with nature which was the perfect way to herald it in!

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The patronising and condescending tone coupled with accusing a WoC of aggression and exaggeration is 🤢 this country is so oblivious to its own bias

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Boris Johnson and Priti Patel gave a green light to the racism our England stars are facing. They stoked this abuse. Now they're feigning outrage. None of us are fooled.

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I so badly want to indulge in the excitement of summer but really don’t want to set myself up for a brutal fall if it doesn’t happen

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North Pakistan is beautiful 🥺

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@nimsaden This reads like the Conservative party manifesto??!

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I wrote about ‘A Suitable Boy’, the controversy and backlash and why interfaith unity is so important for @galdemzine

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If you are a young journalist who has felt these things or believe this message, let's support one another (something I have tried doing these past few months), reach out, comment, retweet and let's be the change we want to see. END

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