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On a career break from journalism/ the BBC World Service until Jan 2025 Co-founder @the2ndSource Ask me abt media guidelines on reporting domestic abuse

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Today is the first day of a new school term in Afghanistan. UNICEF have told the BBC World Service that the Taliban have stopped another 330,000 from going to secondary school - girls are not educated after grade six, when they are about 13.

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یونیسف: ۳۳۰ هزار دختر دیگر در سال جدید در افغانستان از ادامه تحصیل محروم می‌شوند - BBC News فارسی

با شروع ترم جدید، بیشتر دختران افغان با آینده نامعلومی روبرو هستند زیرا بیش از ۱.۴ میلیون نفر از ادامه تحصیل بازمانده‌اند. صندوق کودکان سازمان ملل متحد، یونیسف، به بی‌بی‌سی گفته است که امسال طالبان...

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Remember Christopher Cooper, the man who was birdwatching in New York in 2020, when a woman called the police on him to say he was threatening her (a viral video showed otherwise)...well, he'll be hosting a 2023 National Geographic birdwatching show called "Extraordinary Birder"

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Breaking via BBC Persian Iranian sport climber Elnaz Rekabi who competed without the Islamic headscarf at the International Federation of Sport Climbing's Asian Championships in Seoul on Sunday has gone missing.

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In a historic move, Iranian athlete Elnaz Rekabi who represented Iran at the Asian Climbing Competitions finals in Seoul, competed without hijab, disobeying the Islamic Republic's restrictions for female athletes.

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I’ve just read this @smh piece 3 times to make sure that I wasn’t misreading. The publication messaged Rebel Wilson saying they would out her in 2 days - and is now complaining that she chose to announce her relationship with a woman herself. Quite astonishing.

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Omg the #ClimateStrike sign saying “Leonardo DiCaprio’s girlfriends deserve a future” has ended me

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The kids are alright. #ClimateStrike

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“Solidarity with Sanna” Women in Finland are posting videos of themselves partying while tagging Prime Minister Sanna Marin.

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He met her once

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How tea is served at The Chappati Factory in Ponnani, Kerala. 🇮🇳

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Still reeling from the fact that a publication gave someone a deadline to out them in 2022. Maybe I’m incredibly naive but this is what I imagined 90s gutter press was like and most journalists had huge standards change since then…

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Sabina Nessa, one of four sisters, lived in London and taught in Catford. She had previously worked helping non-English speakers develop their language skills. She was walking home.

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Sydney Morning Herald really out there complaining that Rebel Wilson “gazumped” their threat of outing her on their terms by posting about her own life on her own terms! What a mindblowing piece to write!

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There are so many disturbing elements to this piece but the standout words are “Big mistake”. Are @smh now saying they will out people without giving them a heads up/right of reply?

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Love this 🎥 A group of Nigerian teens are creating viral sci-fi shorts using very basic green screen in a garage with smartphones.

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Ukraine 2022 Syria 2019 “Civilians fleeing invasion” by photographer Alex Lourie

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This is a subtweet for every single one of you

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The cast of Skins have gone on to become some of the most exciting and successful talent working in British film. The secret? Open auditions at drama clubs and schools. Not recommendations from producer dads a famous aunts.

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Video right now on Al Jazeera channel. Israeli forces seen to beat crowd of mourners carrying casket of Shireen Abu Akleh ahead of funeral in the Old City of East Jerusalem.

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Family of Emmett Till (a 14-year-old Black boy who was lynched in Mississippi in 1955, after being accused of offending a white woman in a grocery store) is with the family of George Floyd to offer support as the jury comes to a decision on the trial of Derek Chauvin. (via CNN)

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Just before 01:00 on 14 June 2017, fire broke out in the kitchen of a fourth floor flat at the 23 storey tower block in North Kensington, West London. 72 people died in the fire at Grenfell Tower.

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Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan grew up under British colonial rule on different sides of the planet. Jamaica and India. Now they are parents to the Vice President-elect of the US. The first woman in that role.

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Omg this twitter account had ONE JOB

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Jane Campion, daughter of famous New Zealand theatre director Richard Campion & actress Edith Campion MBE, explains the challenges of being a white woman from an established family to Venus and Serena Williams.

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@mavericksmovies Here's the clip of Jane Campion's speech #CriticsChoiceAwards

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. @TheOnion are not playing around today.

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💚 Khadija Saye 💚 The 24-year-old artist, one of 72 people, who died in Grenfell Tower.

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2 years

Brave. Thank you for sharing.

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6 years

Wow. Just been told that each year ancient Greeks had the option to pick a politician to exile for 10 years. They’d cast their vote with pieces of pottery called ‘ostraka’ - it’s where we get the word ostracise from.

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Afghanistan’s all-female robotics team have landed in Mexico City. They were greeted by Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Martha Delgado. The team (youngest 14) have won international awards & are now working on open-source low-cost ventilators for Covid care.

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“That's not anti-white, it's pro-black.” @stormzy

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In Dec 2019, Sanna Marin became the world’s youngest female world leader. Finland’s coalition govt is led by women, 4 of them in their 30s. @Yousef_Eldin & I were given world exclusive access to their 1st year. (thread)

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Two kissing men photobombed Channel News Asia (a Singapore channel) who was broadcasting from Beijing on Feb 4. The clip is viral in Singapore where there are strict broadcasting codes depicting same sex relationships. The kiss had been called “an act of revolution”. 🏳️‍🌈

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Priyanjali Gupta, an engineering student from Tamil Nadu, has created an AI model which can translate American sign language to English in real-time.

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This is Lana Clarkson. She was killed by music producer Phil Spector. She’d met him only two hours earlier. Several women at both trials of Phil Spector described how he was abusive and known for “waving guns in people's faces”.

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Anne Heche said bosses told her not to take then girlfriend Ellen DeGeneres to Volcano premiere in 1997. “I was told if I took Ellen, I would lose my Fox contract,” Heche told Page Six. “At that moment, she took my hand and said, ‘Do what they say,’ and I said, ‘No thanks.’” RIP.

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Update: we have found out that Elnaz Rakebi is on a plane heading to #Tehran , two days earlier than planned. There are concerns about her safety. #Iran #MahsaAmini

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If this headline isn't meant to sound like a threat, I fear it's failing.

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Marvel initially wanted King T’Challa to have a British accent but Chadwick Boseman fought pushed back. "I said that would not be fine because if we did that, that would be saying that [Wakandans] had been colonized.”

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This is wild. Two YouTubers tricked four leading royal commentators, including the Queen's former press secretary Dickie Arbiter, into giving their opinion on the Oprah/Meghan interview- without having watched it - and they did. Trending on YouTube now

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We Proved Royal Experts Lie About Harry and Meghan

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60% of international journalists say that they never / rarely give fixers credit 86% of fixers would like credit 50% say they have been corrected by a fixer, whereas fixers report correcting 80% RIP Oleksandra Kuvshynova Via Global Reporting Centre

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What we know so far: -Sunday Elnaz Rakebi competed without a hijab at a climbing competition in South Korea - friends can’t contact her after she was with an Iranian official -Iran says she is flying back to Tehran -concern she will be taken to prison

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Apparently the night before Princess Diana’s funeral Prince Philip counselled Prince William who was worried about walking behind her casket - according to Channel 4 news. "If you don't walk, I think you'll regret it," Philip told William. "If I walk, will you walk with me?"

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Also Nicki, you can do better.

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3 years

Please. Before you send that tweet today. I promise you. No one getting their A-level results today is following you.

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A court in Pakistan has given 24-year-old Imran Ali four death sentences for raping and murdering six-year old Zainab Ansari. He dumped her body in a rubbish bin. Protests across the country against alleged police incompetence has resulted in 2 deaths.

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If you are in UK and under coronavirus lockdown with an abusive partner dial 999, wait to be connected, press 55 & hang up. I spoke with 2 women in lockdown in as well as the England & Wales Domestic Abuse Commissioner & UN Women Executive Director.

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Coronavirus: I'm in lockdown with my abuser

The BBC has spoken to two women who are currently under lockdown with men who have abused them.

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This is really important. Because if there is someone in the #LoveIsland villa has said the N-word and the Black contestants haven’t been told, that is an astonishing lack of duty of care from a production outfit that publicly said they will commit to doing better.

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Bill and Melinda Gates have donated more than $36 billion to their foundation. The foundation committed more than $350 million in 2020 to fund development of Covid-19 diagnostics, treatments & vaccines according to Forbes. The foundation will continue, the former couple say.

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Killer Mike verbalising the mood of many Americans - acknowledging the urgency of anger while appealing to protestors to stop property destruction. The rapper and activist gave the passionate speech at the Atlanta Mayor’s Press Conference.

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*Christian Cooper

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National Geographic Announces Slate of New Personality-Driven Content to Further Adventure and...

Ahead of Disney’s Upfront presentation on Tuesday, May 17, in New York City, National Geographic Content President Courteney Monroe today announced a

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I want to tell 25-year-old me that it's a compliment to be disliked by people you don't respect.

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That’s not a photo Cassie.

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powerful photo. we are fortunate to have a man of God back in the Oval Office

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@poornabell @AvaSantina That line makes me furious because you can tell how poetic he thinks it is.

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The excitement of the release of Black Panther was one of the best parts of the decade. We did an article on what Chadwick Boseman and the film meant to young black kids and it was one of my favourite pieces of 2018.

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Apply for that job you think you’re not qualified for sis. He’s not either #IWD2020

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I didn’t wear make-up on my last report and it did not go unnoticed by Brian who has emailed me 3 times to say I looked ill. Thank you Brian, you’ve inspired me to go make-up free to work today and also the next report. Also I’m not ill 💗

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Made to clean homes in just their underwear. Raped by landlords. Silenced. And then something changed. I spoke with some of the UK’s most vulnerable women to see how the #MeToo & #TimesUp movement inspired them to speak out. @4refugeewomen

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Secret world: The women in the UK who cannot report sexual abuse

When powerful women began talking about their experience of sexual abuse, it had an effect on some of the most powerless women in the UK.

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Some male teachers across Spain have been been wearing in to their classrooms after a Bilbao student named Mikel Gomez was expelled and referred to psychologists after wearing a skirt to school. The Clothes Have No Gender ( #laropanotienegenero ) movement started in October.

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After receiving her OBE from the Queen in 1992, Vivienne Westwood did a twirl for the photographers and revealed that she wasn’t wearing underwear (this pic is blurred). The Queen was supposedly amused by the photograph.

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My fave anecdote of Sridevi was that she was offered a role in Jurassic Park by Steven Spielberg. She refused because it wasn't a starring role & it would have meant taking a hiatus from Bollywood, where she knew she was a leading lady. RIP Queen 👑

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Can everyone tell their editors that Millennials are, in fact, old.

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While a lot of people were down with the flirtation, some were reminded of this int from 2010 (yeah he called his dick a white supremacist)

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And here’s the FBI data on the jump in anti-Muslim hate crime right after 9/11

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Overall, Americans took 9/11 pretty calmly. Notably, there wasn't a mass outbreak of anti-Muslim sentiment and violence, which could all too easily have happened. And while GW Bush was a terrible president, to his credit he tried to calm prejudice, not feed it 2/

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Wut? That's Margot Robbie on the left and Jaime Pressly on the right.

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Al Jazeera saying Israel govt had warned Abu Akleh's brother to limit the size of the funeral procession, and told him no Palestinian flags should be displayed and no slogans chanted. "Shireen is showing the reality of Israeli occupation even in death." via Al Jazeera channel.

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A 2015 BBC investigation found that Jeremy Clarkson had subjected BBC producer Oisin Tymon to a 30-second physical attack after a sustained verbal tirade. Tymon took himself to A&E. Clarkson did apologise but it’s rarely mentioned now & continues to have a successful career.

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Historically Hollywood hasn't even bothered to properly light minority actresses. (Shout out to Ava Berkofsky):

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Keeping ‘Insecure’ lit: HBO cinematographer Ava Berkofsky on properly lighting black faces

The actors on HBO’s Insecure are hotter than you. They’re hotter than your friends, they’re hotter than me and they’re even hotter than the ex the show won’t let you forget about. Co-created by...

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Blown away by the bravery and service of our Afghan journalist colleagues. Selflessly bringing us news as the country as they know it falls into a terrifying unknown. Always proud to work for the BBC World Service - but days like today you can’t put into words.

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I don't have anything to promote but I'm sending love to every woman and non-binary person on the tl. It's been a week. x

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Oliwia Dabrowska (from Krakow Poland) who played the “girl in the red coat” in “Schindler’s List” is coordinating help for refugees fleeing Ukrainian.

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She can't talk about the GOAT without mentioning her "thick arms and thick legs".

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What's your weird way of gauging someone as posh? For me it's when they pronounce Issue as "is-you" as opposed to "ish-oo".

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Utterly humbled by Afghan colleagues at the BBC World Service. The exceptional, modest and collaborative journalism in the midst of such a personal and terrifying time. I wish more journalist were like them.

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Saying your own sexual attraction is based on race is one thing - evoking David Duke by undermining black women is next level.

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Avi Schiffmann is 17. He built a website to track Coronavirus numbers in late December, when it had not yet been detected outside of China. It now gets tens of millions of hits a day. He turned down significant money to place ads on the site.

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BBC World Service announces an Emergency Radio Service for Gaza. Gaza Daily will provide listeners in Gaza with the latest information and developments as well as safety advice on where to access shelter, food and water supplies.

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BBC World Service announces Emergency Radio Service for Gaza

It will provide listeners in Gaza with the latest information and developments as well as safety advice on where to access shelter, food and water supplies

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Me passing a pub on my walk today

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People will most likely remember Jane Birkin for her style and art but the work she did for women suffering from domestic abuse and intimate partner violence - especially non-French speaking women in France, during the outbreak of Covid in 2020, is one of her greatest legacies.

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...She couldn't beat Serena Williams 18 times in a row, (even with the aid of performance-enhancing drugs) BUT...

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Editor of Sydney Morning Herald publishes note insisting that it is inaccurate to say they were planning on outing Rebel Wilson, despite reporter writing that the publication had given her 2 days for comment & she had “gazumped” them. No apology either.

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Sweden’s Princess Sofia has given up “royal duties” to volunteer at a local hospital - she’ll be cleaning & working in the kitchen. The Royal Court said “the Princess wants to make a contribution as a voluntary worker to relieve the large workload of health care professionals.”

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Newly crowned Miss England Bhasha Mukherjee is 23, from Derby (but was born and grew up in India until the age of 9), speaks five languages, has two medical degrees and has a genius-level IQ of 146. She started a shift as junior doctor just hours after winning Miss England 💕

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“These are prosperous middle class people…these are not obviously refugees getting away from the Middle East". We’ve now seen this kind language used on multiple broadcast channels in 24 hours. It’s inaccurate & dangerous. Are editors having a word?

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Were it not for exceptional reporters literally putting their lives at risk - like my BBC World Service colleagues - a lot of us sitting comfortably in the West would be get our news from unverified social media posts and propaganda. Exceptional work, at great personal risk.

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Cancelling of events in order to observe national mourning in U.K. leaving some small businesses in a state of uncertainty. Caterers for Hackney Carnival here:

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Ukraine's Illia Kovtun won the event and did not acknowledge Kuliak on the podium.

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It's rare to see media houses publicly condemn attacks on minority reporters. Respect to the Guardian for condemning the Islamophobic attacks on the brilliant @ainajkhan .

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Dear Ms. Mehta - in the interests of transparency for your followers, here is the email you mention. We simply ask you (again) politely to refrain from making personal attacks on our reporter on your site and on social media

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Events in U.K. media: A royal correspondent files an article re Prince William’s Ukraine comments A black woman journalist tweets it (with source) The pool correspondent says that he may have misheard and misquoted (15 hours later) People are attacking the black journalist

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But that's not even the main issue. Minority women in Western countries have been subjected to Caucasian standards of beauty for decades.

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How lesbians communicate using memes in a country where homosexuality is a criminal offence. I spoke to dozens of women about attraction, coming out to yourself & the internet. If you can - look at this on your laptop/desktop too.

The secret language of lesbian love

The wives, mothers and friends who hide their sexuality

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So do most children of immigrants - two minimum. My niece speaks, reads and writes four at age 13.

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Princess Charlotte already speaks two languages at just two-years-old

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A few weeks ago I tweeted a photo of the all-white writers of Killing Eve. Here Sandra Oh speaks of how the UK is “behind” when it comes to diversity. On Killing Eve, she says she was sometimes the only person of colour out of 75 white people on set.

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Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who is now 35, was raised by her mother and her mother’s girlfriend in a small town called Pirkkala. Her teacher told us that she was just “an average student” although she asked for extra homework. She was the first in her family to go to university.

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7 years

So my point is that in normal life minority women already have a fight most can't imagine - so let's not bring attraction value into it too.

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Megha Mohan

5 years

Supporters of Semenya say this is personal because: 1) IAAF has asked for testosterone regulation specially for distances between 400m &1 mile - ie mid-distances that Semenya competes in. 2)Regulation for women only - not for men, who arguably also have variations.

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Megha Mohan

7 years

Strong words from NASCAR officials - say drivers who protest the during national anthem will be fired.

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Megha Mohan

6 years

Please inject the May Vogue cover right into my veins.

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Megha Mohan

6 years

One of Iraq’s most influential social media stars, model Tara Fares, has been shot dead in Baghdad earlier on Thursday. A post in Arabic just uploaded to her Instagram (after her killing was confirmed) reads “we belong to God & to Him we return” - it calls her killer a “coward”.

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Megha Mohan

4 years

Any UK-based black journalist at the start of their journalism career (less than 5 years) & interested in international current affairs, features, digital docs (NOT NEWS) who wants to have a coffee over Zoom, DM me. Happy to go over CVs, give you editors names & show you pitches.

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Megha Mohan

3 years

Thinking of Evidence Joel, the mother of Richard Okorogheye, who is a community nurse. Describing “my only baby”, she said: “Richard is v focused. He’s intelligent. He’s a gentleman...He’s very helpful in the community. If he sees you carrying a bag, he will ask to help you.”

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Megha Mohan

3 years

Like New Zealand, Taiwan and Germany, Finland was a female led country praised for its quick, decisive response to coronavirus. They enacted the Emergency Powers Act last used in WWII - which gave them control over salaries (although they didn’t take it).

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Megha Mohan

1 year

@amandaknox RIP Meredith Kercher.

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Megha Mohan

6 years

🚨Personal news🚨 In September I’ll be starting a new job - as part of the Specialists Unit for BBC News & World Service Languages. Thrilled to start as the BBC’s first global Gender & Identity Correspondent, reporting on issues concerning women, sexuality, race etc.

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