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Notoriously bad at Twitter. Deputy opinion editor at the @guardian .

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2 years
Um.... SHUT THE FRONT FRICKING DOOR. I am so happy about this nomination! And thankful to @MyaNetwork , the network of doctors who bravely worked to publish these images with me. Feeling very :') :')
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ASME Awards 2023: @GuardianUS nominated in Service Journalism category for “What a Pregnancy Actually Looks Like Before 10 Weeks–In Pictures,” by @PoppyNoor #ASMEawards
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@JessicaValenti I worked so hard to gain the trust of the doctors, to feel confident showing what is extracted in an abortion pre-10 weeks. They installed extra security before going live w the website &This is literally what gets removed, all of it! & ppl respond “but have you googled it?” 😞
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I'm excited to announce I'll be starting a 6 month stint as a Deputy Editor on the UK @guardianopinion desk next week and I'd like to hear your pitches! 🧵
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@Sargon_of_Akkad hey m8. jst watched ur video. fyi i grew up in council housing.dont worry abt makin the video next time u can jus ask xo
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6 years
The deaths of black women are chronically underreported. In this case, a duty nurse was said to have thrown water on annabella, potentially while she was dying and called her pathetic. Follow my coverage Monday and Tuesday as the inquest unfolds
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omg i just found this online and it is so jokes. shout out 2 ma main man shaun 4 doin the research when others won't
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4 years
Would you like time with an editor, one on one, to get feedback on features ideas &pitching? I am thinking about doing this on Fridays &want to gauge how much appetite there is. I would especially like to reach poc, working class and lgbtq+ Americans. Plz comment +share, ty!
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5 years
When I conducted the interviews for this piece, I had to hold back tears. I wanted to say thank you to @DrJenGunter and the women involved, for giving such candid interviews about such a harrowing practice
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4 years
If you wanna get into journalism and don't know how, apply for the Guardian's Scott Trust bursary today! We'll pay for ur journalism masters, give u a stipend + hopefully a route into the Guardian. I did it and LOOK AT ME NOW. Happy to help, too!
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@mupps00 yes iv jus been DMed it! most jokes part is the random assumption that my parents wudda been able to afford those prices; theyve never owned
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2 years
I wrote this profile of @LeahNTorres an abortion doctor in Alabama whose license the state took away for 7 months. After $115,000 in legal fees, the state said 'whoops' & gave it back. The damage to her life, and to the clinic, continues to reverberate
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7 years
@Sargon_of_Akkad hey Sargon. I want to interview you. Fancy following me back?
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6 years
Imogen Taylor, 15, is striking because she has no faith in the government “We’re fulfilling the role of the government right now. We’re acting like adults and they’re acting like children. The only way we can make our futures brighter is by standing together.
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1 year
Today we released interviews with women of color denied abortion care, putting into context some of the unique challenges they faced; a story I was really honored to be able to work on
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6 years
Lewisham councillor says youth strikers are inspiring councillors to do better: “They are cutting through the noise. Theyre saying its not enough just to declare a climate emergency we wanna know what you’re gonna do about it.”
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Hello, I am looking for writers who write beautiful narrative about race, manhood and growing up. Pls send me suggestions/clippings if you're putting yourself forward. Needs to be available quickly. Thanks!
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2 years
Just sayin 🤷🏾‍♀️
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3 years
This piece by anthropologist @anandspandian on trying to understand an anti-masker is one of our deepest read, most popular pieces on the site today. It's full of twists and turns, a stunning read. Such a good commission to work on
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3 years
I was thinking about @DawnHFoster just this week. She got me my first editing job on our housing desk. She never knew me, but she knew I was a working class journo who'd been homeless & thought ppl like me should set the agenda. She was a good, principled person. Our loss is huge
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We are immensely saddened to announce our dear friend Dawn Foster ( @DawnHFoster ) died suddenly at home this week, related to her long-term illness. I am deeply thankful for the time we had with her. She lit up our lives.
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@trumad @Sargon_of_Akkad i did grow up in a council house.
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And I poured my heart and soul into this essay for @GuardianJessica on what it’s been like to report on abortion bans while pregnant - the rage, empathy, horror and total awe for the people that I’ve worked with that I’ve felt
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4 years
Hello, I am looking to commission US-based journalists who have a deep knowledge of the black lives matter movement. Please share widely and say hello - here or via my email is fine :). Clippings much appreciated.
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6 years
So haps to be featured on @guardian Today in Focus podcast today, presented by @GuardianAnushka who is pretty much my hero. I still have huge imposter syndrome as a journo, so to speak on such a well-produced, exciting programme is pretty much as good as it gets 👌🏿
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@guardianopinion I love human interest pieces, and welcome pitches from students, doctors, mothers, teachers, people on benefits, people who work in local councils, and so many more. First time writers OK.
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Pitches to poppy.noor @theguardian .com . I will TRY to respond to all of your emails but please bear in mind it will be a busy period and might not always be possible. Thanks!
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4 years
I have been sick, and so I am late to this, but yesterday Jacqui Germain wrote a beautiful profile of @MaureeTurnerOK for us. Turner is certainly on my list of ones to watch this year. You can read it here:
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6 years
Late post, but my final report on Annabella Landsberg inquest is up, confirming shocking state failures which contributed to her death. Pls read & share - the deaths of vulnerable people, particularly black women, aren’t spoken about enough. #sayhername
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7 years
Catch me on @Channel4News tonight talking about new #socialmobility report
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5 years
“The impact of dehumanisation is emotional: conjuring up feelings of revulsion, fear, anger, hatred. That make you want to clutch your children when you walk past; or cause you to fear homeless people “flooding in” to an area – as if they were contagious”
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6 years
When I cancelled my subscription, I mentioned this story. Was told no one has ever left citing islamaphobic content as the reason. If ure thinking of doing so too, say why. Another, albeit less powerful way to hold papers to account. gr8 wrk @DawnHFoster
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3 years
What a JOY it was to read Yasmin Khan’s new book and get to speak to her about it. I wish I could have fit all her answers about open borders in here, but alas, we needed some space to share the recipes with you, too. @yasmin_khan
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2 years
Minimum wage is almost $4 lower per hour in abortion restrictive states. Incarceration 1.5x higher and less access to Medicaid, @EconomicPolicy finds. They call it a“sustained project of economic subjugation and disempowerment”
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6 years
Cultural appropriation has always existed. From that time Ed Sheeran convinced a bunch of grime artists to make an album with him, only to walk away crowned the most important act in black and urban music by 1Xtra 👀 ...Why did it matter for Radar Radio?
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2 years
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2 years
I shared these images on TikTok and people are losing their minds insisting that it's a lie - it's wild how indoctrinated people are about abortion
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Are you a young / prospective journalist? This scheme changed my life! It will pay for your postgrad in journalism and give you a crazy, hands on experience across the WHOLE newsroom at the @guardian . Apply! Apply! Apply!
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11 years
You can see the film I made for @c4news on u25 benefit cuts here http://t.co/hITlqBPovx
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2 years
The piece I wanted to write forever! What does it mean when we call certain foods "bougie" (and how does it feel to hear that when you're working class?).
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2 years
The piece I wanted to read forever: how class, taste and food intersect, by @PoppyNoor .
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4 years
This piece by @wilfredchan about his visit to Donald Trump State park in NY - which no one knows about because it's not *really* a park - is a fucking hilarious, surprising, and ultimately revealing piece. SEND ME MORE LIKE THIS PLZ
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11 years
Thanks to everyone who watched me on @c4news highlighting the issue of u25 benefit cuts, please sign petition here http://t.co/iHO8MEH3FF
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6 years
Students and young people striking today have brought oxford street to a complete standstill in a protest that links convenience culture and fast fashion in the west to poverty and destruction in the global south
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6 years
Racist twitter telling me not to breed on my TL today cos I suggested hiring the best people for jobs, instead of just the white people. Do I tell them I have a white boyfriend? 🙈🙈🙈
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4 years
Friends, I would like to share some very important NEWS with you. Today I got the word begfriend to appear in a Guardian standfirst. My work here is done
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6 years
Hello all, my column is out today at 4pm and surrounds whether you can fuck around women in your sex life, but still be a feminist 😵. PLEASE READ & SEND ME MORE Qs LIKE THIS. So interesting when ppl want to know how their personal actions / broader societal structures interact x
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4 years
And not just young people - this would be for anyone, at any stage in their career, who thinks they could benefit from some tailored advice on features story development, writing and pitching.
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11 years
If you missed my @c4news piece about benefit cuts and how they'd have affected me, this is what I was saying http://t.co/J2va93Y1eD #c4news
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4 years
My mum (muslim) has been making lots of dua (prayers) since the pandemic. Its appreciated, but also she is spamming the family whatsapp group like 5 times a day (sometimes more, greedy cow) with the same dua msg which is very uninteresting ("made dua for you").
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WOMEN! I'd love to hear from you on what the pandemic / shutdown has taught you about your appearance. DMs open, or please email me at: poppy.noor @theguardian .com
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11 years
Thanks for lovely msgs re @c4news interview, Nigel Mills - Tory MP I debated with - told me off air he personally didn't support cuts either
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7 years
Just got off the phone to a prominent centre-right newspaper to cancel my subscription over anti-Islamic coverage. Sales rep had the gall to tell me that news is based on facts so can’t be anti-Islamic 😳🙄🧐
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5 years
Hello. I am looking to get some of your weirdest and wildest corona dreams illustrated. Please DM or email me: poppy.noor @theguardian .com for submissions!
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6 years
any fun young tories out there? i want to come and party with you. hmu x
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2 years
I’m looking to write more doctor diaries. Are you an ob-gyn/primary care/fetal medicine specialist/some other doctor providing abortion care in a banned / heavily restricted state? Contactme:poppy.noor @theguardian .com (&pls share @LeahNTorres @carafem )
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1 year
🧵: Roe v Wade was overturned this time last yr & we’ve worked on some incredible coverage @guardian . This piece by Lauren Miller, brought to us by @ReproRights - an edited version of her diary before & after finding out she needed an abortion is just 🤯
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6 years
Shocking - housing approved in an area where illegal levels of air pollution are so bad that residents will be advised to keep their windows closed. Original story by @GarethSimkins in @TheENDSReport
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7 years
Homelessness has soared. What a pity our empathy hasn’t. Something wot I wrote —>
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6 years
“Calling people gammons invokes the image of an emotionally charged Brexit-voting contingent, who don’t think with their heads. They are the pigs, we are the people. The people who deserve a people’s vote." Me on why calling people Gammon ain't woke 😬
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“When we’re talking about how to keep kids safer, we always have to ask: which kids? If it’s always black and brown kids who feel less safe, those solutions are not appropriate for our society.”👀 spoke 2 some gr8 ppl in Utah where teachers carry guns—>
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7 years
i also used to live in the london borough of camden cos it's well posh like me LOL JK COS THERE ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE IN RICH PLACES TOO
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6 years
SO many heartfelt emails just like these, from parents and students in the north of England, telling me that they are not naughty students, they just felt compelled to act #ClimateStrike
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At inquest of Annabella Landsberg today coroner asks: “she is lying on the floor with no pillow or mattress, For 20 hours at this point. She is mumbling. From a human point of view, did you crouch down to say what’s going on annabella, are you ok?” Officer: not that I recall
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6 years
Bea Dean 14, I’m striking because 325,000 deaths a year have been estimated through famine fire and flood”
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2 years
I was so honored to be told these stories, by doctors who built their lives around providing outstanding abortion care. Being a doctor in America right now is tough.
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6 years
This interview with @KieseLaymon has to be one of the most interesting conversations I’ve ever had. I stayed awake thinking about it all night afterwards! Read here and grab his book heavy if you haven’t already
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Molly Pugh, 14 is striking because she wants to be alive to see her twenties: “It’s been estimated that there’s 12 years left until complete disaster. We’d be in our early twenties - That’s some adults best years of our lives and we might not get to have that.”
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don't call me poopy then expect me to meet u. typo shmypo
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4 years
This wonderful piece by @rhiannonlucyc is, on the surface, about getting a cat - but in reality, it's about coming to terms with millennial precariousness and finding silver linings in the pandemic <3
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aparently i dnt sound working class which is proly cos im nt actualy wrking class cos i used 2do hmework when i was young LOLJKonlysometimes
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6 years
Lots of students saying they’ve been threatened with everything from unauthorised absence to suspensions today, they think their future is worth the risk
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"Precarious, poorly paid work paired with its toxic twin, insecure expensive housing, is putting people on the streets. Not to mention ur policies: right-to-buy,the benefit cap, the hostile environment, austerity.Theres more, but I dont have space."
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4 years
Just in case any of you were wondering what the contents of the designated dua whatsapp look like
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7 years
"If anything, austerity's been a victim of its own success", he said
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@Sargon_of_Akkad aka.housed by the council.aka council housing.just like i was... for the rest of my life too.ANYTHING ELSE JUST ASK loveuxo
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4 years
Anyone looking to steal five minutes away from the doom & gloom today should read @jhedelstein 's wonderful personal essay; on the joy of having more time with her son during the pandemic. The first of many to come in a new series of ours
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4 years
Fucking great piece. Laughed out loud to the end @thedalstonyears
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1 year
Apply for the Scott trust bursary! It’s pretty gr8. Free masters and a salaried placement at the Guardian, with mentorship from some of our best journalists. (I was lucky enough to have @garyyounge and @nickhopkinsnews as my mentors on the scheme 🥰)
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Joseph Harker
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What do journalists @PippaCrerar @garyyounge @SamiraAhmedUK @PoppyNoor @taniabranigan @estheraddley have in common?* Apart from being brilliant, they all got their start through the Guardian's Scott Trust bursary. Applications for this year now open!
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@Sargon_of_Akkad 1. doing homework doesn't make u middle class
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6 years
“There will always be more lucrative uses of land. It’s hard to imagine a space that wouldn’t be more lucrative as a flat” : My new community column on how to fight the takeover of community spaces
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Agnes Friej , 8, says “The Lorax speaks for the trees because they don’t have mouths. Right now I think the trees would’ve saying, stop this climate crisis”
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I love @theashleyray on embracing time away from her multiple lovers in quarantine. & Its funny: "I spent most of school quoting Simone de Beauvoir when friends asked for relationship advice. Turns out being pretentious is a dangerous gateway to polyamory"
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8 years
Shout out 2 ma homeys in the struggle love u all xo
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4 years
I sorely wanted to say 'pics or it didnt happen' for this commission, but I'm sure that breaks some workplace rules. STILL, @AmmarKalia2 on getting buff during quarantine - having spent his life seeing his body as a funnel for beer and cigs is great
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3 years
@wudanyan @guardian Can I just add that Hanako Fujii, who organizes these payments, is the fricking best and we owe big thanks to her
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6 years
Me on all my ex boyfys and what I learnt from them 🤫😘love yewz xx
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This is an amazing fellowship, with great mentors, community and resources. If you want help progressing with your writing - whether that means improving your form; learning about agents and bookdeals; or understanding how to pitch major publications - you should apply!
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Periplus
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At Periplus, we mentor not just creative writers of color but journalists, critics & culture writers too — especially those who would like to pursue longform writing — and we want more applications from writers who fit that description! Deadline 10/24. Free, no references needed.
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Such a beautiful new section, with a particularly great new column on beauty. It may have convinced me not to get Botox (though i kind of want to). Well done to @GuardianJessica and @waouwwaouw 🥳
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today we launch @guardianUS 's new lifestyle + wellness section. talked about our plans and mission (and my dog) in an editor's letter:
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Students have come prepped with consent letters from their parents and notes on their key points. Yasmin Dockett, 15 is striking because there is strength in numbers: “I’m striking because I want change. If we can come together and have a voice, I know we can make a difference”
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Looking to speak to women who have lost, or are at risk of losing, their high-street jobs. House of Fraser / Poundworld/ M&S etc. Please distribute widely and ask anyone you know to get in touch poppy.noor.freelance @guardian .co.uk
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4 years
A guy in my office once tried to tell all of the women on the desk how periods work, cos, you know, he’d had a girlfriend who had a period at one point. I think about it all the time.
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8 years
Also gr8 to see that you can all be frowned down upon whilst reading my articles from now on... without me even having to be there! 💅🏾
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2 years
Not Charlie brinkhurst cuff doing it again!! A great read by a great writer an editor. Dig in! X
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6 years
Did u disagree with urself when u did the same for the same reasons tho?
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Sad that three talented Tory MPs have left the party… I respect their decision, but disagree with them.
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Talking on @BBCNewsnight tonight talking about social mob coms findings on class. Watch me safe 👊🏾
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