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Part 2: Generational Rebellion: How Subcultures are Born
This is the third in a five-part series I’m writing about how subcultures are built. Read the rest here. This week, we dive into the socio and cultural conditions required for a subculture to be born. From September, Niamh Donoghue and I are hosting The Worldbuilder Show on The
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Part 1. Advice to Gen-Alpha: How creating a club night will teach you everything you need to know about life, art and business.
This is the first in a five-part series I’m writing about how subcultures are built. Read the rest here. As I continue to build my brand I realise that a huge part of it comes from my lived experience in subcultures — the pirate stations, the club nights, the tiny
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What I Mean When I Talk About Women’s Issues
The Trumpian roll back of DEI will not eradicate the centuries of work for the rights of women. he will come and go and yet our work will remain. And yet, even with the knowledge that everything is temporary, I’m still alarmed at the way that gender equity has
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How To Host The Ultimate Dinner Party
Over the last 15 years, I’ve hosted thousands of women from parties of two to galas of two hundred. Here’s everything I know about how to make a banging dinner party!
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12 Things I Noticed About Race, Religion, Class and Capitalism in Sinners
A real masterwork. How many did you spot? SPOILERS BELOW!
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When We Call On Our Ancestors
I’m a sucker for a particular scene in a movie when a woman needs to call on her ancestors to banish the past, to rebirth herself or to simply honour her culture. There’s a format. They return to a specific space, or object. They chant in a rising
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Decolonise Your Vagina
Twenty years ago, in my first cultural studies lecture at university, the professor had a diagram on the whiteboard showing an Eisenhower Matrix of race and gender. If you were white, you got a +; if you were male, you got a +; if you were Black, you got a -; if
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The Ultimate Boutique Hotel List for a 48-Hour Leadership Away Day
Sometimes, the best ideas come when you step away from your usual routine and into a space designed for clarity, creativity, and deep thinking. Whether you're a founder, a solopreneur, or leading a growing team, a leadership away day is the perfect way to pause, reflect, and plan
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Beauty Brand Breakdowns, Roti King, Dream Bathtubs, Brown Suede Big Bags, Jasmine Candles, Jacquemus Mules, Sexy Songs
I am writing this from a hospital waiting room where I am getting an X-Ray on a sprained ankle. Was this the universe telling me to keep my likkle self still? I just got back from Egypt (Travel Guide incoming) and Malta, which is where I slipped on some wet
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Love, Sex, Power, Pleasure
I have just completed six months of deep research into the life of Cleopatra VII and upon reading the final sentence of the Michael Grant biography, my final thought was: wow, my girl Patty really threw it all away for the D, huh? Even within the story of one of
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The Life of Cleopatra VII
Cleopatra VII has long been a figure of fascination, but it was reading Michael Grant's Cleopatra that truly reshaped my understanding of her. Far from the Hollywood seductress, Grant reveals a queen of contrasts: a shrewd political operator and a brilliant strategist who balanced Greek sophistication with Egyptian