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music and culture writer, editor @wndrlstglobal , partnerships @spotifyuk , co-editor of #BlackJoy @penguinrandom ✨ views my own 🌈
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I’ve officially gotten the all clear 😭 your girl has finally beat the cancer allegations omg
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Doubt anyone cares about updates lol but my dad told my mum yesterday about my relationship so I'm officially out of the closet!
My name is Timi and I am a black queer woman in love with the most beautiful black woman ✨
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Today my parents didn't stop going on about how they spent £0 on my education yet I still managed to cop a degree from the University of Cambridge! Feeling very grateful (and also tired) ❤️
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just saw
@PantryPeckham
getting ready for their opening day on the way back home for the protest. They're a charity focused on providing food for low-income families. All you need to pay is £4.50 for £15 worth of food. Such an impressive initiative, wishing you guys success ✨
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My mum was talking to an aunty at church about one of her plants who wasn’t too doing well so the aunty told her to add coca-cola to the plant. My mum poured a few spoonfuls and the plant died the next day
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Being fashionably late ends now. I will be the first guest at the party, front of the queue at the rave, watching all of the adverts before the film, you name it I'm THERE EARLY
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I had my natural hair out for a week and the boys I took the train to school with ripped into me. I was feeling so insecure as a result so he made me dress up and we had a photoshoot in the garden. I hated the pics at the time but now they’re so cute and I looked so cute 🥹
Daddy’s girls: Tell us one of your best memories with your dad?
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Unpopular opinion but I really think that when it comes to film (specifically animation), it is best to pick actors who are unknown, because watching a lion speak with a voice as recognisable as Beyonce's for 2 hours is going to be loooong
#TheLionKing
"I Am Your King" TV Spot — featuring all-new footage of Nala and Scar. 🦁👑
In Theatres July 19. Pre-order the soundtrack:
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Btw telling someone you supposedly love "I think homosexuality is a sin but I love you regardless" isn't as nice as you think it is!
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I feel some atheists today critique religion as a way to mask their hidden racism... Like the belief that people around the world subscribe to religion because they're not intelligent enough to grasp the ways of Western secularism has just always pissed me off
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Some of the greatest Black Feminist authors include: Angela Davis, Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Patricia Hill Collins and me bitch
(The dissertation title is: Tracing attitudes towards beauty, hair and desirability amongst Black Female University Students)
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🎉 big news 🎉
I'm co-editing a book! This year I've been working alongside
@CharlieBCuff
,
@sarajafari
and the team at
@penguinrandom
to edit the non-fiction anthology
#BlackJoy
, due to come out in September. I've also written an essay for it! Cannot wait for it to come out✨
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tweeted this only in March and this week is the last I spend in my finance job. I'll be joining the Editorial team at Apple Music for the next 12 months starting in July
v exciting stuff xxx
I sincerely hope this is the start of me formally entering the music industry, it's always been a dream of mine to work in it. Manifesting manifesting! ✨
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Endless discourse is killing my people !! Sometimes shut up ❤️
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Not gonna lie I still can't believe this happened, but for
@galdemzine
I had the opportunity to speak to the legend that is
@jsullivanmusic
about her conceptual EP
#HeauxTales
. It was such a fruitful conversation, I hope you enjoy the write-up!
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Yes Cambridge!!!!! Continue to reproduce the notion that it is the responsibility of BAME people to dismantle racism, whilst simultaneously leaving the privileged position of a whites unchallenged 😍😍😍😍 great idea! Xxxx
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There are books all over the country with my name on the cover lol
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Being a black person who loves electronic music is actually very lonely lol I wanna find my tribe
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Yewande's statement is making me wanna go by oluwatimilehin
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The past few weeks have been absolutely shit but things rly seem to be turning around this week. I feel so free
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This could have been her Whitney moment but that yt man came and ruined it
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If you have the time to watch this video then you have the time to buy Black Joy!
Is Britain a racist country?
Author
@CharlieBCuff
says it's "unusual, if not impossible" to grow up in this country without being touched by racism.
#KayBurley
UF
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First time writing for the
@HuffPostUK
!
"As a black person, seeing on the news that you are four times more likely to die from Covid-19, whilst having family members who are essential workers, leaves you with a constant feeling of anxiety that haunts you on a daily basis."
Opinion: My family are risking their lives working for a country that doesn't want them,
@timshotaya
writes
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Won't stop tweeting about this because this my best friend's family is in a dire situation and needs secure housing.
Their mother died from cancer a few years back, and their dad's abuse has worsened since her death.
Please donate and share:
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🚨 AND HERE SHE IS 🚨
I'm so happy to be sharing the cover of
#BlackJoy
, out September 2nd!
@CharlieBCuff
has put so much effort into making this happen and I've had the pleasure of assisting them throughout!
Creds to Camilla Sucre for her beautiful illustration!
PRE-ORDER!
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uh yeah guys so
@breerunway
knows who i am. like she has seen my face????
i had a chat with her for
@NME
and spoke about how she's found lockdown, what it was like working with Amine, and why the UK music scene trash lol
have a readddd
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Ppl complaining about how unfair it is that someone as great as Yewande is being forced to choose someone out of this group of dusty boys now knows what dating in Cambridge is like! X
#LoveIsland
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People think he's saying this for clout but unfortunately a lot of black men genuinely think like this in real life. Although the stereotype is ultimately negative and has disgusting origins, because it benefits them in the sex/dating scene, they perpetuate it with full force
"You know what they say, once you go black you don't go back..." 🤣
Funniest show on YouTube right now starring
@MrDtAFC
,
@erinbudina
,
@SophieRoseUTC
🤣🤣🤣😂😂
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My surgery went really well and I’m back in my family home to recover ✨ next steps of my treatment will be decided in around 10 days. The tumour was the size of a plum lol I can’t believe that little thing had been inside me
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interviewed Masali Baduza, the star of Noughts + Crosses, and Koby Adom, one of the directors, for
@galdemzine
. Unlike most of the press interviews for the show, this piece isn't just saying "racism is bad :(", but takes a deeper look into racial dynamics in Albion, have a read
The cast of Noughts + Crosses on reimagining Africa as a coloniser
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My latest for
@galdemzine
, where I spoke to some wonderful black women (including my mum and auntie) about the personal and collective grief that our community has faced this year.
Big thanks to
@Samara_Linton
@ubeleinitiative
and
@mighty_write
❤️
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I was never really that interested in UK politics because I never felt seen, it just seemed like something so out of my depth and beyond my reach. The rise of Corbyn in the Labour Party was genuinely monumental in my life and personal development
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Sorry I know I've been talking about this bare but episode 4 of I May destroy you has been on my mind a lot today, thinking about those times where you know you've been sexually assaulted by a guy but they'll do the casual gaslighting like "wait... you didn't know?" (1/2)
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The way you're gonna be seeing black love upandan now that I'm free
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Prioritised my mental health following a crisis early in the year, got through months of head and neck scans, received my cancer diagnosis like a champ, underwent successful treatment, and remained a bad bitch throughout it all
EVERYONE INCLUDED; Please brag to me about a thing you did in 2023 that you’re proud of?
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Accidentally slipped at work and mentioned that I *wouldn't mind* the Labour party holding a majority and this guy on my team was like "you know if Corbyn is in power you'll probably lose your job right?" lol he was saying that as if that would be a bad thing????????
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Um HEY black electro fans!
I'm thinking of making a GC to share gigs we are going to so none of us feel alone again?
We can also support black producers and DJs bc doing sets to all-white crowds is shit!
Like this post and I'll make a gc for us and we will go from there ✨
Being a black person who loves electronic music is actually very lonely lol I wanna find my tribe
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There's another black girl on love island this year... I hope this time the show won't serve as a daily reminder that black are rly seen as gutter when it comes to desirability politics. Yewande girl be strong
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The fact that I write about music is acc funny looool. I went from managing a Tumblr account dedicated to Rita Ora and kissing my 1D poster every night to interviewing absolute trailblazers
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Witnessing the male thought process on
#loveisland
has shown me that men rly feel more comfortable gaslighting their partner and painting them as a villain in order to rationalise their own change of heart rather than just backing their actions
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Deliveroo driver greeted me with “someone’s excited!” when he delivered my food yesterday
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interviewed global superstar
@DUALIPA
about her partnership with
@PUMA
for
@Refinery29UK
! ✨
enjoyyyy
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Omg a sports brand just sent me new shoes and a top out of the blue????? I'm actually an influenza?
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In true Leo fashion, lemme show you the one thing that always sparks me joy: me looking cute!
Thoroughly enjoyed co-hosting the
#BlackJoy
launch event alongside my mentor, friend and colleague
@CharlieBCuff
.
Thank you to everyone who came!
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Worst thing is when you see a tweet/TikTok and you head to Google to fact check, but all you find is a list of articles which are simply summaries of the said social media phenomena you’re attempting to fact check. No critical thoughts, just vibes (and lots of misinformation)
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I've been shortlisted for an award! In one of the most popular categories apparently!
One of our most popular categories – New Freelance Writer of the Year – sponsored by
@FinmoTweet
. Timi Sotire (
@timshotaya
), Hugh Morris (
@hwfmorris
) Kimi Chaddah (
@KimiChaddah_
), Alice Kemp-Habib (
@Alice_Khabib
), Will Coldwell (
@will_coldwell
), Lucy Harley-McKeown (
@LHM1
).
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And it’s out! Watch me embarrass myself in front of some of the Black Panther stars for
@galdemzine
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever stars Letitia Wright, Lupita Nyong'o and Winston Duke talk Chadwick Boseman, grief and blossoming new relationships in the sequel 🙅🏿
Watch them in conversation with
@timshotaya
here
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Not me dreaming about the girl finally getting the gorilla glue out of her hair after wash 16
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And also I'm taking a break from writing for at least a month. This year has been INSANE so far and it's only April. I received life changing news last week and I want to revel in how great I am. I've also been working on a sick project this year that I can't wait to announce
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Gas and electric has gone up. Water bills have gone up. Landlord wants to increase rent by £325 a month. My FTC at Apple ends in July. Blood in my fucking eyes.
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Thank you all for dragging K*y B*rley so that I don’t have to! ❤️
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Working on a piece for
@galdemzine
. I'm looking to chat with a few essential workers who are WOC and have lost a loved one to covid-19, but despite this, have been forced to go back to work whilst they're still grieving. DMs are open
#journorequest
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Spoke to IAMDDB for a little thing, she's so cute and lovely so have a read xxx
IAMDDB's fantasy festival: 'Rihanna's got to be there – she's a buff ting!'
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Me for
@HuffPostUK
again! Talking about racism in the UK, why some ppl need to stop rushing to call themselves allies without doing anything meaningful, and some recommendations for ways to make a change now and in the future!
#BlackLivesMatter
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Don't celebrate Theresa May standing down just yet because I have a feeling her replacement will be even worse
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Wrote this in 2019, but now it seems even more pressing in the context of what the Met Police recently announced about adopting facial recognition technologies in their work. Be sure to have a read xx
If it is harder to differentiate between black female faces, this means that black women will be more prone to wrongful targeting from law enforcement
Artificial Intelligence Is As Racist As Its Creators
📝
@timshotaya
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I appreciate it when publications actually investigate things spreading on social media rather than relying on the shitty “here’s a trend on insta/tik-tok” way of writing that does almost no fact-checking
these stories spiral out of hand so fast on social media as people understandably panic, but this is a really helpful piece fact-checking the situation from
@sophiasgaler
(notably: why being spiked with a needle is unlikely to be a widespread phenomenon)
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Went to bed grieving and woke up grieving. It's an endless cycle of grief and trauma for our community. May his beautiful soul rest in peace
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Yeah I agree this is so wrong!!! They definitely need to extend the range of products that they offer because who is still using cantu?
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Mate attending KEGS was the worst 2 years of my life as a result of blatant misogynoir and the school did nothing to help, in many cases they supported it. I've kept all the receipts and will be back with a vengeance x
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I produced
@AppleMusic
's newest episode of
#BlackoutRadio
hosted by
@archives_nia
featuring
@DJFlight
,
@LoJamMusic
and
@iamsherelle
.
They discuss the MOBOs, festival line-ups, and Black sisterhood.
Listen here!
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Idek how to properly articulate my view but I've just heard so many atheists talk about religion in such a condescending (and sometimes angry way), believing that as atheists they're more enlightened others and therefore have the right to scream about how God doesn't exist
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Ok, I'm on the hunt for an agent. I know nothing about this world. Who would you recommend
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thousands of us across the country have had to avoid acting on impulse and have made huge sacrifices in the interest of the nation's health so yeah Boris and Cummings are dickheads
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I didn't say and idk why but I was asked to vote for the
#Brits
Rising Star Award this year which is very surreal bc who am I lol. I've already voted so don't send me your recommendations
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It's me!
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I had a dream that Beyoncé did another drop and she had a new VIP pissing package and I bought it and she pissed on me. They weren’t even gig tickets u literally paid her to piss on you
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Nah Gorillaz in the o2 was genuinely the perfect return to live concerts. They brought out Popcaan, Little Simz, De La Soul, Fatouma Diawara, Slaves, Alicai Harley etc.
12/10 show. Genuinely stunned. Audience was great, just perfect
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Happy happy happy bc I’m on my way to being cancer freeeeee ❤️
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This man is attending our meeting from the pub. It's never that deep
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Keir St*rmer has been Mr. Robot for his whole time as Labour leader, so the fact that THIS is where he is showing vim is truly scary. It's clear he needed no cue cards, spinning or anything, that all came from within. He can fuck off
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Finally got my marketing qualification so I will now be referred to as Timi Sotire BA ACIM thank u very much!
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I'm mentoring this black girl for her Cambridge application and she's smarter than me
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Political advertising has been so interesting to see this election! Labour showcasing reactive marketing at it's finest
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Reviewed Flo Milli’s debut for The Guardian! 🔥
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I think I'm going to do a masters abroad in 2021. I'm genuinely so passionate about learning about the politics of beauty and how it intersects with race and class, I would love to write a longer thesis on it
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I interviewed one of my favourite DJs
@okwilliams_
for
@galdemzine
and we had a really good chat about her career and the state of the industry atm, have a read below, esp if you're a house and techno fan!
'Dance music was created by us, but is ruled entirely by white people': meet rising DJ OK Williams
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And a lot of the time what follows is talking about people from around of the world (esp those who follow non-Western religions) as being passive agents to religious doctrine and incapable of having any independent thought (a stance obvs rooted in colonial ideology)
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Nahhhh episode 3 of I may destroy you??? Give Michaela Coel all the awards
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Ovie being curved by Anna reminds me that sometimes people don't wanna be with you, but it doesn't mean that you're not peng! Remember this my king and queens
#LoveIsland
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Ok so please don't judge but I have been feeling incredibly down thinking that I've done absolutely nothing in the past year whilst everyone else has been great, so I'm creating this thread to remind myself that I have nothing to worry about!
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Easter weekend 2020 was perhaps the worst few days of my life. But here I am approaching Easter 2021 and everything in my life is genuinely perfect right now. I'm feeling incredibly content and grateful to God
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