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Review: Bombshell

Just like its protagonists, Bombshell sacrifices radical change for mainstream accessibility. And just like Fox News, it is very white.

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The Exchange Rate of Outrage

You’re never going to get a racist on TV, own them, and change their minds. You’re never going to persuade people that racism is, in fact, bad by tweeting a solid burn. Save your outrage, it doesn’t work. Don’t tweet about them, don’t click articles about them, don’t watch videos where they’re spewing their bile, just ignore them.

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The Midnight Curse

For four years, the curse had endured and none knew where it had begun. Carolina swung her eyes back towards the town streets; very few people were outdoors and the dust swirled in low curls over the cobbles. Torches and lamps were snubbed out - the town had kept to a schedule of time, which included when to sleep, if only to maintain a routine.

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NikkieTutorials owes the world nothing

Not every trans person is, wants to be, or has to be a beacon of visibility or activism. Nikkie, just like most, just wants to live in the right identity, quietly and unremarked for it. Trans people don’t owe anybody anything; not explanations, not knowledge, nothing.

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Review: Little Women (2019)

Greta Gerwig’s Little Women is, above all, a love letter to sisterhood and girlhood. It is lovingly crafted and gorgeously shot, and carries all the genuine energy and fervour of a houseful of little women navigating a world which they individually realise does not hold space for them.

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My Ex, His Mother, His Truck, and Her Tree: On Holiday Mourning

I want to believe there's consolation in reminiscence, that mourning can be cleansing when it's set against green and red lights and holiday songs and a sense of impending renewal. But when time never moves forward for us, it can never be properly marked and peacefully released. Instead we are the ones marked. Holidays repeat endlessly.

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Politics Jake Bolton Politics Jake Bolton

The Stages of Election Grief

By the next election, the two main reasons people didn’t vote Labour will not exist. And the bad news: the billionaire owned media will continue to demonise the Left. So what can you do? Accepting the reality we live in doesn’t mean giving up. Here’s what you can do.

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Election Fever 2: Electric Boogaloo (A Guide for the Undecided)

For the third time in five years, the UK is having a general election. Again. We have more general elections than Marvel has female-lead superhero films. The rate of us having general elections is higher than the rate of Frank Ocean releasing albums. We have so many general elections, everyone in the UK has a chronic case of tinnitus.

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Boshemia Wrapped: 2019 Playlist

At the end of every year Spotify presents you with a playlist of your top 100 most listened to songs. Boshemia staff have taken their top 10 to combine and make a playlist that reflects our vibes across the year. We’ve ruminated on how our top tracks ended up so and shared our thoughts.

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