for my internet diary, i wrote about the racism against the england squad and the hypocrisy of some of the people who support the team one day, and the next, well... open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

new essay from me on my internet diary around taylor swift's wedding and brand and her stans: read and subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

The latest one is how he had a baby and how he will neglect his children to campaign as a comedy character. Guys?! He doesn’t campaign? He literally turns up on the night. Just trying thinking about it for more than two seconds. Do you think he goes door knocking with his head in a bin?

Friday musings on Taste™, David Hume and tech bros for my substack, enjoy and subscribe :) open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

Afroman: “I was gonna pay child support” until marijuana ingestion

this week, reflecting on how much i hate grok, how unfunny elon is and why the men behind the tech are problem: open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

For 1883 Magazine, I wrote my first cover interviewing Perrie Edwards! Photography Rebecka Slatter Location @indragallery_london 1883magazine.com/perrie-edwar...

For 1883 Magazine, I wrote my first cover interviewing Perrie Edwards! Photography Rebecka Slatter Location @indragallery_london 1883magazine.com/perrie-edwar...

I should spend more time here, but the chaos demon in me loves the other site because I wouldn't know about club chalamet getting jumped on here

Jeffrey Donaldson was a dangerous predator. Where is Belfast’s anger now? The former DUP leader has been found guilty of 18 counts of child sexual abuse, reports Róisín Lanigan. Unlike weeks ago, however, no rioters have protested against crimes committed in plain sight https://bit.ly/3SZQzVl

Men! For a potential article, I'd like to know if you: a) use A.I. b) how does that affect your relationships? is it an ick to you? to your partner? DM or email me - [email protected]

As Lewis Hamilton, Arsenal and the Knicks have now won, I would also like a win and people should commission me or hire me. I'm available for op-eds, features, editorial assistance work, social media work etc. michaelamakusha.co.uk

ah, my annual reminder that I ended up getting carried away and writing a whole essay that was off-topic at my philosphy baccalaureat, earning me a somewhat painful grade of 6/20

musings on political commentary right now for my substack - open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

Happy Monday! I'm a freelance culture and politics journalist and columnist with words in The Guardian, The Observer, Glamour UK, British Vogue, Teen Vogue and more - commission me, hire me: michaelamkusha.co.uk

‘We need to be able to recognise ourselves when we look in the mirror and either be OK or not OK with the person we see’: James McAvoy on fun, fame and directing his first film, the musical biopic California Schemin' Q&A by Hanna Flint www.thenerve.news/p/james-mcav...

This week in my internet diary, I wrote about being surprised about how much I liked it and being picky about romance media. open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

“I think we are in the process of lifting the veil.. it is indeed time that the Pope takes a position on this.” The Nerve’s luciaoc.bsky.social spoke to Gisèle Pelicot - a global icon who has been instrumental in empowering women sexual abuse survivors. Full interview on our YouTube channel. Link ⤵️

my new favourite hobby is scrolling through houses on ingio and thinking I could ever buy one

This week on my internet diary, i would like the world to be normal about Naomi Osaka and all black women, please and thank you:https://open.substack.com/pub/michaelamakusha/p/will-the-world-ever-be-normal-about

Some meandering thoughts on being underwhelmed, how hype affects books and tv, Off Campus and me being judgy: open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

It's a Starmershambles... Nerve political commentator @sangitamyska.bsky.social: Starmer's make-or-break speech yesterday was a perfect microcosm of how he has gone wrong as PM - but he can't go yet if we are to avoid smoothing Nigel Farage’s path to No 10 www.thenerve.news/p/sangita-my...

Who actually wants Wes Streeting as PM???

Rave, repent, repeat: Rosalía live at the O2, London ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Spanish star’s multifaith, multilingual live spectacular – featuring saints, sinners, an orchestra, and an incense-burner overhead – would make anyone a believer, writes @katehutchinson.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/review-of-...

New from me on why I'm not having children and why men want babies the way children ask for puppies: open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

genuinely think this has to include a lot of stuff seen as "girly" or whatever - eg horoscopes can be fun but astrology isn't real, it's not misogynistic or queerphobic to point that out (!!!)

There is something so cringe about doing self promo but it's a big part of being a freelance journalist and much like Carrie, mother of freelance girls, I am available for columns, shifts and more. Here is my portfolio - michaelamakusha.co.uk and email me at [email protected]

The Afghan women's team have won a five-year battle for FIFA recognition after the Taliban forced them to flee. I profiled their unprecedented success in becoming the first team to represent their country from exile in last weekend's @theobserveruk.bsky.social. observer.co.uk/news/sport/a...

new by me on the romcom journo girls we all love and wanted to be and why that dream feels like its dying: open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

new by me on the romcom journo girls we all love and wanted to be and why that dream feels like its dying: open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

it's my birthday on wednesday and I am feeling all sorts of anxiety and wondering if I'm actually good at my job, at being in my twenties, at life. idk maybe I just need someone to put me in a cottage for a month.

There is something so cringe about doing self promo but it's a big part of being a freelance journalist and much like Carrie, mother of freelance girls, I am available for columns, shifts and more. Here is my portfolio - michaelamakusha.co.uk and email me at [email protected]

commission me - [email protected]

Jonathan Keir Harker Starmer 🤝 Not having enough questions about their good friend, the Prince of Darkness

The 6 Music DJ and writer Zakia Sewell, whose new book explores her mixed-race heritage and the ancient myth of ‘Albion’, tells @michaelamakusha.bsky.social everyone has a stake in a complex, nuanced country www.thenerve.news/p/zakia-sewe...

Spoke with the amazing Zakia Sewell @zakiasewell.bsky.social about her brilliant book Finding Albion, folk culture, festivals and more for The Nerve @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/zakia-sewe...

obligatory freelance journalists post in that my email is [email protected] and you can commission me of opinion pieces, features and profiles.

thoughts on famesick, lena dunham and why I couldn't be famous right now from a gen z girlie 💓 have a read open.substack.com/pub/michaela...

The Music is Black: A British Story @ V&A East ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ An ambitious exhibition launching the V&A’s new outpost shies away from the hardest parts of the social history behind the tunes, but tells its story with verve, writes music critic @damienmorris.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/review-the...

Spoke with the amazing Zakia Sewell @zakiasewell.bsky.social about her brilliant book Finding Albion, folk culture, festivals and more for The Nerve @thenerve.news www.thenerve.news/p/zakia-sewe...

okay but as a freelancer, I was paid the same day and I was shocked. the editor can ask me to do anything at two o'clock in the morning.

It's my birthday month and I'm panicking about it. So commission me, take me on for freelance shifts as a writer or an editorial assistant. I also do research assistance work. Make sure I am working on my birthday. michaelamakusha.co.uk

also in my piece about the Hungarian election! this extremely "welcome to Budapest" vignette: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...

NEW Hungary’s new PM has described Viktor Orbán’s funding of propaganda bodies as criminal and vowed to investigate. Bad news for ultraconservatives in the UK! Alice McCool's deep dive into Orban, his propaganda college MCC – and its links to the British right ⏬ www.thenerve.news/p/viktor-orb...

It's my birthday month and I'm panicking about it as on the 29th, I shall be a year older. With that in mind, commission me, take me on for freelance shifts as a writer or an editorial assistant. I also do research assistance work. Make sure I am working on my birthday. michaelamakusha.co.uk

sick of these catholic converts showing up and saying "well I have a different interpretation of the scripture" no you don't. that's protestantism and a heresy. don't like it there's the (incredibly beautiful and heavily ornamented with precious metals) door

Quick morning shout out to all the other freelancers who didn't even know it was the bank holiday, the whole concept having become utterly irrelevant to their lived experience.