my amazing friend katie tobin has written this excellent analysis of wuthering heights for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social tribunemag.co.uk/2026/02/wuth...

do you know what would help!!!!!!!! living in a society that lets people experiment with their gender without treating it like the most important thing in the world!!!!!!! letting people get it right or wrong without politicising their decisions!!!!!!! just being chilled about gender!!!!!! aaahhhhhh

"It is of course dystopian and creepy..." The smart doorbell company Ring’s new tech – displayed in a heartwarming family tale of finding a lost pet – was swiftly called out as a chilling demonstration of digital surveillance, writes @michaelamakusha.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/superbowl-...

For EE72, I wrote about representation of black women on screen, even when it's messy as hell and why mess is culturally necessary: ee72.com/what-do-we-w...

An exciting feature today from me in British Glamour - celebrating BrownGirlSport and their fantastic ambassadorship to encourage more South Asian women in sport in the UK. Have a read about these amazing women and the great work Brown Girl Sport does! www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/sout...

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

With the tragic shootings in Minnesota, I can't help but think that people really missed the point of defunding the police and the BLM protests in 2020 and before that. Because law enforcement killing people is not new.

At the end of the day, the Black Lives Matter era was about whether people should be killed in the street, and lots of people decided yeah and put those little blue flags on their cars. It spread to everyone because it stopped for no one.

Fascinated to know where the ‘no it’s not Fascism’ crowd stand after the last two weeks, with the kidnap of Liam Ramos, the murder of Renee Good and now Alex Pretti, a 37 yr old ICU nurse who worked with veterans. He was shot nine times while helping a woman who had been pepper sprayed. Nine.

okay all I needed was a long lie in and seeing arsenal women's win.

january anxiety really hits differently because all of a sudden I can't sleep so I'm spiralling at three am about unpaid invoices and wondering if people will like me and if I've peaked and this is how good it will get for my career

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/22/n... In a Harlem Church, a Free Three-Course Dinner, No Questions Asked

Heated Rivalry ⛸️🔥 The steamy gay ice hockey drama has become a global sensation – in part because chronically online people like me have been watching edits and memes about it for months, writes @michaelamakusha.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/heated-riv...

"From Bold Politics to bold media..." @zackpolanski.bsky.social's verdict on the Nerve 🔥 Big thanks to Zack for having our co-founder @carolecadwalla.bsky.social on his @boldpolitics.bsky.social pod. It's a great listen, covering Big Tech, Reform and Russia, Trump and more 🔗 to full show ⏬

In my debut for British Vogue (!!).I spoke with Whitney White and the cast and crew at the rehearsals for the upcoming play All is But Fantasy: www.vogue.co.uk/article/all-...

In my debut for British Vogue (!!).I spoke with Whitney White and the cast and crew at the rehearsals for the upcoming play All is But Fantasy: www.vogue.co.uk/article/all-...

I would love it if Robert Jenrick found himself without a party, I realise it's 2026 and good things keep happening to bad people but I would love it if he'd just fucked it

Again, a party that doesn't want to be a new Tory party, they sure have a lot of Tories.

LOL

WASHINGTON (AP) — Claudette Colvin, whose refusal to move seats on a segregated bus helped spark the civil rights movement, dies at 86.

I'm rarely on here because interaction is low and I like chaos so I reactivated my old tumblr (which im never sharing)

Am I anxious about the mainstreaming of white nationalism and esotericism? Yep, definitely. Do I feel like I'm a good writer or journalist? Not at the moment. Will Tom and Jerry fix this? Yep.

I'm having my end of year existential crisis and really have some dark thoughts about myself, my career, the world so I sort of just started watching Tom and Jerry.

Wrote about #HeatedRivarly and the joys of how online fandom put you on international gems for @thenerve.news Skate secrets: how I fell in love with the hit drama Heated Rivalry before I ever saw it on TV: www.thenerve.news/p/heated-riv...

I'm looking for freelance and part-time opportunities! I have four years experience as a freelance journalist, writing for both print and digital publications. I cover culture and politics, particularly concerning young people, gender and identity - my portfolio is linked michaelamakusha.co.uk

“That’s so stupid” that she was killed, Renee Good's mom told a reporter. “She was probably terrified.” When people we love die it feels senseless, impossible. So wrong and plain stupid that it could happen. And so, so much more so in this case. www.startribune.com/she-was-an-a...

I'm available for freelance work news shifts, staff writing positions, as well as newsletter writing opportunities. I cover culture and politics, particularly concerning young people, gender and identity. I'm also a big books nerd. Hire me! michaelamakusha.co.uk

"I want her to live. I really want her to live. And I know she wants to live." 🔗 John Simpson reports on 20-year-old Qesser Zuhrah, now into her 50th day of hunger strike https://bit.ly/4qpRrhM

Can't yap about Heated Rivalry until Friday but omg this season!!

I was watching the John Smyth doc on @channel4tv.bsky.social - brilliant journalism by the team. but it was mad seeing David Coltart - my mum used to work with this lawyer back in the day. great to see him continuing to fight injustice.

published twenty-six articles this year omg

in fun news, one year since I wrote my first article for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social on an ever relevant topic - political polarisation between men and women. www.thenewworld.co.uk/why-young-me...

I'm having my end of year existential crisis and really have some dark thoughts about myself, my career, the world so I sort of just started watching Tom and Jerry.

can't say what I think about this as it would get me banned from this website permanently

anyway, leaving you with the news that Bonnie Blue has come out for Reform, unclear if before/after getting arrested in Bali (if you don't know who Bonnie Blue is i do not recommend googling) www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Re Farage: Racism and racist jokes were normal but that doesn't make them right or something that marginalised people were okay with. The way I feel about racism is how my grandfather felt about it in the 70s , how my mother felt about it in the 90s.

god I hope Olivia Nuzzi never gets paid even one more cent by a single publication for the rest of her life

don't really care how this makes me sound at this point, but the free open internet was a mistake and a lot of people out there were clearly never going to be able to handle it

This is so so so much worse than you think it is going to be - absolutely phenomenal reporting by Sirin Kale & Lucy Osborne www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

The work diary is a little empty and I am wanting to do some work in November and December - I write about politics, youth politics, social media and gender. I am also available as a researcher in those areas. Check out my work 👇🏾 michaelamakusha.co.uk

Mercury is in retrograde and so it explains so much.

The attacks on my friend @meghamohan.bsky.social are awful. This is a journalist who has dedicated her career to telling ignored and forgotten stories about women in the global south - from lesbians in Burundi and Chile, to girls fighting child marriage in Malawi & teens in prison in Palestine.

Please stop dating niggas that “don’t believe in therapy” omg

The death of Teen Vogue's political coverage is devastating for many reasons but mainly for journalism that is engaging Gen Z with accurate and informative and fun journalism that actually speaks to us rather than speaks down to us.

!! someone needs to commission my essay on how reading became a performance for a lot of women and booktok is an extension of this, pushing books that look interesting, but largely based on tropes.

I don't know how I feel knowing Wattpad has shaped mainstream romantic fiction in the last five years.

I'm this month's guest writer in The Logging Club newsletter, discussing the yearning I have for the children to be able to log into child-centric spaces online. So much fun working with @adelewalton.bsky.social - whose book you should read if you have not!! open.substack.com/pub/loggingo...

On my weekly Sunday 'should I do PhD panic'

Liberal Hollywood is naked and afraid Cheers may have greeted Stephen Colbert’s win but the awards show bore many reminders of the industry’s fragile state. https://bit.ly/48qsj4o