I am an avid features writer who is crazy about culture and scrutinising societal practices. As someone who is curious about how society operates, I'm most interested in discovering, exploring and producing insights into different phenomenon and global happenings.
I currently write for online publication Meeting of Minds UK and online magazine Yes Gurl for which I have been featured in their first print issue and first digital issue: Female Empowerment and Black Cases in White Spaces.
I have bylines in LAPP Magazine; Society19; Dear Movies zine; DiscoverSociety.org.
Projects
- The Curl Talk Project: Let’s Curl TalkIn April 2022, YES GURL attended The Curl Talk Project’s ‘Let’s Curl Talk’ where four businesswomen held a comprehensive discussion on hair and all the tangles that come with it. A delightfully insightful talk on all things kinky, curly and self-care. The panellists included host, Samantha Newell (co-founder of YARD AND PARISH), Johanna Yaovi (founder of The Curl Talk Project.), Zainab Kwaw-Swanzy (author and model), and Gina Atinuke Knight (influencer and founder of Gina Knight Wig Design). Thi
- World Leaders Must Acknowledge the Problematic Historical Roots of Climate-induced MigrationCountries in the Global North overwhelmingly produce most of the world’s carbon emissions, yet nations of the Global South suffer the most social and economic devastation from environmental disasters. Read here: https://meetingofmindsuk.uk/realreads/world-leaders-must-acknowledge-the-problematic-historical-roots-of-climate-induced-migration/
- How Artificial Intelligence Exacerbates the Systematic Biases of the Real WorldArtificial Intelligence uses a multitude of tools, including algorithms and statistical analysis, to aid in clinical decision making and to pick up things that humans may miss. Modern AI is still fairly new, but it is fast becoming one of the biggest markets in the world, expected to gross £360 billion by 2024. However, while strong investment is backing these machines, machine learning systems still present obstacles, including bias, gender, ethnic and physical discrimination. Read here: https
- Displaying the Dead is Disturbing Cultural IntegrityConsiderations for use of the dead often ignore and overrule the sentiments of the marginalised peoples who hold biological or relational claims to these corpses. Read here: https://meetingofmindsuk.uk/realreads/displaying-the-dead-is-disturbing-cultural-identity/
- PUMA x SEDUCTION CITY: #SheMovesUs CampaignYes Gurl was invited to attend Puma's campaign event #SheMovesUs in line with their newly released Suede Mayu trainers. Puma’s #SheMovesUs campaign centres on empowering women by connecting them through culture, lifestyle, sport and values. The night was all about bringing together and inspiring women to strive for success and move with confidence and style. The occasion coincided with their newly released kicks, the Suede Mayu now available to purchase. Read here: https://yesgurl.co.uk/puma-x
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Work history
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CopywriterChartered Institute for Securities & Investment
London, United KingdomFull Time
Producing written content including features, profiles, event promotions and coverage, and assisting with editing for in-house members' magazine, The Review
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Staff WriterMeeting of Minds UK
United KingdomFreelance
Produce commissioned work monthly.
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Skills
- Editing
- Research
- Academic Writing
- Lifestyle
- Blog Articles
- Time Management
- Critical Writing
- Customer Service
- SEO Analysis
- Literary Criticism
- Article Writing
- Adobe Photoshop
Education
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World LiteratureUniversity of Kent
- Canterbury, United Kingdom
First Class Honours
Over the course of my university degree I have developed a number of useful skills including strong written, analytical and presentational skills; effective arguing abilities; and developed communication skills.
I am most proud of producing my final-year dissertation titled: 'The Power In Language: Identity Through Expression In Selected Caribbean Short Fiction' for which I achieved a first class grade. Here, I interrogate identity in the cultivation of expression through a comparative analysis of the use of language in literature in the Anglophone, Francophone and Hispanophone regions of the Caribbean.
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International BaccalaureateCity and Islington Sixth Form College
- London, United Kingdom
English HL; Psychology HL; Spanish HL; Anthropology SL; Environmental Systems and Societies SL; Mathematics SL; Theory of Knowledge