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🇬🇧 🇳🇬 | ✝️ | I make people cry | Author | Sensitivity Reader | Poet | Screenwriter | Facilitator | Rep. Alice at @ashliterary

[Rachel Faturoti is ̶c̶r̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ editing @RachelWithAn_E]

After #weareladyparts aired, I wanted something for #blackalt girls + younger me, so I did that with amazing illustrator, Flo Wooley.

This graphic novel is for all the Black Alt girls 👩🏿‍🎤🖤🙂‍↕️ BLACK DOLLS is OUT NOW.

Black girls 🤝🏿 pop-punk band = win Clash of the Bands?

[Dr Ruby (she/her) jaboukies everything @PaperWhispers]

Black women on Depo Provera for more than a year, please be aware of the risk of cancer and brain tumours! This UK lawsuit is happening in tandem with a US lawsuit and many Black women use this contraceptive.

Tell a Black woman!

[Olaide of Manchester | The Social Worker @Iamlyday1]

If you are raising a Black boy in the UK, there are some conversations you cannot afford to avoid.

The statistics are uncomfortable.

Black people make up around 4% of the population of England and Wales, yet account for around 12% of the prison population. In the year ending June 2025, Black offenders made up 25% of the prison population for under-18s and 21% of those aged 18–24. Black children are also significantly more likely to experience police interventions such as strip searches than their White peers.

Whatever your view is on why these disparities exist, one thing is clear: parents cannot afford to be passive. You must know your child’s friends and where they spend their time. Know who influences them. Know what is happening in their world when they leave your house.

Have conversations with them about peer pressure, gangs, exploitation, drugs, social media and joint enterprise. Too many families believe that if their child was not the person holding the weapon or directly committing the offence, they have nothing to worry about. The law is not always that simple.

You should also teach your child to understand their rights. If they ever find themselves being arrested or interviewed by the police, they should know that they are entitled to free legal advice. Seeking legal advice before answering questions can be one of the most important decisions a young person makes in that situation.

As a social worker, I have met parents who were genuinely shocked by what their child was involved in because they thought, “my child would never.” Love your child enough to have the uncomfortable conversations.

Black boys often face a different set of risks, pressures and outcomes in the society they are growing up in. Pretending otherwise does not prepare them for the world.

[Callum Lyon @CallumLyon]

At this point prices in The UK are just made up:

What do you mean a return train to London is £140?

How is a weekend away in England £600? I can go abroad for a week for that!

Why is a house that was £700 a month a few years ago now £1500 a month?

How is a full tank of fuel now costing more than £100?

Why is my car insurance going up every year on the same car with no claims?

How is 2 carrier bags of shopping costing me nearly £100?

We're honestly done aren't we.

[Ronke Lawal @ronkelawal]

Celebrating 70 years of London’s Routemaster bus: Aunty Bemi and Deliveroo launch ‘Route R00’ map of the best Afro-Caribbean diaspora eateries in the city

This is such a fantastic idea.
https://t.co/ARz1Nz0KBE

[Blackish Press @blackishpress]

Lupita Nyong'o on BTS of that ICONIC photoshoot for Elle magazine

Via vernonfrancois on IG

[KWAJO- Social Issues Campaigner @Kwajotweneboa]

Please Share 🙏🏽🚨:

Rea’Rose has been missing since yesterday and last seen leaving her school in South London.

[Callum Lyon @CallumLyon]

We've reached the point in the UK where working full time doesn't actually mean anything anymore.

It used to mean stability. It used to mean you could afford a home, eat properly, maybe go away once a year and not panic if your car made a weird noise.

Now it just means nothing.

You wake up early, work all day, come home tired, and still somehow sit there wondering how you're going afford everything.

Rent is ridiculous. Bills are constant. Food prices change depending on the mood of the supermarket.

And wages? Basically frozen in time.

You're not lazy. You're not bad with money. You're just trying to survive in a system where everything goes up except what you get paid.

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Hephzibah Akinwale, a 10-year-old black British girl , broke the world record for the longest fiction novel written by a child.
Her book, Chronicles of The Time Keepers: Whisked Away, contains 58,000 words surpassing the previous record of 44,000 words.

[Dr Jay Watts @Shrink_at_Large]

There has been a recall of SERTRALINE 100mg tablets batch number V2500425.
The regulator said 81,872 packs are included in the recall. Please check if you are on Sertraline. Thank you.

[harrie ☭ @emopunkgrrrl]

this was my Euphoria

[The Voice Newspaper @TheVoiceNews]

They did it!! @AfroriBooks has smashed its campaign target of selling 1000 books and the bookshop is safe... 🎉🎉

Founder of Afrori Books Carolynn Bain made the announcement on social media earlier to thank everyone who supported the campaign... and shared that they exceeded their target and sold 1500 books as of today..

In a bid to secure its long term future, the Bookshop has announced a membership model - a Patreon page.

For more details please visit afrori books. 📚

[Melissa Sigodo @melissasigodo]

An award-winning Black bookshop is facing a “critical moment” to sell 1,000 books before the end of April so that Black authors ‘don’t lose a platform for their books.’ Afrori Books in Brighton has only four days left to reach its goal. https://t.co/3RvvvCLoxM

[Callum Lyon @CallumLyon]

You're not struggling to save money because you buy coffee, have subscriptions and actually spend some of your money on something other than bills.

Rent prices have doubled, food shops have tripled and wages have hardly moved.

We're living in a fully developed country where full time hard working people are struggling to survive. Something really needs to change.

[. @tw200301]

I believe the movie had 18 million budget and needs 45 million to break even. according to the numbers it's currently sitting at 16M (14M domestically + 2M internationally). keep spreading the word. don't wait for it to reach streaming platforms. demand in theaters is important.

[love @loverbello101]

Dr. Cerina Fairfax
Pastor Tammy McCollum
Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer
Ashly Robinson (aka Ashlee Jenae)
Qualeshia “Saditty” Barnes
Davonta Curtis
Barbara Deer
Ashanti Allen

In two just weeks 😭💔🕯️🕊️

#BlackFemicide

[Ronke Lawal @ronkelawal]

The Open Futures Scholarship for Black Students offers ten students the opportunity to study for free.
The Open University is committed to driving change and ensuring that academic institutions remain inclusive and accessible for all members of society.

https://t.co/pf670LSYcD

[Alessandro Montalto @noctrnlayouts]

Backrooms (2026) alt poster by me!

#backrooms
@A24
@Kanepixels7

[a. @Abzsm121]

Let’s help get their pilot episode picked up by the BBC inshallah , it drops tomorrow 11th April!

[justin theroux’s hair plugs @mcstardently]

UK oomfs!! Please stream and support Somali creativity 🫶🏽 the pilot order coming soon inshallah

[Roshni Ghosh @roshghosh]

Nida Manzoor is such a strong voice for South Asian women! I’m a huge fan of all her work. Love her brilliant feminist action-comedy film POLITE SOCIETY and the insanely clever series WE ARE LADY PARTS-created, written and directed by her. We don’t talk about her enough, sadly.