The Spill

Online publication sharing the stories of people from marginalised communities.
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#FICTION In a seaside house, memories of an empire clash with a crumbling present.

Read our exclusive short fiction, Swept Up by @Reewritten here in open access.

Available in #AudioRead on Spotify https://t.co/CaeqLa6bFp

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Listen to our audio read 'Social Media’s Toxic Fitness Culture Is Holding Women of Colour Down' on Spotify here #AudioRead #Podcasts https://t.co/Spa3653SHX

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#LIFE "Content now prioritises viral appeal and follower validation — think jiggling derrieres in tight clothing for clicks — over the essence of fitness, such as strength, mobility, and mental wellbeing."

Tade on the toxic fitness culture on social media
https://t.co/4iLLjWz4ZP

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📢Calling all environmental writers! We’re looking for climate justice pitches in the lead-up to #COP29

Please send to [email protected] (£75 per piece)

As a reminder, we work with writers from marginalised communities. We look forward to hearing from you! #TheSpillMag

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@paidwritingopps Hello! A minimum of 750 words. Thank you for sharing 😊

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📢Calling all environmental writers! We’re looking for climate justice pitches in the lead-up to #COP29

Please send to [email protected] (£75 per piece)

As a reminder, we work with writers from marginalised communities. We look forward to hearing from you! #TheSpillMag

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#FICTION Swept Up — Part Three: Winter

"You watch the tank-and-tracksuit ladies scurry home before their usual six rounds, thinking absently about the mosaic of cultures and communities woven into the seven islands that make a city."

By @Reewritten https://t.co/diMHtD2ZFV

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#FICTION Swept Up — Part Two: Monsoon

"Wet earth masks the smell of trouble brewing outside, and you ignore the slight whiff of tension in the air, breathe in the familiar memory of white desi corn, sprinkled with chilli and lime."

By @Reewritten https://t.co/iCzPTxgTO5

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#FICTION Swept Up — Part One: Summer

"Trees are felled and walls crumble, but you swing back on your rocker, convinced it’s just a phase."

Subscribe to read our weekly series by @Reewritten all through the month: https://t.co/DZa6O9XUXR

Available in #AudioRead on Spotify

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#POLITICS Racism and Islamophobia surge in Britain as far-right mobs spread violence. It's time for decisive action against this hatred, not just condemnation, writes @ChouroukGorrab

Available in #AudioRead https://t.co/0fn4uR67VH

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#CULTURE 5 Essential Shows and Podcasts Sharing Authentic Palestinian Perspectives

Available in #AudioRead https://t.co/XR17adhMDi

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#CULTURE 5 Newsletters to Indulge In Instead of Doom Scrolling

"Newsletter heaven is where I now reside, and I find myself smiling at my phone a lot more than I used to" writes @JenniferHakimUK after breaking up with social media

Available in #AudioRead
https://t.co/tn1OMdJa1q

[The Angel of Consistent Doings 🦋 @asangelwassayin]

Happy Children's Day 🎉

To mark Children's Day, I'm bringing back this article I wrote for @The_Spill_Mag on the trauma encountered by women who grew up in homes that had only sons.

It's one of the best articles I've written.
Go read 🫶🏽
https://t.co/HIAuzJAUOy

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#CULTURE 5 Newsletters to Indulge In Instead of Doom Scrolling

"Newsletter heaven is where I now reside, and I find myself smiling at my phone a lot more than I used to" writes @JenniferHakimUK after breaking up with social media

Available in #AudioRead
https://t.co/tn1OMdJa1q

[Nick Hern Books @NickHernBooks]

'It's become a play about why we decide to help people in a country thousands of miles away but also why we help the people right in front of us'

@The_Spill_Mag talks to @_samiibrahim_ about his play Multiple Casualty Incident, now on @YardTheatre.

https://t.co/AGBmEtz6dR

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#ARTS "I am particularly interested in how messy individuals try to fit into huge systems and structures."

An Interview with Sami Ibrahim, writer of Multiple Casualty Incident, at The @YardTheatre from 27th April to 8th June 2024

Available in #AudioRead
https://t.co/xVbc4iZGXs

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Writer Sami Ibrahim unpacks #MultipleCasualtyIncident with @The_Spill_Mag and how it promises a genre-bending blend of silliness and intense dread. Unsettling, but we're so here for it.

📰 https://t.co/mfKlMl7Lhg
🔗 https://t.co/Yjuo8eM57D

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#ARTS What's On: smash hit musical Passing Strange hits @youngvictheatre in May 🎸Starring Olivier Award-winner Giles Terera (Hamilton), Rachel Adedeji (Dreaming Whilst Black) & Keenan Munn-Francis (Black Dog) 🎟️From £12, from 14 May to 6 July https://t.co/Q1azGJ9qeC #Sponsored

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#CULTURE ‘I am not a typo’ Campaign Challenges Tech Giants to Update Harmful Systems to Reflect our Multicultural Society

Names deemed ‘typos’ include many of African, Asian and Eastern European origin

Available in #AudioRead @iamnotatypo #IAmNotATypo https://t.co/uOMANqegvG

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#POLITICS Over 30,000 Palestinian People Were Killed by Israeli Forces Since Last October, and We Can’t Overlook the UK’s Complicity

The UK should be ashamed of itself for looking the other way, writes @JenniferHakimUK

Available in #AudioRead https://t.co/ocR2xceoFS