Vicky

(she/her) London based music and culture journalist with "Wiener Schmäh". ✒️ @readgemmagazine

[Vicky @vickyfrankie_]

This is dedicated not just to @onedirection, but to all the nameless yet honorary mentions in the piece and everyone who can relate.
May Liam Payne rest in peace, while 1D's impact will last forever. ❤️‍🩹

for @readgemmagazine

https://t.co/3mUFiJVNnh

[little st★r @timeisupforus]

will never get over the fact that one direction were a band for less than five years and here we are 16 years later still talking about the boys when they were together because it was that serious and it was that special

[L 𝜗𝜚 @louisunshinerry]

“Today is 16 years since one direction was formed and if anyone’s been following my social media today from about 2pm- 5 hours straight top to bottom, I think honestly since the band I’ve only done that twice ever so it was nice to have a moment and reminisce”

[floor ◟̽◞̽ ໑̣ @Tomlinbucks]

she’s a 10 but she still commemorates one direction’s anniversary every july 23rd

[Louis Tomlinson @Louis_Tomlinson]

16 fucking years of One Direction!!! Blows my mind. Thank you for changing all our lives and the love and passion you all still show is unmatched! Tonight’s going to be a special show.

Spending the rest of the day listening to all the bangers and reminiscing! Thank you for all the memories.

And to my brother I Miss you every day but especially on days like today. I know we’d have been celebrating today together!

[Louis Tomlinson @Louis_Tomlinson]

Playing the whole discography top to bottom! Proper trip down memory lane. Some shockers on this first record hahaha

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

Benjamin Netanyahu is a war criminal.

[Charli @charli_xcx]

if you didn’t know already i am a very emo person :)

[Caro🇲🇽🍂 @Carodyz]

Muy bonito el mensaje, lastima que el país anfitrión no lo practique

[en @SciAdvSeries]

People are talking about a suspension or ban, but seriously, if this happened anywhere else, it would be considered what it blatantly is: assault and battery, and he should face genuine legal repercussions for behavior like this. A lifetime ban isn't enough.

[Aakash Gupta @aakashgupta]

A reporter asked Lamine Yamal how he handles the pressure of carrying Spain at 18. His answer: my mother had me when she was 16, that's real pressure. My father picked things off the street to bring food home, that's pressure. All I have to do is play football.

That's the whole story of who he is, and most fans only know the surface of it.

Before he was born, his teenage parents fell behind on rent. Two neighbors named Lamine and Yamal covered them, and his father vowed his son would carry both names forever. His legal name is a permanent record of a debt his family couldn't repay in money. In Arabic, the names mean "the trustworthy" and "beauty."

His parents split when he was around 5. His mother raised him in Granollers on a fast food wage. And here's the detail almost nobody knows: that job is the reason he became a footballer. Through work she met the daughter of the youth coordinator at CF La Torreta, his first club. When she worried she couldn't cover the fees, he told her that if the boy wants to play, money will never be the reason he can't.

As a kid, Lamine told his parents: if you're counting on me getting a normal job, we're in trouble. But if I become a footballer, you'll never have to worry again.

He signed with Barcelona at 7. He was right by 15.

Every goal, he flashes 304 with his fingers. The end of 08304, the postal code of Rocafonda, the neighborhood where strangers paid his family's rent before he existed. It gets credited on every goal since.

Today, at 19, he plays for the World Cup. And if he scores tonight, somewhere in the biggest broadcast on Earth, two neighbors will hear their names, and a postal code will flash on 2 billion screens.

[SNEAKO @sneako]

Vamos Spain 🇪🇸

[Shattubatu @Shattubatu]

The difference between Hunter Schafer and Elliot Page is that she transitioned when she was 14, and he transitioned when he was 33.

This is exactly why getting HRT or blocker to trans kids ASAP is so important, and why the doctors who make them wait years for no reason are evil.

[ً @artfuIchaos]

please be picky as fuck, this is your world and whatever you want exists.

[Gabbriette Updates @gabbriettedaily]

Gabbriette and Matty Healy are now husband and wife 🤍🕊️ https://t.co/jKUJaGoTuC

[yass ❯❯❯❯❯ @payno_foreever]

always and forever.

[tyler 10 @buteraty]

STOP ANNOUCING TOURS A YEAR IN ADVANCE BUT GIVING ME LESS THAN A WEEK TO GET MONEY FOR FUCK SAKE