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  • Glow ups

    Glow ups

    The allure of physical transformations and the unflattering side of them

    crushball

    December 1, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction
  • Dead Skin

    Dead Skin

    Stop hoarding people

    crushball

    November 24, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • Anything With a Beginning and End

    Anything With a Beginning and End

    On pushing through

    crushball

    November 17, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • Crime and Punishment

    Crime and Punishment

    Enduring injustices without wreaking havoc

    crushball

    November 10, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • Right to Work

    Right to Work

    Relentless work, enforced breaks and accepting circumstances without constant, driven activity

    crushball

    November 3, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, reflection
  • Mote and Beam

    Mote and Beam

    Worthless criticism

    crushball

    October 27, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic, Uncategorized
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • This is Why We Share

    This is Why We Share

    Posting about atrocities is important

    crushball

    October 20, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • My Doppelgänger

    My Doppelgänger

    In a vivid dream, the protagonist, Abigail, encounters a doppelganger version of herself, who comes to exist after a mistake Abigail made

    crushball

    October 13, 2023
    shortstory
    fiction, shortstory
  • In the Wake of What’s Happened

    In the Wake of What’s Happened

    Painful experiences shape and expand our identities

    crushball

    October 6, 2023
    creative non fiction, knifecrime
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • We Need a Tree Doctor

    We Need a Tree Doctor

    Our apple tree is sick, but is it worth the trouble?

    crushball

    September 29, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction
  • A Week of Thoughts #14

    A Week of Thoughts #14

    Happiness has declined in women and girls, while dissatisfaction in black women who use Asian-owned beauty supplies has remained about the same

    crushball

    September 22, 2023
    Uncategorized
    blackwomen, creativenonfiction, girls, happiness, nonfiction, Racism, thoughtcollections, thoughts, women
  • Mutuals

    Mutuals

    Routine makes the world small

    crushball

    September 15, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, routines
  • Nostos Algos

    Nostos Algos

    The problem with nostalgia

    crushball

    September 8, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • A Week of Thoughts #13

    A Week of Thoughts #13

    Lucy Letby

    crushball

    September 1, 2023
    creative non fiction, thoughtcollections
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, thoughtcollections
  • Junk

    Junk

    There’s a lot of rubbish in the Dominican Republic, but there’s a lot of rubbish in London

    crushball

    August 25, 2023
    creative non fiction, god, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction
  • We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part Four

    We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part Four

    The dinner party ends in turmoil. Jade, Cleo and the dog encounter the joys of being forgotten. Final chapter.

    crushball

    August 18, 2023
    fiction, shortstory
    fiction, shortstory
  • We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part Three

    We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part Three

    After some days away, Jade and Cleo dread the dog. All are invited to a dinner party.

    crushball

    August 11, 2023
    fiction
    fiction, shortstory
  • We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part two

    We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part two

    Jade and Cleo’s Mother sews seeds of doubt into their new livng arrangements, Jade wilfully forgets to buy dog food, again.

    crushball

    August 5, 2023
    fiction
    fiction, shortstory
  • We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part one

    We Should Really Get Back to the Dog: Part one

    Sisters Jade and Cleo find a place to live, but their three rich housemates force them to look after an unwanted dog in return. (the revised version of a university project)

    crushball

    July 28, 2023
    fiction
    fiction, shortstory
  • A Noble Cause

    A Noble Cause

    Why we no longer die for what we believe in

    crushball

    July 21, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, protest
  • False Gods

    False Gods

    Giftedness v Greatness

    crushball

    July 14, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction
  • Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Night

    Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Night

    revelatory dreams have shown me how afraid I am

    crushball

    July 7, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, reflection
  • The Chef and The Chemist

    The Chef and The Chemist

    The chef and the chemist try cooking a heart (short story).

    crushball

    June 30, 2023
    shortstory
    fiction, god, shortstory
  • ENCORE: The Things That Keep us Sane

    ENCORE: The Things That Keep us Sane

    The cure for insanity is insanity

    crushball

    June 23, 2023
    acceptance, creative non fiction, reflection
    acceptance, creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • Treasures in Heaven

    Treasures in Heaven

    Being good is forever

    crushball

    June 16, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • The Needle Eye

    The Needle Eye

    Judgement!

    crushball

    June 9, 2023
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction
  • Curiosity Killed the Cat, Slowly

    Curiosity Killed the Cat, Slowly

    Yes, artificial intelligence will kill us all, in a leisurely manner.

    crushball

    June 2, 2023
    artificialintelligence, creative non fiction, Uncategorized
    artificial intelligence, creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • BIG ABIGAIL

    BIG ABIGAIL

    When I was a child, a 25-year-old me would visit my dreams. (Short story)

    crushball

    May 26, 2023
    fiction, shortstory, untoldstories
    25yearsold, birthday, fiction, shortstory
  • Self-preservation

    Self-preservation

    I chickened out of climbing Dunns river and noted that I’m going to live for a long time, but to what avail?

    crushball

    May 19, 2023
    blacktravellers, creative non fiction, fomo, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • ENCORE: ‘The Low, Malicious Hum

    ENCORE: ‘The Low, Malicious Hum

    A short story about my childhood fear of flies

    crushball

    May 12, 2023
    Uncategorized
    encore
  • A Week of Thoughts #12

    A Week of Thoughts #12

    Attempted murder in the US, murder in the UK.

    crushball

    April 28, 2023
    black, blackness, creative non fiction, critic, non-fiction, opinion
    creativenonfiction, critic, Kansas, Metpolice, nonfiction, Peckham, RalphYarl, thoughtcollections
  • I Have My Serious Face On

    I Have My Serious Face On

    Destiny stole my smile

    crushball

    April 21, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic
    creativenonfiction, critic, nonfiction
  • Memories and How to Use Them

    Memories and How to Use Them

    Every memory is as important as the day you learnt to walk

    crushball

    April 14, 2023
    advice, Uncategorized
    advice, adviceandcritic, creativenonfiction, nonfiction
  • The Beginnings of People and Things

    The Beginnings of People and Things

    The Guardian’s slave ties, and our capacity for living beyond the present

    crushball

    April 7, 2023
    Uncategorized
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • On Forgiveness

    On Forgiveness

    I had a huge backlog so it took me three days.

    crushball

    March 31, 2023
    acceptance, creative non fiction, non-fiction, reflection
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection, unfiltered
  • All the World is Not a Stage

    All the World is Not a Stage

    It turns out, as per, I was overcomplicating the issue

    crushball

    March 24, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic, god, reflection
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • Gary Lineker, Small Boats

    Gary Lineker, Small Boats

    I only have one question

    crushball

    March 17, 2023
    conservatives, non-fiction, opinion
    critic, nonfiction, opinion
  • All the World’s a Stage

    All the World’s a Stage

    When, or can life ever cease to be a performance?

    crushball

    March 10, 2023
    creative non fiction, god, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection
  • A Week of Thoughts #11

    A Week of Thoughts #11

    Pleasant travels, and ‘creepy’, ‘entitled’ handwritten letters.

    crushball

    March 3, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections, travellingwhileblack, untoldstories
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, thoughtcollections
  • ENCORE: EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

    ENCORE: EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

    I’m somewhere in Europe this week, let’s hope it goes far better than it did two years ago.

    crushball

    February 24, 2023
    black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, europe, lessons, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, untoldstories
    blackbritain, blacktravellers, creativenonfiction, critic, europe, nonfiction, Racism, reflection
  • Look With Heaven’s Eyes

    Look With Heaven’s Eyes

    Body Dysmorphia!

    crushball

    February 17, 2023
    acceptance, creative non fiction, god, hope, lessons, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories, youth
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, reflection
  • One Big Hand

    One Big Hand

    Laura Winham died by falling through the cracks

    crushball

    February 10, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic, non-fiction, reflection
    creativenonfiction, critic, nonfiction, reflection, unfiltered
  • ENCORE: The Evolution of a January

    ENCORE: The Evolution of a January

    I wrote this in January of last year, here it is again for its relevance.

    crushball

    January 27, 2023
    acceptance, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, lessons, logic, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, untoldstories, values
    acceptance, creativenonfiction, god, hope, january, lessons, logic, newyear, perfection, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories
  • Too Much of a Bad Thing?

    Too Much of a Bad Thing?

    I am forcing myself to engage with people I do not like.

    crushball

    January 20, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic, non-fiction, personalanechdote
    creativenonfiction, critic, nonfiction
  • A Week of Thoughts #10

    A Week of Thoughts #10

    Dating/ideals, delusional self-confidence

    crushball

    January 13, 2023
    creative non fiction, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Uncategorized
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, thoughtcollections
  • The Paradox of Internet Personalities

    The Paradox of Internet Personalities

    There’s no way to know whether my favourite online people are worthy of my imaginary friendship.

    crushball

    January 6, 2023
    creative non fiction, critic
    creativenonfiction, critic, influencers, nonfiction, socialmedia
  • Stories from the 2022

    Stories from the 2022

    2022 was yet another year of realising things, come with.

    crushball

    December 30, 2022
    acceptance, creative non fiction, critic, feelings, god, non-fiction, passive, personalanechdote, reflection, untoldstories, values
    creativenonfiction, newyearsresolutions, nonfiction, reflection
  • Doorless Homes: Finale

    Doorless Homes: Finale

    My Christmas gift to you: the final part of Doorless homes.

    crushball

    December 23, 2022
    Uncategorized
    dystopia, fiction, shortstory
  • A Week of Thoughts #9

    A Week of Thoughts #9

    There is something tiring, terrifying about the frequency of my ‘work dreams’.

    crushball

    December 16, 2022
    acceptance, creative non fiction, diary, non-fiction, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections
    creativenonfiction, dreammeanings, dreamsymbolism, nonfiction, thoughtcollections
  • A Week of Thoughts #8

    A Week of Thoughts #8

    We’re in the first circle of hell- the limbo end-of-year period, and I’m reflecting on some things that have resuscitated me throughout the year.

    crushball

    December 9, 2022
    creative non fiction, reflection, thoughtcollections
    creativenonfiction, reflection, thoughtcollections
  • A Week of Thoughts #7

    A Week of Thoughts #7

    I had the flu and I nearly ruined my life. Christianity is now a minority faith in England and Wales.

    crushball

    December 2, 2022
    creative non fiction, feelings, god, hope, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, resignation, thoughtcollections
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, reflection, thoughtcollections
  • Doorless Homes: Part two

    Doorless Homes: Part two

    A dystopian short story about the presence of mysterious government-owned homes that disappear people in a future where London has broken down: Part 2 of 3.

    crushball

    November 25, 2022
    fiction
    dystopia, fiction, shortstory
  • Day by Day…

    Day by Day…

    When there’s nothing really to say, you write a diary entry about being weird for profit, and newly empty rooms.

    crushball

    November 18, 2022
    creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, nonfiction, reflection, thoughtcollections
  • Answer my Question: What Makes a Human Being?

    Answer my Question: What Makes a Human Being?

    Why are only some people allowed to feel grief, anger and frustration with a fullness? Why are people born before the 20th century terrifying?

    crushball

    November 11, 2022
    non-fiction, reflection, unfiltered
    creativenonfiction, existentialism, humanexperience, nonfiction, reflection, thoughts
  • Doorless Homes: Part one

    Doorless Homes: Part one

    A dystopian short story about the presence of mysterious government-owned homes that disappear people in a future where London has broken down: Part 1 of 3.

    crushball

    October 28, 2022
    fiction, shortstory
    dystopia, fiction, shortstory
  • ENCORE: ‘Don’t Ask Me How She’s Doing: The Story of Grandma, Dementia and The House of Seven.’

    ENCORE: ‘Don’t Ask Me How She’s Doing: The Story of Grandma, Dementia and The House of Seven.’

    Please take this republication of my very first blogpost: “Having Dementia in the house carries with it an onslaught of inside jokes.”

    crushball

    October 21, 2022
    reflection
    reflection
  • A Week of Thoughts #6

    A Week of Thoughts #6

    Why people who don’t read read on Sundays, the importance of personal style evolution, and the spectacle of grief

    crushball

    October 14, 2022
    acceptance, creative non fiction, diary, feelings, Grandma, personalanechdote, reflection, thoughtcollections, untoldstories, untoldstories
    creativenonfiction, feelings, nonfiction, Personal, reflection, thoughtcollections
  • The Things That Keep us Sane

    The Things That Keep us Sane

    The cure for insanity is insanity

    crushball

    October 7, 2022
    acceptance, creative non fiction
    creativenonfiction, reflection
  • Turkish Eggs

    Turkish Eggs

    My first solo trip means there’s no one to ride out my holiday-hangover with

    crushball

    September 30, 2022
    blacktravellers, creative non fiction, diary, europe, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, travellingwhileblack, untoldstories
    blacktravellers, reflection, solotravel, solotrip, turkey
  • A Week of Thoughts #5

    A Week of Thoughts #5

    My grandma keeps changing, I am reading a physical book because it is an important one, and I can’t hate the queen

    crushball

    September 23, 2022
    blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, Dementia, diary, europe, family, Grandma, livingwithgrandparents, opinion, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, thoughtcollections
    black, blackbritain, creativenonfiction, davidolusoga, Dementia, elizabethii, Grandma, nonfiction, Personal, queen, queensdeath, Racism, reflection, thoughtcollections
  • Today’s missing blogpost

    Today’s missing blogpost

    This Friday’s blogpost is missing because I have been on holiday

    crushball

    September 16, 2022
    Uncategorized
  • Restlessness is Murder

    Restlessness is Murder

    Do you have a constant bone to pick with the present? I do.

    crushball

    September 9, 2022
    acceptance, advice, creative non fiction, feelings, hope, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories
    adviceandcritic, creativenonfiction, feelings, Personal, reflection, thoughts, unfiltered
  • The Gulf: Britain’s Missing Persons Crisis

    The Gulf: Britain’s Missing Persons Crisis

    Long feature on Britain’s missing persons crisis: June 2019

    crushball

    September 2, 2022
    untoldstories
    britain, features, journalism, missingpersons, untoldstories
  • “Attack Her in the Dead Of Night.”

    “Attack Her in the Dead Of Night.”

    I had sleep paralysis

    crushball

    August 19, 2022
    creative non fiction, diary, god, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, untoldstories
    creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, Personal, reflection, stories, thoughts
  • Sometimes We Don’t Want to Understand

    Sometimes We Don’t Want to Understand

    Sometimes we purposely act like we don’t know what people are trying to say

    crushball

    August 12, 2022
    advice, creative non fiction, non-fiction
    adviceandcritic, beyonce, creativenonfiction, kelis, kimkardashian, nonfiction, reflection, unfiltered
  • A Week Of Thoughts #4

    A Week Of Thoughts #4

    Wagatha Christie, Sheila Seleoane.

    crushball

    August 5, 2022
    London, non-fiction, socialmedia, thoughtcollections, untoldstories
    aweekofthoughts, creativenonfiction, god, nonfiction, thoughtcollections, thoughts
  • The Low, Malicious Hum

    The Low, Malicious Hum

    A short story about my childhood fear of flies

    crushball

    July 29, 2022
    family, fiction, lessons, personalanechdote, short story, youth
    childhood, children, daughters, fiction, mothers, parenthood, personalanechdote, shortstories
  • When People Hate You, When You Hate People

    When People Hate You, When You Hate People

    Paranoia, misjudgement, jealousy, delusion, self-hatred, compulsion. Consider those things as inborn parts of yourself.

    crushball

    July 22, 2022
    acceptance, advice, creative non fiction, emotions, feelings, hope, judgement, lessons, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, values
    adviceandcritic, carljung, compassion, creativenonfiction, feelings, god, hate, jealousy, kindness, nonfiction, Personal, projection, Psychology, reflection, stories, thoughts, unfiltered
  • A week of thoughts #3

    A week of thoughts #3

    Google is creating & selling souls, small hearts in British government, and Sri Lankan satisfaction

    crushball

    July 15, 2022
    artificialintelligence, Borisjohnson, conservatives, creative non fiction, judgement, London, resignation, socialmedia, thoughtcollections
    AI, artificial intelligence, BorisJohnson, conservatives, creativenonfiction, Google, government, LaMDA, nonfiction, RishiSunak, SriLanka, SriLankanpresident, stories, thoughtcollections, thoughts
  • How to Feel Like Yourself

    How to Feel Like Yourself

    No, you have never felt like yourself before.

    crushball

    July 8, 2022
    creative non fiction, emotions, feelings, hope, lessons, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, values
    adviceandcritic, creativenonfiction, discipline, earlybird, feelings, Feellikeyourself, Howtofeellikeyourself, nonfiction, peace, potential, thoughts
  • June: Sausage rolls, Suicide, Suicidal Plants.

    June: Sausage rolls, Suicide, Suicidal Plants.

    Not reporting a theft could save a life, my mental health is no longer killing my plants.

    crushball

    June 24, 2022
    advice, costoflivingcrisis, creative non fiction, diary, hope, judgement, lessons, logic, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, socialmedia, unfiltered, untoldstories, values
    alive, bedtimes, BrainTemple, costoflivingcrisis, creativenonfiction, earlystarts, greggs, houseplants, Mentalhealth, mistakenidentity, news, nonfiction, organisation, plants, prison, sausagerolls, suicide, theft, theguardian, thoughtcollections, vibes
  • Everyone’s a Critic: The Careless Commentator

    Everyone’s a Critic: The Careless Commentator

    If Drake and I and you and that guy over there were all releasing an equal amount of content, we’d all be a little kinder.

    crushball

    June 18, 2022
    creative non fiction, critic, feelings, fomo, judgement, non-fiction, opinion, reflection, reviews, socialmedia, unfiltered, values
    adviceandcritic, critic, drake, fomo, honestlynevermind, judgement, kind, nonfiction, opinion, socialmedia, thought, thoughtful
  • A week of thoughts #2

    A week of thoughts #2

    Strangers in the house and Gym culture (and clutching for straws)

    crushball

    May 12, 2022
    black, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, family, feelings, god, Grandma, lessons, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, untoldstories
    creativenonfiction, family, god, gym, gymculture, nonfiction, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections, untoldstories, work
  • Being Tired Can Change Everything

    Being Tired Can Change Everything

    Youtube, good exhaustion, child Q, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe/Annosheh Ashoori

    crushball

    March 17, 2022
    black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, journalism, London, non-fiction, opinion, Racism, reflection, tired, untoldstories, untoldstories, work
    AnooshehAshoori, black, ChildQ, creativenonfiction, feelings, god, hope, London, NazaninZaghariRatcliffe, new, nonfiction, Personal, Racism, reflection, stories, thoughts, unfiltered, youtube
  • The Evolution of a January

    The Evolution of a January

    Wailing about the self-destructive waterlogged first month of the year, and learning how to escape it

    crushball

    January 31, 2022
    acceptance, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, lessons, logic, non-fiction, opinion, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, values
    acceptance, creativenonfiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, january, lessons, logic, newyear, nonfiction, opinion, perfection, reflection, resolutions, unfiltered, untoldstories, values
  • Stories from the 2021

    Stories from the 2021

    I’m bloody tired

    crushball

    December 31, 2021
    acceptance, black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, god, hope, lessons, newyear, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, values
    2021, 2022, acceptance, black, Blackbrits, creativenonfiction, dreams, feelings, god, hope, lessons, life, newyear, newyearsresolutions, nonfiction, Personal, reflection, unfiltered, values
  • A week of thoughts #1

    A week of thoughts #1

    It feels awkward, suspicious to be someone of few opinions.

    crushball

    November 8, 2021
    anti-vaxxers, black, blackbritain, blackness, Coronavirus, creative non fiction, diary, emotions, feelings, fiction, non-fiction, opinion, passive, personalanechdote, reddit, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, untoldstories, work
    antivaxxers, black, Coronavirus, creativenonfiction, diary, feelings, nature, nonfiction, opinion, Personal, personalanechdote, thoughtcollections, thoughts, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories
  • I’m rebranding Crush-ball

    I’m rebranding Crush-ball

    Ever so slightly so that it barely matters

    crushball

    November 8, 2021
    blogintroduction, blogintroduction, creative non fiction, emotions, feelings, fiction, journalism, lessons, logic, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories, untoldstories
    blogintroduction, creativenonfiction, diary, journalism, new, Personal, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories
  • Don’t forget…

    Don’t forget…

    My Grandma has Dementia, but somehow that’s done nothing for my own memory.

    crushball

    September 27, 2021
    black, blackbritain, blackness, creative non fiction, Dementia, Disease, emotions, family, feelings, god, Grandma, Grandparents, lessons, livingwithgrandparents, non-fiction, personalanechdote, reflection, tired, unfiltered, untoldstories, values
    adviceandcritic, creativenonfiction, Dementia, family, god, Memory, nonfiction, Personal, Promises, Religion, stories, thoughts, Trust
  • Black People are Real People

    Black People are Real People

    A fully alive, fully outstretched black person taking up as much space as they need is the most frightening black person, so be scary.

    crushball

    August 30, 2021
    advice, black, blackness, ElijahMcClain, feelings, lessons, non-fiction, Racism, reflection, unfiltered, untoldstories, values
    advice, adviceandcritic, black, blackness, creativenonfiction, ElijahMcClain, feelings, institutionalracism, Multifaceted, nonfiction, Personal, Policebrutality, Racism, stories, thoughts, twoyears, unfiltered
  • EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

    EU-ROPE-ING while Black: one story

    They just watched us get darker and darker, welcoming in the deeper glow, disgusted. But what could they do?

    crushball

    August 8, 2021
    black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creative non fiction, europe, god, lessons, London, mallorca, non-fiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection, travellingwhileblack, untoldstories
    black, blackbritain, blackness, blacktravellers, creativenonfiction, europe, god, lessons, London, mallorca, nonfiction, personalanechdote, Racism, reflection
  • Black Tragedy: One Familiar Story of Blackness

    Black Tragedy: One Familiar Story of Blackness

    His story isn’t unique to him. The details may be, but the overall portrait of his circumstances lend themselves to the narratives of black people murdered by the streets all over.

    crushball

    July 10, 2021
    black, blackbritain, blackness, guncrime, institutionalracism, knifecrime, non-fiction, Racism, youth
    blackbritain, institutionalracism, knifecrime, nonfiction, Racism, reflection, youth
  • Come Out Swinging: Boxing saves

    Come Out Swinging: Boxing saves

    A long read on boxing’s saviour role in the lives of London’s young boys from inside a local youth boxing club, written months before the world lost its head

    crushball

    June 5, 2021
    black, blackbritain, blackness, boxing, carshalton, governmentcuts, guncrime, institutionalracism, journalism, knifecrime, London, non-fiction, Racism, sport, untoldstories, values, youth
    black, blackbritain, blackness, boxing, features, governmentcuts, guncrime, institutionalracism, journalism, knifecrime, London, nonfiction, Racism, untoldstories, values, youth
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