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Yomi Adegoke

@yomiadegoke

Yomi Adegoke is a writer from Croydon. She is founder and editor of Birthday Magazine, a publication aimed at providing representation for black teenage girls and writes about race, popular culture and intersectional feminism.

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The ‘no makeup selfie’ craze seems like narcissism masked as charity. Why not donate instead?

"White feminism is not about white women who happen to be feminists. It is about feminism that prioritises the needs of white women whilst sidelining issues affecting women of colour."
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Taylor Swift is white feminism's bambi-legged patronus

Lenny Henry attends the 2012 Olivier Awards at The Royal Opera House on April 15, 2012 in London, England.
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I’m not paying my television license to play a game of spot the

Lenny Henry attends the 2012 Olivier Awards at The Royal Opera House on April 15, 2012 in London, England.
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I’m not paying my television license to play a game of spot the

Australian rapper Iggy Azalea performs in California
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Hip hop is both racial and political, and for Iggy Azalea to suggest

Left: Kim Kardashian's front cover for Paper mag Right: A No More Page 3 protest in London
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Why is it okay to applaud Kim Kardashian's naked photos and not those

Piers Morgan blames Barack Obama for the rise of Isis
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Piers Morgan is not a racist, but he really shouldn't be lecturing

Meghan Trainor at theJazz City Milk Bar, Sydney, Australia
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Meghan Trainor and Nicki Minaj's ‘booty songs’ aren't as body

Actress Daniele Watts was detained by LAPD after being mistaken for a prostitute
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Would she have been arrested if she was a white woman?

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Ban Ask.fm and the bullies will only go elsewhere

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