if you read one thing today make it this thread 🤣

Ahead of the launch of her new album tomorrow Imy Brighty-Potts caught up with pop punk princess girli, who reflected on her latest release Matriarchy and how she declared, “fuck this industry,” before forging her own path.

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Following our investigative journalism masterclass back in April, we've put together some useful resources kindly shared by our guests Chrissie Giles (she/her) and Charlotte Maher.

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Material Queer | Shirish Kulkarni | damian Kerlin (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈

Yn dilyn ein dosbarth meistr newyddiaduraeth ymchwiliol yn ôl ym mis Ebrill, rydym wedi llunio rhai adnoddau defnyddiol a rannwyd yn garedig gan ein gwesteion Chrissie Giles (she/her) a Charlotte Maher.

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Material Queer | Shirish Kulkarni | damian Kerlin (he/him) 🏳️‍🌈

'There's this thing about remixes. It's either less good than the original song, so what is it for? Or it's better and it destroys the original song and then it becomes a problem.' For NME I interviewed the incomparable Justice nme.com/features/music…

As part of Trans+ History Week, our friends at QueerAF are running their first ever live event - with host Kenny Ethan Jones and Sex Education stars Anthony Lexa and Felix Mufti 🏳️‍⚧️

📍 Clifford Chance, London
📅 6:15 - 10pm, Tuesday 7th May
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'I do think we have contributed, through our music...and the general way we've presented things, rather a lot to what you might call gay culture'' For Material Queer I explored Pet Shop Boys' queer legacy, with insights from Connor & Hersh Dagmarr materialqueer.com/read/decoding-…

…always a pleasure to work with Nick Levine and this one does not disappoint.

The Pet Shop Boys Nonetheless everyone 🎧

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Packing for the beach, is like moving house 🏖️

Can artists (Taylor Swift / Beyoncé etc.) stop making these super long albums.

Who has the time?

Things aren’t outdated they are just old.

You can’t judge something created 20 / 30 / 40 + years ago by 2024’s standards.

You can compare and contrast but to just dismiss it, is just lazy.

I really enjoyed this article from James Reynolds and although dating is completely unknown to me now, I don’t think I could go out with someone apolitical - could you?