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Soles, sex and skateboarding: Why I get off on skater’s feet
A London sub’s fantasy — ‘The ideal situation involving a skateboarder would go a little something like this: he’d finish skating, all hot, sweaty, and worn down... then, while he’s kicking back watching TV and eating, I’d get down on all fours and lick his shoes clean.’
Written by: Anon, interview by Henry Calvert
What can be done about the black mental health crisis?
The safe place — Suicides among black teens have risen 71% in the past decade, with anxiety and depression now most prevalent among black women. A new app – known as The Safe Place – wants to tackle these issues head-on.
Written by: Tola Onanuga
Even £50 million won’t make a new centrist party relevant
From Where I Stand — Simon Franks has clubbed together with some other super rich people to start a new political party. It's a vanity project without a policy or support from a movement, writes Matt Zarb-Cousin, and it is destined to fail.
Written by: Matt Zarb-Cousin
'Moderate' Labour MPs have hurt our anti-Semitism fight
From Where I Stand — Last week it felt like we were making progress with tackling anti-Semitism in Labour, writes Rhea Wolfson. And then certain people had to go and ruin it.
Written by: Rhea Wolfson
Revisiting Cynthia Nixon’s contentious views on sexuality
‘Being gay is a choice’ — As the former Sex And The City star enters the race for New York Governor, writer Aimée Lutkin examines her complicated relationship with bisexuality, the public eye, and the LGBTQ community.
Written by: Aimée Lutkin
Want to see who has blocked you on social media? Get a grip
Welcome to the pity party — With a loophole on Grindr now being exploited by users looking to see who has blocked them, Justin Myers takes a look at our unhealthy obsession with confronting our online haters and engaging with their irrelevant minds.
Written by: Justin Myers
What’s next for the Afrofuturist movement?
Coloured wave — After the global success of Marvel’s Black Panther, Afrofuturism is now more visible than ever. But does that mean it’s in danger of losing its edge? Writer Tola Onanuga examines the countercultural movement’s past, present and potential future.
Written by: Tola Onanuga
In conversation with Moonlight writer Tarell Alvin McCraney
Words of survival — The award-winning American playwright talks racism, Moonlight's Oscar and the struggle of taking on injustice with art.
Written by: Otamere Guobadia
Why does feminism keep leaving sex workers behind?
#ThemToo — Erika Lust discusses the media’s dire treatment of sex workers, and asks why social justice movements like #MeToo have left them almost completely out of the conversation.
Written by: Erika Lust
Soviet spy Corbyn? Tabloids have given up on journalism
From Where I Stand — The single source for the latest nonsense attempt to discredit Jeremy Corbyn is a fantasist, but that won't stop the right-wing press - terrified of a Labour clamp down on tax avoidance - from spreading lies, writes Matt Zarb-Cousin.
Written by: Matt Zarb-Cousin