So after years of freelancing on the side, this year I got my first proper full time, permanent journalism job at @BylineTimes – & what a year to do it in! Here's a thread of the stories I'm proud of.
Starting with THATCHERISM IN YOGA PANTS! bylinetimes.com/2021/01/18/fro…
How corporate supporters of International Women's Day are failing to deliver equal pay:
Still can't quite understand how little the Conservative Party's far-right alliances in Europe have been reported on, but I reported it: bylinetimes.com/2021/04/12/mai…
Collaborations are key in journalism and so proud to work with my amazing sister @Heidi_Cuda on stories about the rise of the far-right in the US bylinetimes.com/2021/09/01/ame…
And prob the story I am proudest of this year - working with @iainoverton and @LavinSascha to expose how military men mocked the death of Agnes Wanjiru, revealing a toxic culture of misogyny and racism:
I also reported a lot on the Nationality and Borders Bill, violence against women and girls and of course the Coronavirus crisis' impact on the NHS and education. But there's been a lot of news and I write about 4 stories a week! bylinetimes.com/author/siannor…
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The other night I watched a doc about the attempted insurrection at the Capitol and had some very real concerns bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… which I will share in a thread.
The doc featured illuminating interviews with many of the people who stormed the Capitol but it was really concerning that no context was given about their views or their previous careers.
Men spoke who were described as "filmmakers and activists" - but this hid the fact that one was an anti-abortion extremist who vandalised a Planned Parenthood clinic with the slogan "babies lives matter"
In two weeks I’m having a camera inserted through my cervix with no pain relief. I’m told to take an ibuprofen an hour before, while women report screaming in pain at the procedure. All this talk of cervixes and yet we aren’t really ever talking about pain, sexism & medicine.
One of the hardest stories I ever worked on was about obstetric violence and the pain inflicted on vulvas, vaginas, wombs and cervixes. I had nightmares about it. odz.sk/en/when-gyneco…
I just feel like there are so many conversations that need to be had about gynaecological health, pain, silencing, sexism and how this impacts on women, trans men & non binary people. But this is my theme today! The conversations not being had!
Partner of "official" IWD campaign HCL Technology: in 2018 women's median hourly wage is 88p for every £1 a man earns, a gender pay gap of 11.8% gender-pay-gap.service.gov.uk/Employer/2ArjF…
Happy #IWD2021 where I #ChooseToChallenge corporate BS pink washing their lack of equal pay & sure record on sexual harassment.
At 10am I’ll tweet a list of 25 corporations who support #IWD2021 while still having median hourly wage gender pay gaps or bonus gaps.
I’ve also got a package of articles @BylineTimes on pay gap, anti feminist movements & threats to women journalists
I'm going to spend all of tomorrow tweeting the gender pay gaps of brands pink washing their feminism credentials on #IWD aren't I?
Ok, it’s on. I’ll do this tomorrow. I also have a piece coming out in @BylineTimes about the gender pay gap issue.
Here's the list of gender pay gaps in brands that champion #IWD2021 - a day rooted in the socialist movement and designed to improve women's working conditions.
It's not a day to tweet your support. It's a day for action.