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Jason Okundaye

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21 days ago

Welcome to the great unwokening of Hollywood! Shame no one can be bothered to turn up | Jason Okundaye

Sydney Sweeney has become the poster child of a predicted rightwing cultural domination. So why is no one watching her films?

I was on a walk around my local area in London when I was stopped in my tr…

35 days ago

If the right really wants free speech in universities, why is it so obsessed with discrediting students? | Jason Okundaye

Conservatives see these institutions as finishing schools for the next generation of leaders – and they won’t cede them to progressive ideas

When I was a 20-year-old undergraduate student at Cambridge…

70 days ago

Farewell Amazon Fresh: the no tills thing was all a bit too awkward | Jason Okundaye

The ‘just walk out’ innovation promised frictionless shopping – but these days, maybe we all need a bit less tech in our lives

Amazon Fresh, the till-free grocery shop that uses “just walk out” techno…

77 days ago

As Hollywood mourns Robert Redford, why do we still struggle with the idea of male beauty? | Jason Okundaye

The superstar never wanted to be a sex symbol. But we don’t have a language to discuss what great beauty can feel like for men

Robert Redford, who died this week at the age of 89, was, as well as bein…

3 months ago

Why I withdrew my book from an LGBTQ+ literary prize | Jason Okundaye

The Polari first book prize claims to promote trans rights and trans voices. But when I saw the longlist, I had to act

Last week, I withdrew my nomination from the longlist for the Polari first book p…

6 months ago

Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope | Jason Okundaye

It is easy to look back at 2020 and feel aggrieved, even fooled. But in the British city where slaver Edward Colston’s statue was pulled down, I found cause for optimism

It has been five years since G…

Britain has dropped down Europe’s LGBTQ+ rights rankings. Good – now we might have to face reality | Jason Okundaye

In 2015, the UK placed first on the rainbow map. But even then, as an 18-year-old gay man, I knew that wasn’t the whole story

It should surprise no one that the UK has dropped to its lowest ever posit…

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