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I Just Self-Published my First Novel!

Here’s what I’ve learned, and what my journey was like as a queer black writer in the UK

7 min readApr 8, 2022

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Writing a Book Helped me Grieve

Writing was the creative outlet that reconnected me to the joy of living and enabled me to find a sense of peace without my dad

6 min readJun 29, 2021

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Why Is Sexual Violence Against Male-identifying Folks Treated Differently?

After watching Michaela Coel’s I May Destroy You last year, I started to analyse some of my own precarious sexual experiences in the past.

5 min readJun 17, 2021

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Why Is Sexual Violence Against Male-identifying Folks Treated Differently?

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How Veganism Helped my Disordered Eating

“But veganism is an eating disorder!” snorted the fossil-fuel tycoon.

8 min readJun 16, 2021

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How Veganism Helped my Disordered Eating

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Coming Out at 15 Was Both the Best and Worst Choice of my Life

There’s no gay rulebook. My god have some of us wished there was!

4 min readMay 18, 2021

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Why I Love to Cook (Vegan) Caribbean Food

I’ve always known that there’s more to why I love Jamaican food so much. Jerk jackfruit & chickpea recipe at the bottom!

6 min readJul 14, 2021

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Why I Love to Cook (Vegan) Caribbean Food

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Being a Queer Foreigner in Shanghai

“Are you even allowed to be gay in China?”

5 min readJun 8, 2021

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Being a Queer Foreigner in Shanghai

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Half-white & Half-black

Do I still Get to Talk about Racism?

6 min readJun 4, 2021

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Half-white & Half-black

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Why Do People Cross Borders?

Here, I look at marriage migration between China and Japan and show why it’s hard to understand people’s motivations to move.

6 min readMay 6, 2021

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Why Do People Cross Borders?

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Dialogue & Discourse

What Role Does Gender Play In Chinese Labour Migration?

Gender’s importance is overlooked in this debate. Here, I examine some of the ways women are impacted by migratory flows in China.

8 min readApr 27, 2021

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What Role Does Gender Play In Chinese Labour Migration?

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Tommy Gough

Tommy Gough

Linguist with an MSc in Chinese Studies. I live in North London, where I am writing a fantasy series and working as a Research Analyst.

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