My interests include social and climate justice, womenβs issues, and human rights. If you\’re keen on current affairs and social change, check out my profile! Follow me on Twitter and drop me some ideas/feedback via email.
Hi, I’m Imogen, and I’m the Editor in Chief at Thred. I moved to the UK from Australia to study English at the University of Oxford in 2015.
Since graduating, I’ve lived in London where I’m informally studying ethics and learning French as side projects to my main gig as Editor in Chief at Thred. My specialist subjects include social and climate justice, womenβs issues, and human rights.
I can usually be found furiously tapping away at my keyboard as I rant in liberal. In the office I regularly take on the role of mum, making pita bread and hot chocolates for my team. Although when it comes to using technology, my status is quickly downgraded to grandma. Despite the grandiose efforts of my team, I have yet to master Photoshop.
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Latest Stories from Imogen
Refugee crisis on Turkish/Greek border worsens
Human Rights watchdogs condemn both nations for mishandling the unfolding crisis, which has resulted in an influx of Syrian asylum seekers crossing the Turkish border into Greece. Turkey and Greece are currently involved in a policy stand-off thatβs placing tens of thousands of refugees in danger. Last Friday, Turkey lifted the controls on migrants exiting their borders for the EU established by the 2016 EU-Turkey deal. It took the...
Coke and Pepsi among corporations being sued for lying about plastic pollution
Coca-Cola, PepsiCo, Nestle, and Procter and Gamble are some of the corporations targeted by a new environmental lawsuit. Itβs likely that at some point in 2019 you saw the cloying ads by the Coca-Cola company littering buses and tube stations which declare the beverage conglomerate is βinvesting in new technologies to recycle in unrecyclableβ. Like many companies today, Coca-Cola is trying to get on top of the outcry against climate change...
Scotland a step closer to making sanitary products free for all
The pioneering Period Products Bill - which would oblige the Scottish government to provide free sanitary products to all women - has just passed its first legislative hurdle. Here at Thred weβve written extensively on Period Poverty - one of the least discussed and most alarming consequences of financial and gender inequality that leaves hundreds of thousands of women a year without period products in the UK alone. Recently however,...
Court Rules to kill landmark Youth Climate Lawsuit
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled against a case that would hold the US government liable for their failure to address climate change. On 14th Feb, the US federal court system ruled against Juliana v. United States, meaning that the North American government will not yet be held formally accountable for neglecting to act on climate change. Months ago I wrote a feature on Juliana v. United...
Israel election: Netanyahu claims victory despite impending corruption trial
Despite his upcoming trial on charges of bribery, fraud, and breach of trust, standing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has claimed a historic fifth term. The far right has won another contested victory in Israel, where incumbent nationalist leader Benjamin Netanyahu has secured a fifth term as Prime Minister despite an impending corruption trial. In July last year Netanyahu officially became the countryβs longest serving leader, snatching the title from the...
Davos 2020: yet another hypocritical climate conference
According to a Greenpeace report, 24 contributors to the World Economic Forum in Davos this year are lucrative supporters of fossil fuels. The 50th World Economic Forum (WEF) has kicked off in the Swiss city of Davos this week with an agenda focused heavily on climate change. The four-day annual gathering of some of the worldβs top political and business leaders is seeking to meet head on the dangers global...
Woody Allen’s abuse is everybody’s business
Hollywood actors who support female empowerment but bury their head in the sand about Woody Allenβs abuse allegations need to check themselves. Nothing in this world is definitive, and the Westphalian system of government relies on a presumption of innocence until proven guilty. But there are few things you can be pretty damn sure about. We can be pretty sure that that the sun is going to emit heat for...
