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
Fear politics: can we meme our way out?
The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. And Iranian missiles. Fear has gone hand in hand with politics since time began. The fear of outside threats enticed early humans to crave organisation and structure - to crave leaders. Since Babylon and the Assyrian empire the divine right of kings played on societies fear of celestial recompense, and every society ever has kept order through fear. Sometimes itβs the...
Mysterious signal discovered from deep space
A powerful radio signal seems to be reaching us from space on a 16-day cycle - and itβs unlike anything weβve seen before. The fathomless expanse of space rarely throws us curveballs - the usual pattern of discovery in astrophysics is decades of excruciating graft trying to substantiate claims that may or may not prove fruitful. Astronomers scratch at the surface of space and hope to uncover something. However on...
Sex Education Season 2 – Review
Personally Iβm in complete support of a roast chicken at a house party. If the point ofΒ Sex EducationΒ season one was the importance of communication for young people muddling their way through the fog of puberty and sex, then season two is about how to transcend the physical and foster genuine connection. This time around the show tackles a similar oeuvre of calamities - generally sex related, whilst dabbling in faith, addiction,...
Why it’s terrifying that Twitter is introducing stories
Social mediaβs most unique platform is dabbling in disappearing stories, giving politicians dangerous access to ephemerality. Twitter has been criticised by its shareholders for lagging behind its competitors for a while now. Investors have been calling for the resignation of its CEO, Jack Dorsey, alleging heβs been neglecting the networkβs growth in favour of rival projects. One of these investors, Elliott Management Corp., recently took...
Miss Staten Island banned from parade for being bisexual
Whilst same-sex marriage has been legalised in all 50 states of the US, it seems that Staten Island is determined to remain in the dark ages. The organisers of the Staten Island St Patrickβs Day Parade have never been the most progressive of people. Theyβve lagged behind even the most mundane standards of 21st century progression for a while now, taking heat for excluding LGBTQ+ organisations from marching in...
Company responsible for Amazonian deforestation to launch meat-free burger
Thereβs a new plant-based burger in meat-free town, but we have reason to doubt the ethics of the company producing it. Cargill Inc is fitting to challenge Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods with new plant-based meat alternatives, which it hopes to be offering to retailers by April. Cargill is Americaβs largest privately help company, and as the market for imitation meats continues to grow theyβve clearly sniffed out where the next...
Possible cancer killing cell discovered by Cardiff scientists
A new type of immune cell has been discovered that appears to make a beeline for most cancers. Itβs difficult to report on breakthroughs in cancer research because it seems that every time a discovery hits the headlines it amounts to nothing. So I want to preface this by saying that, no, a cure for cancer has not been found. It remains one of the most elusive and incurable phenomenons...
Spainβs new βyes means yesβ law reclassifies any sex without consent as rape
Spain joins a slew of countries, including Sweden and the UK, upgrading their sexual assault laws to include a wider and more progressive definition of rape. When it comes to consent, there should be zero room for doubt. To ensure that thatβs the case, the Spanish government is issuing a new consent law which classifies all non-consensual sex as rape. The decision comes months after thousands of Spanish citizens took...
How a fake football club has taken over Twitter
Caught up during the UK election in a purge of parody Twitter accounts, a surreal project that tows the line between social media trolling and performance art is exposing some serious hypocrisy on the platform. The Streatham Rovers are like any other small South London non-league football club. Their garish green and purple jerseys are emblazoned with the logo of their sponsor - a shady Russian public relations firm called...
Charities warn: new Domestic Abuse bill fails to protect migrants
A bill heading to the UK House of Commons this week does not go far enough to protect BAME or migrant survivors of abuse, say several charities. Today (03/03/20) a long-awaited and much delayed domestic violence bill makes its debut in the House of Commons for its first reading. It was delayed by Boris Johnsonβs decision to prorogue parliament in favour of an election last year. Human rights groups...
