Julie Uddin
Shielding The Vulnerable
The UK is set to ease restrictions. While this is the great news that most of us have been been waiting for, it does...
Ramadan In The Time Of Lockdown
Ramadan is normally a time to come together, meet extended family, and pray together in the mosque. This Ramadan will be a lot different:...
Posts From The Pandemic No 15: The Effect of School Closures
Coronavirus is affecting everyone. Work places are being shut down as well as universities and schools. I spoke to two people who have been...
Posts from the Pandemic No 9: Fast-Tracked For Testing
As a long-term patient with underlying health difficulties, I was admitted to hospital for testing as soon as I exhibited symptoms which could have...
Let’s Talk About …. Body Positivity
Creative genius Samantha O'Brochta joins us to talk body positivity and her experiences on Instagram. She also gives tips on how to deal with...
Let’s Talk About…Rough Sex
Welcome to the first in a new podcast series, Let's Talk About... hosted by Julie Uddin. This edition features two young women, Bathilde Ibenge...
Keep Your Distance!
When I heard that Usman Khan had stabbed and killed two people before he was shot dead by police on London Bridge, apart from...
Tis The Season To Be Hungover
It's December, a month of pre-parties, parties and after parties. Some of us will be partying all the way to into the new year....
Look After Your Wallet On Black Friday
Black Friday is now established in Britain as a red letter day in the shoppers' calendar. It came from the USA, where retailers traditionally...
China Exposed….And Nothing Happens
On Monday the BBC's flagship investigative programme, Panorama, revealed the full extent of the repression of Uighurs in 're-education centres' in the Xinjiang region...
Nuqi Is The New Kid On The Block
Veganism is on the rise and seems to be the latest trend on Instagram. But it’s not only about the vegan diet anymore, as...
Sad Day For Mental Health
It’s 2019 and mental health is a thing. It’s everywhere, on our Instagram feeds and in campaigns such as Mental Health Day (10 October)....
Dear Prime Minister
Dear Prime Minister,
As a Muslim, as a female, and as a human being I would like to thank you. You have shown me that...
Should Britain Have Prevented The Death Of An Innocent Child?
Shamima Begum is mourning the loss of her new-born baby Jarrah, who died in a refugee camp in northern Syria only a week after...
Christchurch Shootings Condemned
‘I prayed he would run out of bullets.’ These are the words of Raman Ali, one of the survivors of the Christchurch mosque shootings...
Contempt For Corbyn Disrespects All His Supporters
Jeremy Corbyn is like Marmite, you either love him or hate him, and as for most of the media - they seem to hate...
Gender Neutral Fashion: Hip Or Hype?
Given the recent widespread acceptance of gender fluidity, it appears that fashion has become more fluid too. Fashion has always broken the rules, for...
Who Rules On School Rules?
Primary schools are where we send our children to learn reading, writing, arithmetic...and some discipline. But what are the rules that children are made...
The Coat Of Many Name Callers?
Jeremy Corbyn's Remembrance Day coat has attracted harsh criticism in the press for being dull and informal. The Daily Mail went as far as...
Justine Time For A New Leader?
Could Justine Greening be the next Tory leader? As education secretary she won the respect of many when she went against the party line...
Fashion(East)as #2: Shoreditch Streetwalk
Lady In Blue
What inspired your look today?
Work
(Online/in-store) What method of shopping do you usually prefer?
Online stores like eBay, Depop, Asos.
What is a current...
‘Feminist’: Don’t Make Me Laugh
Topshop took down a display and cancelled the book launch for Feminists Don't Wear Pink by Scarlett Curtis. Julie Uddin pens an Open Letter in response.
Dear...
Opinion: Did the Man Who Only Went Four Rounds Go Too Far?
An opinion piece on last Sunday UFC fight where McGregor and Khabib took the boxing much further than just a sport.