Eleanor Margolis
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United Kingdom
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Pride is now just a chance to show off your ‘gay friendly’ credentials, in a rainbow painted empty gesture
Maybe it's time for queer people to ditch Pride and leave it for the straights - they need it more than us → Read More
'Posh-fly tipping' is increasingly the only way I think I've got a chance of amassing any kind of wealth
I still want to believe that one man’s trash is another man’s treasure. But recently I learned it's mostly just another man’s trash → Read More
I love Queer Eye but its inadvertent landlord enrichment scheme makes me uneasy
Contestants have been gentrified out of their own rentals by a Bobby Berk renovation → Read More
Our obsession with shows like Selling Sunset is down to our disgusted fascination with the uber-wealthy
My feelings about the ultra-wealthy are actually pretty similar to my feelings about blackheads → Read More
I grieve for my mum by making soup. Big or small, our death rituals matter
The pandemic has meant many of us are in mourning, but the things we do help us remember → Read More
The petrol crisis might look bad in the UK, but from France it looks even worse
It’s not just that the wine is nicer and the tomatoes taste like tomatoes - this is a country with actual infrastructure → Read More
Covid travel restrictions mean my beloved sister and her family are just pixels on a screen
For those of us separated by covid travel restrictions, video chat can't make up for what is starting to feel like stolen time → Read More
I came out at an early age, but it took me years to accept that butch is beautiful
I could act gay, but I didn’t want to look it. Even though, in a dress, I still felt a bit like an octopus in lederhosen → Read More
Why is Boris Johnson so bulletproof? Because he's a 'legend'
Like the 'legends' of noughties lad culture, the prime minister fits into a long British tradition of being useless, but owning it → Read More
Culture wars between millenials and boomers distract us from fighting real inequality
When we call boomers rich and entitled, we forget that there are people from that generation who aren’t white and middle class → Read More
It's perfectly okay to feel bored in lockdown
I've accepted that my inability to focus after a year of a pandemic is completely normal - no one should be made to feel bad for their listlessness → Read More
Sorry Mark Ronson, putting “sexual” on the end of something doesn’t make it a sexuality
Turning your “coming out” into an implied brag about your IQ without a doubt qualifies as “being a dick”. → Read More
A women’s size 14 is not XL – but all measurements are meaningless
In a small way, the mask of the fashion industry slipped, revealing a sputtering know-nothing that’s making everything up as it goes along → Read More
I started going grey at 16. So why, in my 30s, do I still get ID-ed?
She let me pay for the wine, which presumably she thought I needed as someone with the face of a child and the hair of Jamie Lee Curtis. → Read More
Consumerism and too much choice has left us paralysed with indecision
In the face of climate change and the collapse of civilisation, we are desperate to make the right choices before there are none at all. → Read More
Twitter is bad for my health so I'm taking a break
Undistracted by the misery and unpleasantness of the world, I’ve started to notice the misery and unpleasantness of my local community. Which is beautiful. → Read More
Even in 2019, lesbian couples are still made to fear for their lives by men
The horrific case of a lesbian couple violently attacked in London is all too familiar. → Read More
No, the Queen is not throwing shade at Donald Trump, and we all need to get a grip
She’s not woke, she’s the poshest woman in the world. Literally. → Read More
Rainbow mouthwash? Pride-related marketing is cynical but I’m happy it exists
The number of products getting the rainbow treatment seems to grow, but it's a quite nice thing to be conflicted about. → Read More
Rihanna: Seven tips for your move to London
Please help yourself to a Greggs sausage roll, a permanent state of dread, and the following advice for living in London. → Read More