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Alice McCool
@McCoolingtons
Journalist + feminist. Investigative reporter @thenerve_news. Bylines inc The Guardian, CNN, Dazed, Byline Times, TIME, Good Law Project, Al Jazeera. They/she.
Joined March 2009
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    Cute video to go with our news! Congrats to the other new recruits @LuciaOC_ @SangitaMyska and Cory Doctorow 🤩 You can subscribe to (or become a paying member of) @thenerve_news here:
    SOME NEWS The Nerve is six months old - and growing! Thanks to the incredible support of our growing community of members, we are delighted to announce four major signings as we expand our team of journalists… Link follows…
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    Right wing outlet Daily Wire has spent $35-47K on Fb + Insta ads on the #deppvsheardtrial, eliciting some 4m impressions. Most promote one-sided content with a clear bias against Heard. Investigation by me + @manasa_nara for @allthecitizens @VICEWorldNews vice.com/en/article/3ab…
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    A US Christian legal organisation + a Texas-based think tank linked to the Great Barrington Declaration are among those promoting anti-lockdown + #vaccine hesitancy messages in #Uganda. Joint @allthecitizens + @openDemocracy investigation by me + @SoitaKW
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    Sam, 31, a supervisor for @NUP_Ug, told me he’ll be watching his polling station until evening, though there have been no issues yet. ā€œI’m doing this job for free, because I need the change. If #BobiWine is President, the ghetto youth who are suffering will be fine.ā€ #Uganda2021
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    A rising number of white perpetrators are travelling to Kenya & other African countries to abuse children, often setting up orphanages/paying school fees. Under global lockdowns, online sexual abuse including 'live-streaming' is also on the rise. My story:
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    I hated my vitiligo for so long, but I’m learning to love it. So here I am with no make up, white patches and all. Let’s celebrate difference #WorldVitiligoDay
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    This #WomensDay I’m celebrating @Sumy_sadurni’s life + thinking of those closest to her. She was a beautiful person + badass feminist journalist. We interviewed @BarbieItungoK together before Ug election + she looked out for me when police kicked off at a @drstellanyanzi hearing.
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    ā€œThe company always used the pandemic as an excuse to hold us...if we went back...they wouldn’t be able to produce the gloves.ā€ These are some of the most devastating interviews I've ever done. Latest for @allthecitizens @guardian, ft. @umabista + @jwsal:
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    Early voters queued up in Buziga, Kampala, but the ballots haven’t arrived yet. One man told me the last time he voted they waited until 2pm to start voting #UgandaDecides2021 #UgandaDecides #Uganda #WeAreRemovingADictator #peoplepower
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    Crowdfunding page for direct assistance to LGBTQ+ friends in #Uganda following the passing of the #antigaybill is live. Thanks to all involved inc @CnstantBecoming @WeAreUglyDuck @KALLIDAfestival @miseryparty_ PLS donate and/or share with your rich friends
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    ā€œAt the root of all this is the normalisation of the idea that a woman’s body in a public place is simply public property and young women just have to put up with it. We have to shatter that normalisation through policy and in the pressā€ @EverydaySexism theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…
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    Oh hi! I’m back at work after a year & a half(?!) off following a brain injury. Getting back to it in style with an @IWMF reporting trip on #abortion rights in #Brazil. Editors, lmk if you’re interested in any stories on this/coverage of the #WomensDay2024 march in Rio. Obrigada!
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    [Thread] Yesterday I visited imprisoned #feminist activist @drstellanyanzi probably for the last time. She’s due to be released next week, & I won’t be around to see it happen so I went to apologise/say hello. She ended up giving me this rose 🌹 #ValentinesDay #freestellanyanzi
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    Stella Nyanzi @drstellanyanzi is on a screen rather than physically in the court room, but she just flashed her breasts on camera after shouting again and again ā€œfuck you, fuck youā€ #FreeStellaNyanzi #PushforStellaNyanzi
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