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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.
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    Alice McCool
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    May 6
    Cute video to go with our news! Congrats to the other new recruits @LuciaOC_ @SangitaMyska and Cory Doctorow šŸ¤© You can subscribe to (or become a paying member of) @thenerve_news here:
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    THE NERVE
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    May 5
    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 journalistsā€¦ Link followsā€¦
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    May 19, 2022
    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/3abā€¦
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Jan 21, 2022
    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
    US conservatives spreading anti-vax misinformation to unvaccinated Uganda
    From opendemocracy.net
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Jan 14, 2021
    Sam, 31, a supervisor for @NUP_Ug, told me heā€™ll be watching his polling station until evening, though there have been no issues yet. ā€œIā€™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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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Jul 8, 2020
    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:
    Kenya calls for help in fight against rising sexual abuse by foreigners
    From theguardian.com
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Jun 25, 2021
    I hated my vitiligo for so long, but Iā€™m learning to love it. So here I am with no make up, white patches and all. Letā€™s celebrate difference #WorldVitiligoDay
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Mar 8, 2022
    This #WomensDay Iā€™m celebrating @Sumy_sadurniā€™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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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Feb 9, 2022
    ā€œThe company always used the pandemic as an excuse to hold us...if we went back...they wouldnā€™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:
    ā€˜A bad dreamā€™: Nepalis who made UKā€™s PPE speak out on claims of abusive working conditions
    From theguardian.com
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Jan 14, 2021
    Early voters queued up in Buziga, Kampala, but the ballots havenā€™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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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Mar 23, 2023
    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
    gofundme.com
    Donate to Uganda LGBTQ Emergency Fund, organized by Deen Atger
    In March 2023 Ugandan MPs passed a bill imposing the death penalty for homosexuality. In the ruā€¦ Deen Atger needs your support for Uganda LGBTQ Emergency Fund
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Mar 10, 2021
    ā€œAt the root of all this is the normalisation of the idea that a womanā€™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/marā€¦
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Mar 5, 2024
    Oh hi! Iā€™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 youā€™re interested in any stories on this/coverage of the #WomensDay2024 march in Rio. Obrigada!
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    Alice McCool
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    Feb 14, 2020
    [Thread] Yesterday I visited imprisoned #feminist activist @drstellanyanzi probably for the last time. Sheā€™s due to be released next week, & I wonā€™t be around to see it happen so I went to apologise/say hello. She ended up giving me this rose šŸŒ¹ #ValentinesDay #freestellanyanzi
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    Alice McCool
    @McCoolingtons
    Aug 2, 2019
    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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