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Welcome!

I’m Jess, an author, journalist and critic covering all things culture, film, TV and feminism. My work appears in outlets such as Stylist, Elle, British GQ, Rolling Stone, Dazed, Cosmopolitan, Radio Times and The Guardian. My debut non-fiction novel, I'm Just a Girl is out now. 

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Selected work

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The Devil Wears Prada 2 reckons with body positivity - here's why it isn't enough
 

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Gen Alpha girls are losing the girlhood millennials are trying to protect
 

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Why The Summer I Turned Pretty is a surprise hit series with millennials
 

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The Handmaid's Tale sequel is a triumph as a dark coming-of-age fable

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Every episode of Sex and the City ranked

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"If a size 10 is 'too big', where does that leave plus-size women?"

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Why millennials can't get enough of this nostalgic era of reunion tours

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Netflix's You reminds us 'soft boy' culture can be as dangerous as toxic masculinity

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