A selection of my published articles and essays.
Kate Garraway’s £500,000 debt shows the brutal reality of being a carer
i paper, March 2024
Epistemic injustice: an invitation to ask new questions
Public Interest Research Centre, October 2023
To solve the care crisis, re-imagine ‘family’
The Lead, October 2023
Committing a Benevolent Insult? The misunderstanding at the heart of care policy
IPPR Progressive Review, August 2023
Cheap labour and AI won’t fix the care crisis - here’s a real solution
openDemocracy, July 2023
Eldercare is the new childcare, and carers need new rights
The Big Issue, June 2023, print and digital
Caring for loved ones should be a fundamental right - why isn’t it?
Washington Post, May 2023, print and digital
On ‘carebots’ and the positive aspects of caregiving for humans - a feature essay
The Observer, May 2023, print and digital
On ‘carebots’ and the future of technology in care
Saga, April 2023, print only
On what it’s like to be a caregiver and how to support others in that situation
Good Housekeeping, April 2023, print only
Short essay on the boundaries of ‘family’ and the idea of ‘family abolition’
Refinery29, October 2022
openDemocracy, August 2022
Borders, not traffickers, killed 46 people in Texas
openDemocracy, June 2022
Watching Secretary 20 years on - on media, rape and the things we can’t express
Literary Hub, March 2022
Red Magazine, December 2021
Transforming care must be central to any bold vision of a greener future
The Guardian, October 2021
Fixing the UK’s care crisis must be about more than government funding
openDemocracy, October 2021
On creating forms of collective care
The Guardian, May 2021Partners in crime
The KOL Social, March 2021On modern slavery as a political issue
The Guardian, January 2021The problem with spotting the signs of modern slavery
Thomson Reuters, January 2021On caring for a sick loved one and political change
The Guardian, October 2020‘eight women’
Flock Literary Magazine, summer 2020, nominated for a Pushcart Prize‘A lorry load of corpses in Essex, but no trafficking charges in court’
Open Democracy, October 2020‘Britain has to choose: evict renters or tackle human trafficking’
Thomson Reuters, September 2020‘Priti Patel is wrong, modern slavery in Leicester is built on her government's failures’
The Guardian, July 2020'How to kill a virus - state narratives and the COVID-19 pandemic’
Pluto Press, April 2020‘Getting anti-trafficking advocated on board with decriminalised sex work’
Open Democracy, January 2020‘After the Essex lorry deaths, what will it take to realise harder borders cause these tragedies?’
Huffington Post, October 2019‘Is putting teeth into the Modern Slavery Act the solution to corporate supply chain exploitation?’
Thomson Reuters, October 2019‘The Home Office is locking up victims of slavery - will Priti Patel do the right thing and end this cruelty?’
Independent, July 2019‘On the value of feeling the fear and not doing it anyway’
Litro Magazine, July 2019, selected as Editor’s Choice‘How UK immigration policy is making a marketplace for traffickers’
Thomson Reuters, April 2019‘Overcoming modern slavery with a rights-based labour market for all’
IPPR Progressive Review, October 2018‘Unions in the 21st century - adapt to survive, co-opt to grow’
Open Democracy, July 2018‘Istanbul’
Oh Magazine, spring 2018‘Women who walk alone’
Shooter Literary Magazine, summer 2017‘Growing Younger’
Litro Magazine, spring 2017‘Here are the most common corporate arguments against the Living Wage’
Independent, January 2016‘Our fake book exposed Amazon’s fatal flaw’
The Guardian, June 2014
Reviews
On Sophie Lewis’s ‘Abolish the Family’
Refinery29, October 2022
Review essay on care, regarding The Care Manifesto (The Care Collective) and The Care Crisis (Emma Dowling)
Red Pepper Magazine, Issue 231, March 2021‘Rigged Business’
Times Literary Supplement, February 2021‘Inhuman Service’
Times Literary Supplement, July 2020