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The List: The instant Sunday Times bestselling debut novel – ‘The perfect summer read’ Paula Hawkins

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In The List we are taken to London where we meet Ola Olajide, an upcoming journalist at a feminist magazine who will be marring the love of her life, Michael, in less than a month.

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I started having all these meetings with American production companies, and it was like seven in the evening and I’m at home in pajama bottoms talking to someone from Disney. In the beginning the novel felt like a probe into the private lives of Ola and Michael, but it quickly changes into a social commentary with weighty issues.The debacle with Meg thee Stallion after being a victim of gun violence is all the proof I need that wr don't need to be worried about the impact of this type of public shaming on perpetrators.

Yomi Adegoke Has Written the Media Novel of the Season | Vogue Yomi Adegoke Has Written the Media Novel of the Season | Vogue

When her boss insists that she covers the story of The List for their magazine, Ola has to find out if the allegations are true while people on social media are out for blood to crucify the people on The List. We circle around times when an article of hers has gone viral for the wrong reason or there’s been a racist pile-on in the comments section, but she glosses over how much she lets it bother her.One interviewer in the Times wrote a piece admitting that despite living in a borough that is 46% black, she knew “more about Danish people from watching box sets than the inner lives of black people”. Stunningly, she stumbled into writing almost by accident – while studying law, she took a year out and started a pop culture blog on a whim, which eventually led to her securing a series of grants that allowed her to create Birthday, a zine for young Black girls. We're made to assume that Jackie was a 'psycho' when, in actual fact, she was treated appallingly too.

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The List is, in many ways, a social media novel, and it looks at the idea of people, and women especially, feeling pressure to be “consistent” online. The book covers work, education, money, dating and health, as well as media representation of black women.Vogue may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Together, they have amassed plenty of followers on their social media and became known as the Black "It" couple throughout London's social circles, but they are about to learn how this fame would backfire when ‘The List’ is published on Twitter.

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It’s not hard to see why, earlier this year, Deadline reported that A24, BBC and HBO Max were all in the process of developing a TV adaptation of this nuanced and at times challenging story. Nails: Dashl Beauty Bar; Makeup: Morayo Kuku; Dress: Sister Jane; Shoes: Maison Margiela; Earrings: Ruby Jack; Bracelet: Jigsaw/Collagerie; Location: Birch Selsdon. She has a loyal set of friends from home – her “day ones” – but knows she is on the precipice of her world being utterly transformed. The List" by Yomi Adegoke is a contemporary novel that focuses on one of the most insidious aspects of most social media platforms: cancel culture and its dangerous consequences.So, like the idea of being innocent until proven guilty, or free speech – these issues have a bit of a PR problem right now. The Spaced actor looks back on a life obsessed by food, kitchens and cooking in this poignant and funny memoir. They went viral and started getting a following- a following Michael loved because in some ways it validated him and the relationship.

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