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KRISTINA MURKETT

MY PORTFOLIO

THE NEW STATESMAN

Don't make sex education a culture war

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SCHOOLS WEEK

Teach First has bigger problems than pay to worry about

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THE NEW STATESMAN

The police are fuelling the dismal spectacle around Nicola Bulley

THE NEW STATESMAN

Katharine Birbalsingh doesn't understand private schools

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THE NEW STATESMAN

What a teachers' strike doesn't solve

THE SPECTATOR

Sunak's Maths plan doesn't add up

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UNHERD

Azadeh Moshiri exposes the flaws of diversity schemes

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THE NEW STATESMAN

Museums like the Wellcome Collection miss the middle ground

UNHERD

Balenciaga is sexualising childen

UNHERD

Elon Musk is not a national threat - TikTok is

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THE SPECTATOR

The Shakespearean tragedy of Liz Truss

UNHERD

TikTok is turning into OnlyFans

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UNHERD

Schools are too obsessed with mental health

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NEW STATESMAN

It's time to scrap predicted A-level grades

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UNHERD

Students don't need protecting from 'challenging' books

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UNHERD

Where is the outrage over Telford?

THE SPECTATOR

Ghislaine Maxwell is no victim

Law

UNHERD

The medieval trial of Amber Heard

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THE NEW STATESMAN

Down with body positivity. Why do only men get to be body neutral?

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THE INDEPENDENT

No, teachers like me weren't boozing during lockdown

UNHERD

How TikTok glamourises mental health disorders

THE SUNDAY TIMES

Sir Gavin's a joke except to the pupils hurt by his ineptitude

Women's March

UNHERD

International Women's Day: contrived, commercialised and cynical

UNHERD

Parents are right to be terrified of the metaverse

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UNHERD

Another effect of lockdown: childhood obesity

Medical Checkup

UNHERD

Want to improve cancer outcomes? Bring back in-person GP visits

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UNHERD

The UK mops up students from Zero Covid countries

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UNHERD

Anxiety: the hidden cause behind school absences

UNHERD

Online child sex abuse images triple during lockdown

UNHERD

The trouble with Nadhim Zahawi's ex-teacher army

UNHERD

Get ready for exams to be cancelled...again

UNHERD

Our grammar school system is broken

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High School Friends

Disposable Mask

UNHERD

What will masks in schools actually achieve?

College Students

UNHERD

What Durham university doesn't understand about sex work

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UNHERD

Male teachers labelled 'paedos' on Tiktok

Graduation

UNHERD

Universities - not the government - should cover tuition fee losses

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INSIDER

I took a 10 hour ferry from Italy to Greece with our dog

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THE SUNDAY TIMES

Ruffing it with our goldendoodle

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UNHERD

Banning 'complex language' from exams won't help my students

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UNHERD

University anti-spike boycotts put the onus on women

UNHERD

Women don't need 'fertility seminars'

UNHERD

St Andrews reverts to 16th century Calvinism

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UNHERD

Penalising private schools will help no one

UNHERD

Tiktok's voyeuristic probe into Gabby Petito's disappearance

UNHERD

KPMG enters the diversity minefield

UNHERD

Michael K. Williams was an antidote to today's identity politics

UNHERD

TikTok's bizarre new craze: reporting the news

THE SPECTATOR

The problem with Barbie's feminist makeover

Digital social media

STYLIST

Infographics are all over Instagram, but can we believe what we see?

UNHERD

It's time to talk about the Covid vaccine and periods

THE SPECTATOR

Don't be fooled by Victoria Secret's feminist rebrand

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THE SPECTATOR

Don't blame 'white privilege' for the plight of working class kids

UNHERD

The UK-Australia trade deal is a disaster for animal rights

UNHERD

Abolishing grammar schools created today's poshocracy

UNHERD

The University of Essex turns on Stonewall

UNHERD

Now women's literature is cancelled

THE SPECTATOR

How Britain can really help India tackle its Covid crisis

UNHERD

OnlyFans is an experiment in mass grooming

THE SPECTATOR

Locked down students are paying a heavy price

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LADY SCIENCE

Why are there still so few female inventors?

THE SPECTATOR

Vaccine passports are a kick in the teeth for young people

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THE ENGLISH AND MEDIA CENTRE MAGAZINE

The Handmaid's Tale - The Language of Power and the Power of Language

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BBC NEWSNIGHT

Rape culture allegations in private schools interview

THE SPECTATOR

Why can't other politicians say sorry like Angela Merkel?

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THE SPECTATOR

Don't blame private schools for failing to tackle 'rape culture'

THE SPECTATOR

Undercover police in nightclubs is a terrible idea

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THE SPECTATOR

Telling men to 'educate themselves' won't make women safe

THE SPECTATOR

Meghan's critics and defenders are both wrong

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THE SPECTATOR

Taylor Swift and the problem with 'sexist' jokes

THE SPECTATOR

Prepare for the next A-level fiasco

UNHERD

A public health campaign based on a pussy pun - really?

UNHERD

Remote learning? 1.8 million children don't have a laptop

GIRLS ON TOPS TEES

Walking on Sunshine: Colour and Queerness in Tangerine

THE SUNLIGHT PRESS

Utopia Avenue Review

THE SPECTATOR

Eton was right to sack Will Knowland

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LITTLE WHITE LIES

The Technicolor Couple Who Changed The Look Of Cinema

THE SPECTATOR

Mary Wollstonecraft's Naked Statue Is A Missed Opportunity

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THE SPECTATOR

Working Class Boys And The Myth of White Privilege

THE FILM MAGAZINE

Requiem For An American Dream

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THE INDIEPENDENT

Diversifying The Curriculum Is On Everyone, Not Just Exam Boards

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SCREEN QUEENS

A Streetcar Named Desire: How Life Imitated Art

THE SPECTATOR

Cancelling Next Year's GCSEs Looks Inevitable

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SHOUT OUT UK

'Suspension of Status' - The Secret Oxbridge SOS

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THE QUIETUS

All Hell Broke Loose: David Fincher's Se7en And The Medieval Morality Play

THE SPECTATOR

The sanctimony of the celebrity Facebook boycott

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SHOUT OUT UK

Is it time to get rid of gendered nouns for good?

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LITTLE WHITE LIES

Nurse Ratched is the perfect movie villain - and the perfect stereotype

THE SPECTATOR

Do we really still need a Women's Prize for Fiction?

THE FILM MAGAZINE

Feeling blue Facebook? The colour symbolism of The Social Network

THE SPECTATOR

Universities should ignore this year's A-level results

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