Being kind is very important but I hate that the official ‘be kind’ slogan has turned into a ‘get out of jail free’ card for those who are deserving of criticism :)))

If you’ve travelled abroad multiple times during a Global Pandemichttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="™️" title="Registered-Trade-Mark-Symbol" aria-label="Emoji: Registered-Trade-Mark-Symbol"> while some are still shielding, isolating voluntarily (due to health anxiety/general worrying), unable to see friends & relatives - then expect that people are going to be angry!!

Also I know that someone’s going to get nitpicky & ask “who are we to decide if someone’s worthy of criticism?” but there’s also a clear difference between someone being criticised for something they’ve DONE vs being criticised for who they ARE.

Might (absolutely will) regret this when f**tball twitter inevitably finds me but hello! I’m a journalist and I had a piece published last week https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😘" title="Kusshand zuwerfendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Kusshand zuwerfendes Gesicht"> if you have any commissioning editor friends pls recommend me #metro-comments-container">https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/07/i-was-fetishised-at-18-by-a-40-year-old-man-13330082/ #metro-comments-container">https://metro.co.uk/2020/10/0...