Darren

I went shopping at Battersea today and bought from m&s, Uniqlo and space nk… I’ve become so middle class and I hate it

Dark Glam Is In: Inside the Gothic Makeup Trend of 2025 Dark lips, smoked-out eyes, sharp liner: gothic-inspired makeup has stepped firmly into the spotlight.

To celebrate #Halloween today, I've written a blog on one of the biggest #makeup trends of 2025 - Dark Glam.

Read it here: open.substack.com/pub/turningl...

New Turning Lewks ep is live! 🎙️

This time I chat with Lexi Blac - Glow Up S7 star, drag queen, and MUA.

We cover his drag-to-MUA journey, behind-the-scenes of Glow Up & his mission to put colour + creativity back at the heart of makeup.

Listen here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

New Turning Lewks ep is live! 🎙️

This time I chat with Lexi Blac - Glow Up S7 star, drag queen, and MUA.

We cover his drag-to-MUA journey, behind-the-scenes of Glow Up & his mission to put colour + creativity back at the heart of makeup.

Listen here: creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/...

How to Spot if a Beauty Brand is Truly Trans-Inclusive Written by Darren Mew, Founder of Turning Lewks Podcast

Finding beauty brands that truly align with your values can feel harder than ever - especially around #TransRights.

I wrote a new piece for Gender Swap on how to spot if a #beauty brand is genuinely #trans-inclusive (and not just performative).

Read it here 👉 genderswap.org/blog/f/how-t...

Ahem

“Protecting women and children” is the fig-leaf white, privileged, cis men wear to try and maintain their power and status* while they punch down on minorities! 😖

A power and status granted to them *because* they’re white, privileged, cis men! (They KNOW this, which is why they’re so fragile!) 😣

🚨HAPPENING NOW: Hundreds arrested in Parliament Square in protest organised by Defend Our Juries

The arrest of otherwise peaceful protesters is a violation of the UK’s international obligations to protect the rights of freedom of expression and assembly.

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The trans rights stitch-up How government plans to silence debate on the new rules

How UK lawmaking has given up on parliamentary democracy…

“The EHRC consultation was a mortifying stitch up, whose cynicism was only diluted by its incompetence. Rarely has an organisation been so embarrassingly obvious in its attempt to secure a particular result” 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 @iandunt.bsky.social

Millennials in jorts… it’s giving midlife crisis.

I’ve become that really annoying person when ordering drinks “do you have Coke Zero? Only diet? Lemonade then.” “Can I get a decafe oat latte”

It’s 2025 can we stop using Born this way on pride posts

Police in Canterbury today informed a protestor that the phrase "Israel is committing genocide in Gaza" could be considered a declaration of support for Palestine Action and therefore a terrorism offence.

This is section 28 all over again.

I fully expect Bridget Phillipson - also the Minister for Education - to entirely disregard any responses to the EHRC consultation, in the same way she did in the consultation about trans-inclusion in PSHE education in schools - which had 2/3 support but was still ignored! 😣😖

I’ve somehow gotten 3 insect bits in my armpit and they’re quite painful 😭🤣

What is a “queer leader”? I see the term being thrown around on LinkedIn all the time and I’m still yet to understand what it means. Like I really don’t get how you “lead” a community or identity 🤷

You can really tell now much of a fag someone is by the length of their shorts. Happy pride.

“I’m always ready for Mon Mothma Summer.”

Genevieve O’Reilly dancing to Niamos! ☀️🪩

FEEL GOOD IS HERE! A TRANS+ MAKEUP PROGRAMME We are so excited to launch a brand new makeup support programme for Trans+ people in London this year, in collaboration with Turning Lewks Podcast and The Outside Project, called the FEEL GOOD progra...

So excited and thrilled to be part of this project! The brand new makeup support programme for Trans+ people in London will be bringing you a plethora of exciting new resources, content and a mix of online and in person makeup workshops.

Find out more: genderswap.org/blog/f/feel-...

Reminder:

If you support Harry Potter in any way, you are directly funding legal attacks on trans people.

There is no separating the art from the artist in this case.

UN experts are calling on politicians and lawmakers to protect the human rights of trans+ people in the UK, let’s make them listen! WRITE TO YOUR MP. Find a tempate here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

@nancymk.bsky.social @jessothomson.co.uk

New episode of my #makeup #podcast is out now! This month I chat with MUA Grace Insole about product development, MUA lead beauty brands and so much more!

Listen on your preferred streaming platform here: linktr.ee/turninglewks...

EHRC is presently facing several imminent legal actions, a telling off from individual MPs and the UK joint committee on human rights.

TERFs these days be like

Today I've written to Bridget Phillipson to ask for clarity on how the government will ensure trans people's rights in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling and EHRC guidance. At a moment of extreme worry and distress for the trans community, govt must step up and give assurances.

This update would appear to be incompatible with trans people’s rights under the ECHR, given the attempt to force trans people into spaces inappropriate for them. That appears to me to be a potential breach of Articles 3, 8 and 14 of the Convention.

www.equalityhumanrights.com/media-centre...

What the heck are the EHRC issuing guidance at 10pm on a Friday evening for? And why have they extended the ruling past what even the government extended it to?

Remember, this is NOT statutory guidance.

And more and more folk are recognising this is pure hate.

@labourlewis.bsky.social not understanding his role as an MP which is to listen to people…

Also the party YOU work for are stripping the rights of OUR community and YOU’RE doing nothing about it, I think we are well entitled to make demands for YOU TO DO YOUR JOB AS AN “ALLY”

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