Susan Akyeampong

United Kingdom

Writer at Freelance

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Women's Sports Gear Isn't Fit For Purpose, Is It Pushing Us Away?

2 weeks ago | popsugar.co.uk | Susan Akyeampong

Published on 28 April 2025 at 10:32I've recently become the millennial cliché; I've taken up running in my late twenties, and no one's more surprised than me. Any interest I had in sport fizzled out at school. A few comments about how I looked running or hitting a cricket ball were enough to knock my confidence and put me off altogether. But in my early twenties, I slowly found my way back into fitness through the gym.
Why are so many young people looking for God?

2 weeks ago | dazeddigital.com | Susan Akyeampong

More and more young people are embarking on spiritual journeys. While back in 2019, just 22 per cent of 18 to 24-year-olds in the UK said they believed in God, by early 2025 that number had more than doubled to 45 per cent.
My Mom Was A Mystery To Me Until Gossip Brought Us Closer

1 month ago | refinery29.com | Susan Akyeampong

Story from UnbotheredADVERTISEMENT"She married that old man for money," my mom said so calmly I nearly choked on my bagel—both from the shade and trying not to laugh. My mom is the reason why I got into The Real Housewives, not that she ever recommended it. Growing up, I’d catch her watching The Real Housewives: Orange County, New York, Beverly Hills, Atlanta. One morning, around 16, I found myself watching from a safe distance in the dining room.
My Mum Was A Mystery To Me Until Gossip Brought Us Closer

1 month ago | refinery29.com | Susan Akyeampong

"She married that old man for money," my mum said so calmly I nearly choked on my bagel—both from the shade and trying not to laugh. My mum is the reason why I got into The Real Housewives, not that she ever recommended it. Growing up, I’d catch her watching The Real Housewives: Orange County, New York, Beverly Hills, Atlanta. One morning, around 16, I found myself watching from a safe distance in the dining room. A few years later at uni, I binged the franchise properly and became a fan.
Amandla Stenberg Defends Children of Blood and Bone Casting — But Hollywood’s Colourism Problem Still Exists | Flipboard

Feb 14, 2025 | flipboard.com | Susan Akyeampong

Taylor Swift's entourage for Super Bowl LIX was not as star-studded as it was for last year's game at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. While the likes …
Amandla Stenberg Defends 'Children of Blood and Bone Casting' —But Hollywood’s Colorism Problem Still Exists

Feb 13, 2025 | refinery29.com | Susan Akyeampong

Story from UnbotheredADVERTISEMENTFantasy has never been a genre I gravitate toward. I always joke that there’s too much going on and I’ve got no imagination so I can’t keep up. But Children of Blood and Bone was different. This was a book everyone was talking about. The Tonight Show picked it for its 2018 Summer Book Club, film rights were secured before publication (which is almost unheard of for a debut writer), and it was getting a lot of positive attention online.
Marianne Jean-Baptiste In Hard Truths Reminds Us We’re Overlooking Older Black Women’s Mental Health

Jan 31, 2025 | refinery29.com | Susan Akyeampong

Minor spoilers ahead. Much has been said about Marianne Jean-Baptiste’s performance as Pansy Deacon in Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, and it’s easy to see why. From the opening scene, her performance carries an undeniable weight. Pansy is sharp-tongued, restless, and constantly on edge. Stuck in a tense, claustrophobic home where everyone’s walking on eggshells, she takes out her frustration on those around her, family and strangers.
How Black Women Challenged Conservative Beauty Trends In 2024

Dec 19, 2024 | refinery29.com | Susan Akyeampong

When I first came across Nara Smith’s tongue-in-cheek TikTok videos, whispering about making Coco Pops from scratch for her children while clad in Louboutins and a little black dress, little did I know that Smith, a biracial woman, would become (perhaps unwittingly) the modern face of ideological conservatism that would take the internet by storm. The 2024 “trad wife” is a doting wife and mother who glorifies domesticity in the view of a camera phone.
My generation are wasting their lives manifesting - I’ve seen the harm it can do

Nov 21, 2024 | inews.co.uk | Susan Akyeampong

In a year defined by cultural shifts and big sociopolitical changes, the Cambridge Dictionary has crowned ‘manifest’ as its 2024 Word of the Year. The term, which refers to visualising and affirming our hopes and dreams, isn’t a new concept. It has its roots in the 19th century New Thought movement and gained widespread attention with Rhonda Byrne’s 2006 bestselling book The Secret.
If FLO Don’t Sound British, Blame The Music Industry, Not The Band

Nov 21, 2024 | refinery29.com | Susan Akyeampong

In 2022, British R&B group FLO released their debut single, Cardboard Box, quickly becoming a viral sensation. It’s an anthem for anyone who's been wronged by a cheating ex and the song marked a resurgence of strong vocals and harmonies reminiscent of R&B legends like Brandy and Destiny's Child. With the disbanding of Little Mix, FLO (Jorja Douglas, Stella Quaresma and Renée Downer) emerged as a refreshing new force in UK pop and R&B.