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@issywrites.bsky.social
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Freelance journalist • Words in The Guardian, The Metro, Clunk, Bristol247 • She/her • linktr.ee/Issy_Packer

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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Tombstone was my first introduction to Val Kilmer and it’s what made me not only fall in love with him but it also made me fall in love with the Western genre. Rest in Peace Val Kilmer ❤️
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Can already envision the carnage it’s gonna be … a lot of unhappy people
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Glasto are definitely gonna regret this!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I can already sense a huge overcrowding issue .. just like Avril Lavigne last year
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Putting Kneecap on the West Holts stage at Glastonbury 2025 feels like a massive mistake to me …
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
But there’s so many layers to Alien: Romulus and Prometheus regarding female autonomy that make it so relevant in todays society This article explains it so well - www.dreadcentral.com/editorials/5...
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'Alien: Romulus' is Peak Pregnancy Horror
Jenn Adams looks at 'Alien: Romulus' and explains how the film tackles issues of forced pregnancy, sexual assault, and bodily autonomy.
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
If I’m honest, I’m getting kinda tired of brutal birth scenes and horror pregnancy stories depicted across films, TV and literature (House of the Dragon, AHS: Delicate, Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix)
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
And the gory depiction of pregnancy (scenes of child birth and Caesarians) in the Alien films are horrifying
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I’ve consumed a lot of sci-fi this past week - The Martian, Mickey 17, Alien: Romulus and Prometheus
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
AppleTV has some of the best shows I’ve ever watched but they’re seriously underrated bcos not enough people watch them !!!!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
This is what happens when you don’t market your shows !!!!!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I wrote about the change in mine and my twin sisters dynamic since she’s started out earning me for @businessinsider.com Up on the website now! www.businessinsider.com/twin-outearn...
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My twin sister and I live together, and she recently started outearning me. It's caused a change in our power dynamic.
My twin sister started making $20,000 more than I make, and our dynamic shifted. I used to fully support myself and help her out, too.
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
He’s won 2025 open.spotify.com/track/03y6Ms...
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Delete Ya
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
I’m always looking for interesting, unusual and exciting musicians and artists to feature across different platforms. Feel free to reach out via DM with any press releases or suggestions of people you think I should know about!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I’d be happy to send over some more information on my skills and experience if needed as well!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I have worked across several major projects, including Hinkley Point C and Bristol247’s Festival Guide. I was editor of the Bristol Harbour Festival and Bristol Balloon Fiesta programmes in 2022 and 2023. If anyone needs any assistance with their daily administrative tasks then please get in touch!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
I’ve got some free space in my calendar over the next few months so reaching out to see if anyone needs any support. I have experience in all things social media, Meta Business Suite, Canva, Google Analytics, Adobe InDesign, MailChimp, Microsoft Suite, Outlook, CMS and CRM, Cision and Buffer.
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
#InternationalWomensDay
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
This album did not get the credit it deserved !!!!! The more you listen to it, the more each song reveals. The layers and depths to the album is never ending and that’s what makes it such an interesting body of work.
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
I’ve never been angrier at myself more than I am right now that it has taken me 5 years to watch Industry
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
New Sam Fender and Fontaines DC in one day … guitar music is SO back !!!!!!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I’m also curious as to why the word ‘cult’ isn’t being thrown around more as a way to describe this group. Charles Manson and the Manson cult also spread the ideology of a race war, using it as their motivation to murder seven people with the very intention of starting said ‘race war’.
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
With the ongoing onslaught of racist and fascist propaganda across social media, I don’t doubt that if this group had a majority of non-white members then we’d be hearing about it in the House of Commons and reading about it from a South African billionaire
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
I wish I could say I was surprised that Rohit Kachroo’s incredible expose into a far right group masquerading as a fitness fraternity hasn’t received more attention but I’m not. www.itv.com/news/2025-02...
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Obsessed !!!!!! What can’t this man do !!!!!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
I FEEL LIKE A PROUD MUM !!!!!!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
The way it jumps from scene to scene with the only thread tying it together being a poorly executed musical piece is jarring
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Emilia Perez feels like a parody of a musical. The opening scene feels reminiscent of a Disney film but with bad accents, bad acting, bad singing and bad lyricism
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/fe...
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The rise and fall of Emilia Pérez: how did it all go so wrong for the Oscar-nominated film and its star?
Less than two weeks ago, the movie was flying high, with 13 Academy Award nods. Then came a social media scandal and a serious backlash
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
American Primeval is so dark and violent and visceral, the character studies so complex and intricate, it makes for great television … but its downfall is just how dark and violent it is, the bleakness of it is unyielding and that makes for disappointing television
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Kim Coates LOVES a western !!!!!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Got to delve deeper into the enigma that is Seigfried Komidashi for @everydejavurecords.bsky.social Ahead of the release of his 7th studio out later this month, I spoke with Komidashi spoke on the absurdity of his music, his identity, and honoring the past. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 everydejavu.com/blog/intervi...
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Interview with Seigfried Komidashi: the visionary artist who is an amalgation of his past, present, and future - EveryDejaVu
“My musical identity is a chaotic patchwork of different points of reference… a way of forcing people to question what music is."
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Although I’m 3 episodes in and I’m yet to hear a West Country accent …
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Currently watching The Crow Girl on Paramount+ and not only is it filmed in Bristol, it’s set in Bristol !!! Every time they say Fishponds, The Downs, Corn Street, I gasp !!!
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a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
ALT: a man in a yellow shirt is sitting in a chair and pointing at something
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 01/02/2025
www.thelineofbestfit.com/features/art...
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The enduring spirit of live music is in the hands of our venues
With some of the most iconic venues celebrating milestones, and new and exciting places for bands to play springing up, there's a lot to celebrate as a fan of live music during this year's Independent...
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
I think someone needs to have a word with the BBFC and ask them why the hell Babygirl needed to be an 18 ???
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Just finished reading this and I’m kind of in awe at Fox’s writing. It was tumultuous and heady and heartbreaking and addictive. It was fast-paced and vivid in a way that I haven’t seen before in a memoir. Less than a month into 2025 and it’s already one of my favourite reads of the year.
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
I had a great chat with the multidisciplinary Bristol-based artist, Tlya X An for @everydejavurecords.bsky.social Offering up surrealism through her genre-bending tracks and glitchy videos, she encapsulates the many different shades of pop. Full interview below 👇🏻 everydejavu.com/blog/intervi...
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Interview with Tlya X An: the musician bringing multidimensional surrealism to pop - EveryDejaVu
"I would love to create a space where people feel empowered and lose themselves to the moment." Read our exclusive interview.
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Ah I really loved it! It was such a heartbreaking but incredible read, it really stuck with me. I still think about it now!
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Author Tiffany McDaniel @tiffanymcdaniel.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
So honored to see On the Savage Side on your list!
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Joshi Herrmann @joshih.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
You may not be shocked to learn that Elon Musk has egregiously misled the world about the Oldham grooming story. I've been reporting on it for years and so much of the noise traces back to one bad faith rabble rouser called Raja Miah. This is the real story. manchestermill.co.uk/p/elon-musk-...
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Elon Musk thinks there is a hidden grooming scandal in Oldham. Why can’t the police find it?
This week’s controversy can be traced back to a vicious online campaign that has terrified politicians – but struggled to substantiate its claims
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
My only issue was that it probably could have been about 20 minutes shorter. At times it felt a little drawn out and bloated with scenes that were of little consequence but that final shot will be stay with me for a long while
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I absolutely loved the cinematography and the visuals, the bleakness of the set alongside the bleakness of the story was so immersive that it made it feel like a true gothic horror.
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
I’d heard such mixed things about Nosferatu that I really didn’t know what to expect but I think it’s probably my favourite Eggers film yet
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
Mufasa: The Lion King is just a carbon copy of The Lion King ?? Are stampedes the only kind of strife in the animal kingdom ??
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
To cast Lenny Henry and James Nesbitt in this show for only 5 minutes of screen time is CRIMINAL
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
I’m seeing some similarities… #SquidGame2
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
If anyone would like me to write about the many faces of one of Britains best actors working today then I’d be very happy to :))
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Anna Maxwell Martin has had one hell of a year… featured in some of the best TV shows of the year (Until I Kill You, Ludwig) and popping up in one of this years most long awaited finales (Gavin & Stacey), she literally never misses!!!
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Issy @issywrites.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The 2010s are glorified by gen Z. But the ‘indie music’ of that era was unoriginal | Jamie Peck
So much of early 2000s ‘indie’ music was nothing but a backward-looking rerun of movements past
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