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Phoebe Snedker

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Brighton, England, Punjab
As seen in: MSN UK, The Daily Mirror, The Independent (UK), The Sun, Mashable, Mashable India, Metro (UK), Mixmag, Stylist, The Star (Sheffield) and
Covers:  Opinion, Chronic Illness, Health, Sexuality and Gender, Sex and Relationships, Internet Culture and Current Affairs.
Freelance Journalist. Words✍🏻@DailyMirror @Independent @MetroUK @StylistMagazine etc. All views my own.

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Opinion: Is 'girlboss' the new 'toxic masculinity'?

Opinion: Is 'girlboss' the new 'toxic masculinity'?

The rise of the " girlboss" - aka, the independent, self-motivated, don't-need-nobody female icon who gets s*…

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Why are we so Obsessed with "Overcoming" Stories? - The Unwritten

Why are we so Obsessed with "Overcoming" Stories? - The Unwritten

Recently, I have found that my social media timelines have been overflowing with 'overcoming' stories. People…

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Even in a pandemic, men won't stop sexually harassing women in nightclubs

Even in a pandemic, men won't stop sexually harassing women in nightclubs

So has prolonged periods of isolation made young people more desperate and eager for hook-ups, making them mo…

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Interview with The Sun-I'm in excruciating pain but docs say my endometriosis isn't 'serious' enough

Interview with The Sun-I'm in excruciating pain but docs say my endometriosis isn't 'serious' enough

MOST 21-year-olds are falling in love, making new friends and working out what they want to do with their liv…

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Has Covid-19 changed the way we celebrate Christmas forever?

Has Covid-19 changed the way we celebrate Christmas forever?

For many years, Christmas was a time of 'settling'. You had to be on your best behaviour, spend 'a good amoun…

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Sex and endometriosis: understand your body and don't feel guilty

Sex and endometriosis: understand your body and don't feel guilty

Hot flushes, migraines, countless bouts of thrush, and a pretty intense drop in libido were not problems I ex…

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'This pain lasts forever': mum recalls traumatic HELLP syndrome and baby loss one year on

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By Phoebe Snedker Verified
| sheffieldwire.co.uk
The moment Beth was told her unborn baby had died will be permanently etched in her memory forever. “We can’t find a heartbeat,” the doctor said. “There is no template for this grief”, the 35-year old says. “You just sit with the pain. I think about my son every second of every day. This pain lasts forever.” Beth, not her real name, had HELLP syndrome, a life-threatening liver and blood clotting disorder that can affect pregnant women, but in her case had not been spotted until it was too late.
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"I want another child, but I'm too scared": Inside the UK's maternity crisis

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By Phoebe Snedker Verified
| sheffieldwire.co.uk
Maternal death rates in the UK are at a 20 year high, as maternity care plummets further into crisis. Despite this, the Department of Health has proposed a staggering for maternity care. Following the Ockenden review, which highlighted poor maternity care at Shrewsbury and Telford NHS trust, revealing at least nine women and 201 babies, could have survived if given a better standard of care. As a consequence £95m in additional funding was pledged to be used for maternal care by NHS England.
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"I felt like I'd done something wrong": Sheffield women share their PIP assessment experiences

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By Phoebe Snedker Verified
| sheffieldwire.co.uk
“I felt like I’d done something wrong”: Sheffield women share their PIP assessment experiences A Sheffield woman who is battling a debilitating condition which leaves her struggling to walk and in constant pain has said securing financial security through the government targeted PIP process was one of the hardest battles of her life. It took Rachel Wood, who has stage 4 endometriosis, 18 months and a court appeal to be granted Personal Independence Payments.
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Why did you become a journalist?

Freelancing

What advice can you offer to aspiring journalists?

Persistence is key - don't let rejections get you down!

When's the best time to pitch you?

Mornings
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