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Milcah Fajardo

24-year-old British-Filipino sub-editor - with experience as a writer, editorial designer and freelance photographer - currently based in London.

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Clash Magazine •

SZA Is The Queen Of Features

After five patient years, SZA has finally released the Deluxe version of her second studio album, 'Ctrl'.

Now, we all remember when the original 'Ctrl' dropped back in 2017 - after all, it was a pivotal moment for contemporary R&B. And - if you were anything like me - you had that album constantly playing on rotation. But no matter how great an album is, there’s only so often you can replay it over and over again before you need a break from it. That’s not to say we need a break from her music,
Medium •

New lingerie brand seeks to ‘break the boundaries of the sustainable fashion market’

New lingerie brand seeks to ‘break the boundaries of the sustainable fashion market’

Meet the newest independent lingerie brand, Ash & Hazel, that is striving to close the sustainability gap in the fashion industry.

The brand was created by contour-fashion graduates Hedy Ash-Dixon and Eleanor Izzard, and together they are working to transform the lingerie market and educate the public on how we can each…
Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews •

33 Songs About Cars And Driving: A Road Trip Playlist

The automobile is one of pop culture’s central images. Just see how many songs about cars exist. Whether it’s a rock ‘n’ roll Cadillac screaming down Route 66 or Louis Theroux’s Fiat (you really have to see it, y’know) music is replete with car imagery. Indeed, car songs are practically a genre unto themselves – songs about escape and entrapment, using the car as a cypher for sex, relationships, pent up energy, and the need to break out of your surroundings.

Today is a Bank Holiday for (most of
Clash Magazine Music News, Reviews & Interviews •

The 1975's 19 Best Tracks - The Definitive Verdict | Features

The 1975 elude categorisation. The Mancunian four-piece have embraced the eroding margins of pop music and an era of excess, continuing to blur and blend an eclectic mix of influences and stylistic digressions across all of their four studio albums. Assembling a cult fanbase in thrall to their expression of emo-tinged existential dread, bare-boned confessionals with stadium-sized ambitions, The 1975 have thrilled and polarized in equal measure.

In anticipation of the The 1975’s fifth album ‘Bei
Clash Magazine •

SZA Is The Queen Of Features

After five patient years, SZA has finally released the Deluxe version of her second studio album, 'Ctrl'.

Now, we all remember when the original 'Ctrl' dropped back in 2017 - after all, it was a pivotal moment for contemporary R&B. And - if you were anything like me - you had that album constantly playing on rotation. But no matter how great an album is, there’s only so often you can replay it over and over again before you need a break from it. That’s not to say we need a break from her music,
Medium •

New lingerie brand seeks to ‘break the boundaries of the sustainable fashion market’

New lingerie brand seeks to ‘break the boundaries of the sustainable fashion market’

Meet the newest independent lingerie brand, Ash & Hazel, that is striving to close the sustainability gap in the fashion industry.

The brand was created by contour-fashion graduates Hedy Ash-Dixon and Eleanor Izzard, and together they are working to transform the lingerie market and educate the public on how we can each…
Riposte •

Friendship Love — Riposte

Over the pandemic many of us questioned whether our friendships would withstand the enforced separation of the numerous lockdowns we collectively went through.

Some made it, some didn’t.

And that, quite binary distinction, seems to sum up the two common types of friendships we experience. Some friendships survive regardless of how long it’s been since we last spoke or saw each other whilst others demand a more regular up keep.

It is the low maintenance friendship that feels like real love to
Heroica Website •

The Rise of Spiking in Clubs — Heroica Women

To women of all ages and all marginalised genders affected by the recent spiking endemic, I ask you this: how do you simply go about processing the news as normal lately when all the media concludes that your safety is clearly not a priority in society?

While my question is a rhetorical one, it does stand as an important thing to ask yourself if you are currently struggling to articulate your emotions on the subject. Living as a woman right now is frightening, and all the news surrounding these
gal-dem •

How Filipino nurses became the forgotten victims of the pandemic

In a midst of a global pandemic, marginalised communities within the NHS are feeling more vulnerable than ever before.

Since the beginning, Covid-19 infection and death rates have been higher among Black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups. But behind the ‘BAME’ acronym that represents datasets relating to those demographics, what hasn’t been conveyed is that there’s been a particularly high death rate among Filipino frontline workers.

While the Filipino community may appear small and quaint in
reclamation magazine •

Don’t Yuck My Yum

If you are on TikTok or Instagram, I’m sure you’ve come across at least a dozen mouth-watering cooking videos and tutorials on your daily feed that make even the most daunting dishes seem achievable.

I follow a lot of Asian food content creators on social media for inspiration on what to cook next. However, since the growth of food content creators, I’ve learned that so many of these cooks I follow have experienced the same thing as I did growing up.

Social media is known for unlocking our chi
Demon Online •

4 TikTok Chefs to Watch Today

When it comes to cooking as a student, your time to make dinner can go one of three ways depending on what level of lazy you’re on:

One: You actually put the time and effort into cooking a well-balanced meal with the fresh ingredients you have bought.

Two: You’re too lazy to put the time and effort into said ‘well-balanced meal’ and swap those fresh ingredients for turkey dinosaurs that take 20 minutes in the oven with minimal effort.

Or three: You can’t even muster the minimal effort to make
Milcah's Journalism Blog •

‘Racism is a pandemic and there are no signs of it stopping’

BLM Portsmouth leaders, Alex Ruddock and Midia Medina share their experience with the movement in an interview with Milcah Fajardo, and their response to the backlash it received in mainstream news.

Coronavirus struck the year 2020 more than any other pandemic in modern history. But while vaccines and modern medicine are taking steps to reduce fatalities, systemic racism continues to oppress and kill black lives to this day.

The wrongful deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and many more, s

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An article written for The Demon Magazine

A review and features I've written and designed using a combination of Adobe Indesign, Photoshop, and Illustrate

Photography

BLM Portsmouth March 

Portsmouth College music students playing their final-year gig.

BLM Leicester Protest

The Neon Series: an editorial portrait shoot experimenting with colour and lighting.

A promotional shoot with Bounty Rum and Leicester cocktail bar, 33Cankstreet. 

Wedding photography for Zoe & Sergiel

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