The Guardian's Society section is what inspired this project manager for Tomorrow's People to work in the third sector
I was instructed to read the Guardian by a college tutor back in Poole, where I grew up. He promised that if we all started reading it we would get into university, and he was right. On the same day, I saw Germaine Greer talk about feminism. I grew up with the Sun and the Daily Mail, so it was quite a big day for me, identity-wise.
I studied sociology at Southampton University. After a brief foray into social work, I now work in Barking, as a project manager with Tomorrow's People, helping disadvantaged young people to find work. I haven't looked back since picking up the Guardian. The Society section is what inspired me to work in the third sector. I love Weekend magazine – it helps me to know what's hot and what's not, because I'm not sure how else I'd know to be honest.
Sometimes the Guardian can hold you back. I check what Lyn Gardner makes of a show before I see it, and if Peter Bradshaw gives a film less than four stars, I probably won't bother. So I could probably do with trusting my own judgment a little more. My favourites have to be Suzanne Moore, Zoe Williams and Polly Toynbee, for tacking injustice and doing it loudly. I mostly use the iPhone app, but always buy the paper on a Saturday. I follow the Guardian on Twitter for the latest news, and I will keep reading as long as I remain a left-leaning, ranty feminist.
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I was instructed to read the Guardian by a college tutor back in Poole, where I grew up. He promised that if we all started reading it we would get into university, and he was right. On the same day, I saw Germaine Greer talk about feminism. I grew up with the Sun and the Daily Mail, so it was quite a big day for me, identity-wise.
I studied sociology at Southampton University. After a brief foray into social work, I now work in Barking, as a project manager with Tomorrow's People, helping disadvantaged young people to find work. I haven't looked back since picking up the Guardian. The Society section is what inspired me to work in the third sector. I love Weekend magazine – it helps me to know what's hot and what's not, because I'm not sure how else I'd know to be honest.
Sometimes the Guardian can hold you back. I check what Lyn Gardner makes of a show before I see it, and if Peter Bradshaw gives a film less than four stars, I probably won't bother. So I could probably do with trusting my own judgment a little more. My favourites have to be Suzanne Moore, Zoe Williams and Polly Toynbee, for tacking injustice and doing it loudly. I mostly use the iPhone app, but always buy the paper on a Saturday. I follow the Guardian on Twitter for the latest news, and I will keep reading as long as I remain a left-leaning, ranty feminist.
• If you would like to be interviewed in this space, send a brief note to good.to.meet.you@theguardian.com Reported by guardian.co.uk 2 days ago.