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Raven Smith

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
3
Latest publication
Aug 26, 2026
Outlet visibility, for Vogue
Top 50K sites
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Jul 30, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 26, 2026 · Raven Smith

    Dolly Parton Isn’t Going Anywhere (opens the original)

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    Bit of a shock, isn’t it, Dolly Parton dying. I know she’s been around forever, and been around the block, but I always thought she’d just… carry on? Carry on brimming with vitality in every performance and interview. Carry on with her trademark wit and humility. Carry on being camp and careful and carefree. Here she would come again (and again), looking better than a body has a right to, spending a lot of money to look that cheap. Dolly was a woman for whom death felt impossible—a bit

  2. Article · Aug 18, 2026 · Raven Smith

    The Tragedy of Jason Arday (opens the original)

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    Jason Arday was a neurodivergent British academic. Jason Arday, born to Ghanaian immigrants, was the youngest Black professor in Cambridge University’s history. Jason Arday quit his post on August 5, after accusations of plagiarism circulated. Last Friday, Jason Arday was found dead in his home in London amid a media tempest dissecting his backstory. Jason Arday was Black—we all know he was Black; he was never allowed to forget he was Black. His Blackness should have been incidental to his trium

  3. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · Raven Smith

    Good God, the Baby’s Walking (opens the original)

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    When is a baby not a baby? I think it’s when she’s walking toward you, her four teeth on show, arms outstretched. Last month, my daughter took her first steps—two micro-strides toward, well, the TV remote (her favorite toy). I’ve been trying to wean her off the TV remote with no success (the battery-less remote I Amazoned has not abated her button-stabbing desire). But walk-wise, we’d been in training for months. After a local mum said her kid first toddled the day before she turned on

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