Zing Tsjeng (@miss_zing)

Happy publication day to my 500+ page baby! Forgotten Women is out now on Amazon and all good bookshops. It's an anthology of all FOUR FW books, rejigged into a brand new order and with a new introduction to match. Artists, leaders, scientists and writers all in one - I hope you like it ✨ Thank you as ever to @romilly.morgan @emma_a_paterson for all your support and to @brazen.books for breathing new life into the series - and @messymel4 for the beautiful and highly strokable cover #womenshistorymonth #womenshistoryn#iwd

Sooo I'm a piece of art now 🖌️🌀 thank you @carolinewong_art for asking me to model for you (this is maybe the most flattering image I'll ever see of myself??)

Had a blast at Edinburgh Book Festival interviewing Butter author Asako Yuzuki onstage 🧈 in honour of the book I also ate as much as I could in the 24 hours I was there 📍 @_hker_r - Came across the cutest family-run Hong Kong bakery at Edinburgh Farmers Market with a garlic and cheese bun that almost made me cry with happiness 📍 @soul_vegan_paradise - Have to admit I was deeply sceptical about vegan laksa but fair play this absolutely slaps (and the vegan char siu is on point too)

"I’ve dated across the height spectrum, including more than a few short kings and tall queens, so I feel uniquely qualified to weigh in on the desirability of height. It simply shouldn’t matter", writes Zing Tsjeng. "Some of the most roguishly charming men I’ve met have only stood a few inches above my eye level. I accept that I may be an outlier in this, but I firmly believe that charisma doesn’t come with a height cut-off – otherwise Tom Cruise would never have made it as a movie star. "What the explosion of interest in leg lengthening shows, however, is just how far tyrannical body ideals have permeated the mainstream for people of all genders. When I was growing up in the Noughties, teenage girls and women got it in the neck from all sides of the media. If you weren’t reading about Rihanna’s 25-minute underwear workout or celebs piling on the pounds in the press, you were being ordered by TV’s Trinny and Susannah to minimise your thunder thighs. "The problems were manifold – you had to fix your waist, hair, skin and/or boobs – but the solution was simple. All you had to do was follow the advice of women’s mags and part with a bit of cash (okay, quite a lot of cash) to emerge a brand new you. And if you didn’t want to do it? Well, what are you: lazy, poor or both? "Now men are getting a taste of just how crushing these social pressures can be – and I feel sorry for them. Once upon a time, you had to simply live with the height you were blessed with. Now technology has shown that there’s actually a new horizon for you to aim upwards at. "I’m sure that the men undergoing this leg lengthening surgery have found it personally transformative, but I can’t help but question just how far we are now encouraging people to go in the pursuit of our twisted beauty standards." Tap the link in @theipaper's bio to read @miss_zing's full article.

I profiled the very gorgeous and very driven Lily James for the new @whowhatwear cover. Let's just say: not everyone has the range to play Cinderella, Pammy Anderson and the world's first self-made female billionaire Whitney Wolfe Herd, but our girl is more than capable 🧚‍♀️ ⛓️‍💥 in bio for the full piece Photographer: Noemi Ottilia Szabo noemiottiliaszabo Photo Assistant: Tom Lombard @l_o_m____ Digi Tech: Louis Headlam louisheadlam_ Stylist: Sofia Lazzari @sofialazzaristylist Hair Stylist: Fabio Petri at The Wall Group using Olaplex @fabiopetri Makeup Artist: Brooke Turnbull at The Wall Group @brookelturnbull Manicurist: Simone Cummings at Arch the Agency Using Bio Sculpture @manicuredbysimone Stylist Assistant: Clemmie Stuart @clemmieharrisstuart Stylist Assistant: Sorcha O’Brian @sorchaob Stylist Assistant: Cailey Hartshorn @caileyhartshorn Stylist Assistant: Hannah Lewis @h.anlew Seamstress: Chloe Cammidge @ccxtailoring Editor in Chief: Kat Collings Wolf / @katcollings Creative Director: Alexa Wiley @awiley_creative Entertainment Director: Jessica Baker @jbake21 Producer: Luciana De La Fe | @delafe_pr Production: NM Productions @nm_productions_ On Set Producer: Jodie Simms @jodiesimms Location Manager: Mark Cant @kanto_dio

Fun fact: I used to be the (arguably quite sub-par) resident photographer for my uni newspaper but I hung up my camera once I got into journalism proper. Then I went to the Galápagos Islands and phewww can you blame me for picking it back up again? Thanks @markcarwardine1 for all the encouragement and patient photography lessons (and also for telling me humans won't be around in 100 years' time but I'm going to ignore that for now 😇)

“The Bank of Mum and Dad (or BOMAD, to give it an HSBC-style acronym) is commonly seen as one of the most attractive lenders in the market,” writes Zing Tsjeng. “Reliable, flush with cash, and happy to hand over enough for a modest two-bed – and able to brew a mean cup of tea, do your laundry and give you a hug to boot. Who wouldn’t want to borrow from the kindest bank on the high street? With benefits like these, most of us would be queuing up around the block. “Newspapers are awash with stories of such rightfully resentful mates. These make for easy reading, particularly if you’re at the sharp end of the dog-eat-dog housing market – who doesn’t love to stick the boot into your guiltily monied and happily housed friends? “But less explored is the Bank of Mum and Dad itself. What propels someone to agree to hand over thousands – even hundreds of thousands – of pounds, sometimes long after they’ve retired and stopped earning themselves? And what exactly is the small print on that deal? “The assumption, of course, is that parents do this out of sheer selflessness and love. That’s all very nice and good, but come on – we’ve all watched Succession. Familial bonds, especially when they come wrapped around a financial cushion, tend to do strange things to people.” At the link in @theipapoer’s bio, @miss_zing explains “for an increasing number of people, buying their first property comes with strings attached – and many of those will be pulled by mum and dad, years after they’ve ostensibly left home”.

I interviewed the indomitable Ambika Mod for the latest @theststyle cover 💞 Frank and funny and probably one of the hardest working grafters in the biz - what's not to love? Especially j'adore that she told Leo Woodall to his face that they didn't get the same treatment post-One Day. ⛓️‍💥 in bio for the full profile

I'm in the August issue of @britishvogue exploring the relationship recession and the question on the lips of every single heterosexually-inclined woman*: where did all the eligible men go? *including bi and pan girlies but dating across genders is a WHOLE other article (and I am open to commissions 👄) Read my full article at the ⛓️‍💥 in bio

I can laugh about it now because it turned out fine #travel #galapagos #tsunami

“It’s officially summer, which means one thing – news outlets are full of stories about drugged-up Brits overdoing it in Ibiza, Berlin or your music festival of choice,” writes Zing Tsjeng. “Brits have a reputation that precedes us... according to a YouGov survey, half of Brits between the ages of 25 and 59 say they have taken recreational drugs. By comparison, only 5.7% of the global population have ever used illegal drugs. “When I worked at VICE, our drugs editor used to say that Class A drugs such as cocaine have been so widely adopted that they are ‘now more likely to be used in the Dog and Duck or a university bar than at some artsy dinner party in Hampstead’. “So why isn’t this permissiveness reflected in our drug policy? You’d be hard-pressed to find a comprehensive education strategy in the UK. Instead, the Government focuses on breaking up the organised gangs and traffickers that supply the UK – a worthy aim, given the violence associated with the illegal drug trade, but not one that tackles the underlying popularity of these drugs in the first place. At the link in @theipaper’s bio, @miss_zing explains why “the best way to tackle our nation’s habit is to behave like adults about it.”

A wholesome time at @whole.festival 👽 I love friends! Dancing! And boiling eggs for protein deficient ravers (begging the veggie stalls to include a crumb of protein next year) SHOULD I START A HARDBOILED EGG DELIVERY SERVICE AT WHOLE 2026?