James Bloodworth is a writer and journalist. He is a former editor of the blog Left Foot Forward, and his work has appeared in the Guardian, Spectator, Independent and Wall Street Journal.
James is the author of two books: The Myth of Meritocracy (2016), and the acclaimed Hired: Six Months Undercover in Low-Wage Britain (2018), which was longlisted for the 2019 Orwell Prize.
He is now working on a new book, on toxic masculinity, again for Atlantic.