My ‘Considering My Crushes’ guest post series is a space where writers in my community think about their crushes on celebs, fictional characters, or, indeed, our next-door neighbour, weaving cultural critique with personal longing. It’s a space where obsession, admiration, and projection are all welcome.

This piece is about 80s British television star Matthew Kelly, pop superstar Michael Jackson and the cultural ubiquity of whiteness by Collette Philip: