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8 QTIBPOC Books To Discover On World Book Day 2021

Hustle Culture, Why Black People Require Rest

“Stay Weird You Only Live Once”: Yasmin Benoit On Being Alternative and Asexual

How The Pandemic Made Me Realise I’m The Token Brown Friend

MNEK on Staying Thankful and Making Music In Lockdown

Using Identity Politics to defend Kristen Gray’s Exploitation of Bali is Reductive and Dismissive

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8 QTIBPOC Books To Discover On World Book Day 2021

Hustle Culture, Why Black People Require Rest

How The Pandemic Made Me Realise I’m The Token Brown Friend

Using Identity Politics to defend Kristen Gray’s Exploitation of Bali is Reductive and Dismissive

Lunar New Queer – The Clash Between LGBTQ+ Identity And Asian Culture

It’s a Sin Proves The Unifying Power Of Telling LGBTQ+ Stories From Different Perspectives

8 QTIBPOC Books To Discover On World Book Day 2021

04/03/202104/03/2021 Danielle Worrell

It’s World Book Day and we have 8 Books for you written by some amazing QTIBPOC authors. They range from Sci-Fi short stories and autobiographical fiction to teenage fiction and poetry. Leave your suggestions in the comments, we’d love to know what you’re reading! 1/8 Love Beyond Body, Space and Time: An Indigenous LGBTQ Sci-Fi […]

 Arts, Culture & News

Hustle Culture, Why Black People Require Rest

02/03/202103/03/2021 Malaika

A good example of hustling is me, writing this article on New Years Day, battling with period pains, whilst entertaining various members of my family, after agreeing to work one of my other jobs on New Year’s eve. Hustle culture is the idea that a person should be doing lots of things at once to […]

 Culture & News

“Stay Weird You Only Live Once”: Yasmin Benoit On Being Alternative and Asexual

25/02/202125/02/2021 Omolara Olusola

Happy LGBTQIA+ History month! I was lucky enough to have the pleasure of speaking with Yasmin Benoit, asexual model and activist. Yasmin is witty, incisive and passionate. In the interview we chat about a range of topics from Yasmin’s guilty pleasures, what it was like growing up, asexuality and media representation, being sexualised and why […]

 Feature

How The Pandemic Made Me Realise I’m The Token Brown Friend

22/02/202120/02/2021 Ravinder Kaur

The Covid-19 pandemic has been brimming with revelations for many individuals, all around the world, irrespective of gender, age and race. Like many others, the pandemic has unearthed aspects of myself that I didn’t acknowledge the existence of earlier. Before face masks, social distancing and permanently dry hands (as a result of too much hand […]

 Culture & News

MNEK on Staying Thankful and Making Music In Lockdown

19/02/202119/02/2021 Memuna Konteh

Chart-topping vocalist and last week’s iconic drag race guest judge, MNEK, recently teamed up with Absolut vodka for ‘It’s in our Spirits’. In the face of COVID despair, The campaign encourages people to act responsibly and remain optimistic towards a future carefree, in-person interaction, something the Never Forget You singer feels strongly about. In this […]

 Interview, Music

Using Identity Politics to defend Kristen Gray’s Exploitation of Bali is Reductive and Dismissive

15/02/202115/02/2021 Tennille Rolingson

Many of you who frequent Twitter may be familiar with the Kristen Gray Bali fiasco that took place a few weeks ago. For those unfamiliar, some context; Kristen Gray is an American tourist who ‘moved’ to Bali with her girlfriend after finding it difficult to get a job in the US. She gushes over the […]

 Culture & News

Self Love – A Cheat Code to Living a Fuller Life

14/02/202114/02/2021 Danielle Worrell

So let’s start by comparing the two, Self Love Vs Self Care: Self love is having unconditional love for oneself; mind, body and soul – flaws and all. Its acceptance of who you are and how you show up in the world. Self love is knowing you are valued, worthy and deserving, and has no […]

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Lunar New Queer – The Clash Between LGBTQ+ Identity And Asian Culture

11/02/202110/02/2021 Martin Pong

Lunar New Year, a time for prawn crackers and fortune cookies? Not quite!  For millions of East and South East Asians, the festival reunites families to feast on traditional dishes and exchange red envelope gifts, to bring good luck in the year to come.  What this means for my British Chinese family is a congregation […]

 Culture & News

It’s a Sin Proves The Unifying Power Of Telling LGBTQ+ Stories From Different Perspectives

08/02/202108/02/2021 Memuna Konteh

It’s a Sin, a Channel 4 series exploring the 1980s AIDS crisis through the eyes of a patchwork group of young Londoners, has rightfully captured the attention and hearts of UK audiences in the fortnight since its release. The show follows housemates Ritchie, Roscoe, Ash, Colin and Jill, as they build friendships and navigate life […]

 Culture & News

Grace Barber-Plentie – The Curator Envisioning a Fat Utopia

04/02/202104/02/2021 Leah Sinclair

Depictions of fat women in TV & film have rarely done them any justice. Whether it’s the mockery of fat Black women seen in Tyler Perry’s Madea and Eddie Murphy’s ‘Norbit’ or various fat characters sidelined to the funny best friend (à la Kim in Moesha), the representation of fatness in TV and film has […]

 Arts, Feature

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