Atmospheric tones, lyrics lacquered in metaphor and pausing percussion expose Oladokun’s sonic experience of love and its differentials. From her platonic appreciation of her friends in “If You Got a Problem” where she narrates the soul-binding exercise of subsuming our friend’s difficulties to lighten their load; to the latter lovelorn ballad “Blink Twice” where her […]
Recently, I had the honour and the delightful experience to speak with Kandace Siobhan Walker, award winning-writer, filmmaker, and a recent recipient of AZ Mag’s Creative Fund. Kandace is funny, honest, insightful, and inspiring. Our interview touches on themes of creativity, inspiration, artistic practice, and craft, winning awards and her new short film Cleaning Ladies. […]
My friends make fun of me because I refuse to get take-out, I am my mother’s daughter and I’m always wary of where I eat and conscious of where I order my food – it is a trait that has been instilled in me from a very young age. So when the pandemic started it […]
Exploring the relationship between autistic coded fictional characters in media and womanhood in a patriarchal world built for neurotypicals. Introduction Growing up, I was always drawn to fictional girl characters that were a bit odd, perhaps graceless at times, fanatic about their interests, who sported a goofy but loveable demeanour. Although I was unaware at […]
It’s no secret how society within the West Indies perpetuates a tight-lipped, conservatively religious mindset, a culture that has not significantly changed since the days of British rule in the 60s. Unchanged and outdated laws on abortion and LGBTQ rights are merely a reflection of the societies, reluctance or even fear of adopting a more […]
ASOS have recently teamed up with LGBTQ+ youth charity, Exist Loudly to launch a limited-edition collection through their exclusive COLLUSION brand. This is the first global brand partnership for Exist Loudly, which was founded by Tanya Compas. As a youth worker, content creator and champion of queer, Black communities, Tanya wanted to create an organisation […]
I can explain to cisgender white men (who are largely responsible for implementing and maintaining the social rules of sexism and racism) that I am not a woman. I can explain that gender is a nuanced and complex spectrum on which I personally sit somewhere outside of female, but somewhere that also isn’t male. I […]
The Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, signed by former president, Goodluck Jonathan in 2013 was a horrible time for queer people in Nigeria. I remember feeling so defeated the day I heard the news. Everything felt hopeless and I felt obligated to perform compulsory heterosexuality before I officially came out to myself and met other amazing […]
Uganda’s LGBT+ community suffered yet another setback in May when lawmakers approved a bill to further outlaw same-sex relations. At Pride Uganda, we see this as a dangerous development that will only serve to fuel homophobic sentiment and increase violence against our community. The Sexual Offences Bill was approved by parliament on 3rd May and now awaits […]
“It’s about the history of us.” In an interview, K Bailey Obazee describes a core principle of PRIM, the platform she founded to archive and amplify inclusive Black storytelling. As a queer Black British woman and multi-faceted creative, K was dissatisfied with only having limited access to narratives she could relate to and says: “If […]
