Auntythetical: Is beauty in the eye of the coloniser?
I regularly feel overlooked in favour of my white peers. I know that this isn’t just a ‘me problem’, having discussed this with my other Asian friends, but it feels incredibly personal.
Feeling (Un)attractive in Brown Skin – a personal account
TW: Racism
The protests in the US spurred on
by repeated institutional injustices against black bodies have opened up
numerous conversations about race across the globe....
South Asians and the BLM movement: Standing up for Fellow POC
TW: Racism
As a POC (British Indian), I have had my fair share of racist comments.
Luckily for me, most of them have been pretty...
Being Ugly: Why We are Not All Beautiful (and that is okay)
'I want to have the right to be ugly and to be respected.' Lily Kershaw warns us against meaningless platitudes.