Let’s stop erasing the history of Caribbean indentured labour
Image via Wiki Commons Ignorance to the gross wrongdoings perpetrated by British colonial policies is constantly revealed when people ask me where I am from. Born in Britain, I am of Indo-Caribbean...
View ArticleInfluencer culture has turned vulnerability into a sales tool
We already know that the internet is full of scam artists, hustlers, and brands eager to cash into whatever they can. There’s something new and insidious about confessional-commercialism, which preys...
View ArticleSouth Asian females: it’s time to reclaim our sexual identities
Illustration: Ragavee Balendran The most well-kept secret (from our parents) amongst second and third generation British South Asians is that we’re all having sex. In 2018, as part of the BBC’s Big...
View ArticleTennis star Naomi Osaka is redefining what it means to be Japanese
Photo via Flickr Naomi Osaka, who is of Japanese and American heritage, has enjoyed a sudden rise to fame and popularity across the world. And it’s finally is forcing the land of the rising sun (Japan)...
View ArticleThere’s so much wrong with that Liam Neeson interview—we’ve only just...
Image via Wikimedia commons This article contains mention of rape Press junkets are a run-of-the-mill part of being both an actor, and an entertainment journalist. They usually go the same way: actors...
View ArticleMen can save their faux-concern for women who smoke
Image: Javie Huxley Women’s hobbies, habits and appearances have long been policed, but the internet means we’re finding more direct ways to make women feel shit about themselves – especially for women...
View ArticleIt’s not you, it’s my internalised homophobia from my UAE upbringing
Image: Wiki Creative Commons Internalised homophobia destroyed my last relationship. Sometimes going through a break-up teaches you things; you learn to recognise what really matters to you, or come to...
View ArticleWe need to talk about the rapes in Botswana…
Image: Wikipedia TW: this article contains references to rape I’m from Botswana and rape and gender-based violence (GBV) is so pervasive here – but no-one seems to care. We don’t know what’s driving...
View ArticleThe mainstream media should have paid more attention to Joy Morgan, now it’s...
Missing student Joy Morgan is dead and it’s not hyperbole to say that our systemically racist media didn’t investigate her case or platform her family’s pleas for information in the way they should...
View ArticleThis week we’ve decided we don’t need white saviours and Jordyn Woods is a saint
gal-dem’s Race Review is published every Monday / illustration by Michelle W God, it’s just been one of those weeks where I could really use a white saviour. Why? Well, for starters America loves its...
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