At a time when DEI is being rolled back and marginalised voices are under threat, this interview is a reminder that resistance isn’t always loud, but is always present.

An Interview with Barbara Kennedy-Brown of Fashion Minority Alliance (FMA).

Author: Chourouk Gorrab

Category: CULTURE

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Céline Semaan challenges us to rethink everything we’ve been taught to aspire to: fashion, education, even the idea of womanhood itself.

"When Instagram becomes the mirror through which we view ourselves, the relentless pursuit of a cinched waist, lean muscles, or the “slim-thick” physique portrayed by influencers can lead to an unhealthy obsession with unrealistic beauty standards."

Author: Tade

Category: LIFE

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This is part three, and the final chapter of our second Fiction story, "Swept Up" by Rhea Dhanbhoora, released as a weekly series throughout this month of September. 

"A security guard scurries out of the safe confines of the little stone cottage by the gate to check whether it’s been properly padlocked. The old lady in the floral headscarf nods from the crack in her lace curtains as he squints up to the tall biscuit-coloured building for approval, before scurrying back into the cottage where intercoms click and hiss in terror."

Author: Rhea Dhanbhoora
Category: FICTION
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This is part one of our second Fiction story, "Swept Up" by Rhea Dhanbhoora, released as a weekly series throughout this month.

Author: Rhea Dhanbhoora

Category: FICTION

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This growing tide of racism and Islamophobia, often masked as patriotism, is both appalling and infuriating.

Author: Chourouk Gorrab

Category: POLITICS

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Here are 5 essential shows, films and podcasts about and by Palestinians, sharing their authentic perspectives and history.

Author: The Spill

Category: CULTURE

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Newsletter heaven is where I now reside, and I find myself smiling at my phone a lot more than I used to.

Author: Jennifer Hakim

Category: CULTURE

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Where are the limits of help, and the beginnings of harm? Such is the premise of Multiple Casualty Incident, by Sami Ibrahim, hitting the Yard Theatre, Hackney Wick on 27th April 2024.

Author: The Spill

Category: ARTS 

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