Mixed Up

The one where they expect you to play Britney Spears because they think you're a white girl 

Emma and Nicole speak to Becca Dudley, a DJ and TV presenter who has been in the music industry for over a decade. Becca has Jamaican, British and German heritage, and set up the platform Deadly to showcase the best of reggae, dancehall and grime, and to shine a light up-and-coming artists.

They discuss being misidentified, having your authenticity questioned, imposter syndrome, coming out online to different communities and the fear of being labelled a 'culture vulture'.

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Emma and Nicole speak to Hanako Footman, actor and author of her debut novel, Mongrel, following the lives of three women, Mei, Yuki and Haruka "revealing a tangled web of desire, isolation, belonging and ultimately, hope." Hanako is British-Japanese and has appeared in ITV's The Town, BBC Two's Defending the Guilty, and Netflix's The Crown.

They discuss growing up in predominantly white environments, what it means to be mixed Asian, the casting couch as a mixed person, how we hold on to our identity when we lose a parent and why we hate the phrase 'white passing'.

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The one where we trace pepper across the globe 

In this week's live episode, Emma and Nicole speak to writer, journalist, poet and academic, Dr Anna Sulan Masing. Her work centres around identity, race and gender and looks to decolonise the cultural spaces we live in, particularly within food. They discuss the relationship between food and searching for 'home', how identity changes when location changes, and how perceptions and stereotypes around East and Southeast Asians have changed over time.

Many thanks to Spiritland for hosting us for the evening!

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Dr Anna Sulan Masing: https://www.instagram.com/annasulan
Ana de Costa: https://www.instagram.com/_lotsofbutter/ 
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Website: https://www.mixedup.co.uk/
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The one where we finally sit down as Black and mixed race women to talk about our hair

This week Emma and Nicole sit down with Paige Lewin (host of Texture Talks) and multihyphanete creative, Oneness Sankara, to decide if it's time to scrap the hair texture chart. They find out how we can talk to each other properly as Black and mixed women about our hair knowing that the struggles are different, but they're there. They also dig into expectations about "who has it worse" and dissect the myth on how "difficult" it is to have Black hair.

This episode is in collaboration with Texture Talks hosted by Paige Lewin, head there for part 2!

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Oneness: https://www.instagram.com/thequantumcreative/ 
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The one where Hinge needs to drop their location

Emma and Nicole speak to Apryl Williams, an assistant professor of communication and digital studies at the University of Michigan, senior fellow in Trustworthy AI at the Mozilla Foundation, and faculty associate at Harvard University’s Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society. She’s the author of Not My Type: Automating Sexual Racism in Online Dating.

They discuss Apryl's research into about dating app inequality and sexual racism in online dating and how prejudice and bias gets baked into modern day dating culture through algorithms and AI.

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The one where we meet an actual Spice Girl

Emma and Nicole are joined by Mel B to discuss her deeply open and vulnerable memoir, Brutally Honest. She shares with how emotional abuse is something that we are all closely linked to as women. She speaks candidly on motherhood, surviving abuse and PTSD, and recovery through to finding joy.

Thank you to art'otel London Battersea Power Station for hosting us! https://artotellondonbattersea.com/

Mel B's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/officialmelb 
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The one where people need to accept that if Tyla says she’s coloured, it is what it is

Emma and Nicole speak to authors of Coloured: How Classification Became Culture, Tessa Dooms and Lynsey Chutel, as well as digital creator Zeena Edwards and presenter Carissa Cupido.

They discuss South Africa's history of apartheid and classifcation, its impact on the country, language and its evolution, and the forging of a proud and vibrant culture.

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The one where we talk weird food rules

Emma and Nicole sit down at a live recording at Soho House with chef, best-selling author and sustainability champion Melissa Hemlsey to discuss how the industry shapes how our attitudes towards certain foods, food and cookery trends, her feel good food philosophy. 

Melissa is the author of five best-selling cookbooks including Feel Good, Eat Happy and Eat Green.

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Melissa Hemsley: https://www.instagram.com/melissa.hemsley/ 
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The one where 'our judgment of other women is a reflection of the harshness with which we treat ourselves'

Emma and Nicole speak with Sunday Times best-selling author, academic and broadcaster Emma Dabiri on her new book, Disobedient Bodies: Reclaim Your Unruly Beauty. They discuss the history of beauty, convention and beauty constructs and its links to control, patriarchy and capitalism. 

Emma Dabiri is also the author of Don't Touch My Hair and What White People Can Do Next.

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The one where 

*Note:  this episode was recorded in June before the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes were announced*

Emma and Nicole speak to Tom Verica, the director of Queen Charlotte, one of the most popular Netflix shows to date. He is currently the head of creative production for Shondaland and has an extensive career on stage and screen as actor, director and executive producer. 

We dive into the secrets of the Bridgerton universe's success, "The Great Experiment," the importance of collaboration, and the portrayal of interracial relationships on screen.

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Tom's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tomverica