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Soon Wiley: “I don’t have a definitive label or know what group I fit into”
The author on how the mixed conversation has changed, the duality of his work and human complexity
Isabella Silvers
May 16
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Soon Wiley: “I don’t have a definitive label or know what group I fit into”
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Nina Mingya Powles: “Do I have to explain myself, or can I just be seen?”
The writer on points of connection, holding language in our bodies and being mixed as an invisible disguise
Isabella Silvers
May 2
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Nina Mingya Powles: “Do I have to explain myself, or can I just be seen?”
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Kyle Lucia Wu: “We were stripped of any way to understand mixedness”
The author on existing outside of struggle, being authentically Asian and the mixed voices she loves
Isabella Silvers
Apr 25
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Kyle Lucia Wu: “We were stripped of any way to understand mixedness”
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Richie Brave: “Somebody’s experience of being mixed doesn’t invalidate mine”
The presenter on racialised societies, mixed stereotypes and how his families have encouraged patience
Isabella Silvers
Apr 18
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Richie Brave: “Somebody’s experience of being mixed doesn’t invalidate mine”
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Marra B. Gad: “I am not failing anyone by being Black, white and Jewish”
The writer on warm embraces (or a lack of) and why there's power in our stories
Isabella Silvers
Apr 5
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Marra B. Gad: “I am not failing anyone by being Black, white and Jewish”
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Benjamin Dean: “There’s endless things I can discover about myself”
The author on finding his people and leaning into his identity
Isabella Silvers
Mar 28
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Benjamin Dean: “There’s endless things I can discover about myself”
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Yasmina El-Abd: “I live a beautiful and unique life”
The actress and singer on open-mindedness and not needing qualifications to be Egyptian
Isabella Silvers
Mar 21
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Yasmina El-Abd: “I live a beautiful and unique life”
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India Brown: “Mixed people are people - we shouldn’t be defined by colour”
The actress on positivity, fear and being proud of her self
Isabella Silvers
Mar 14
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India Brown: “Mixed people are people - we shouldn’t be defined by colour”
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Sian Gabbidon: “I was seen as Black at school because I wasn’t white”
The founder on mixed positivity, Caribbean food and her open mind
Isabella Silvers
Mar 7
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Sian Gabbidon: “I was seen as Black at school because I wasn’t white”
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Mina Moriarty: “I’ve felt alienated by both sides of my heritage”
The creator on how place affects your sense of self, mixed representation and not looking like her family
Isabella Silvers
Feb 28
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Mina Moriarty: “I’ve felt alienated by both sides of my heritage”
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Soraya Abdel-Hadi: “People think I’m exotic - I’m from Hampshire”
The founder on language, privilege and the gift of code-switching
Isabella Silvers
Feb 21
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Soraya Abdel-Hadi: “People think I’m exotic - I’m from Hampshire”
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Nikki May: “I always fail at what people want me to be”
The author on confused identities, colourism and how being mixed can be twice the joy
Isabella Silvers
Feb 14
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Nikki May: “I always fail at what people want me to be”
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