Mixed Messages

Lucy Tandon Copp: “I no longer feel like I'm hiding parts of myself away”

The author on the evolution of her identity, finding pride in her name and hating the ‘them and ‘us’ mentality

Oct 6 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

Lucy Tandon Copp

7

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September 2025

Caroline Guiela Nguyen: “I had to reconcile different realities around my dinner table”

The director on being the daughter of exile, creating safe spaces for complexity and giving victims their power

Sep 22 • 

Isabella Silvers

5

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Karimah Hassan: “My mixed experience in one word? British.”

The artist on creating her dream realities, the weight of being a spokesperson and unsolicited opinions

Sep 15 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

KARIMAH

10

Emily Itami: “I don’t know how else to be – I cannot exist any other way”

The author on being one of the crowd, interrogating mixed identity and language as the root of thought

Sep 1 • 

Isabella Silvers

11

August 2025

Mixed Messages Extra: "There's something in the resilience of the orange that felt right to me"

Read a new piece from Katie Goh on why the orange is the perfect metaphor for mixed identity

Aug 28 • 

Isabella Silvers

1

Sujin Witherspoon: “I don't need to provide a convincing argument that I am Korean”

The author on proving herself, not knowing how she’s seen and the loss of language

Aug 18 • 

Isabella Silvers

14

2

Ruben Bø Dower: “It’s amazing to not be given a box from the get-go”

The I Kissed A Boy star on wearing difference on his sleeve, intersectionality and lacking the language to talk about otherness

Aug 11 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

Ruben Bø Dower

7

July 2025

Penny Whittingham: “When you’re mixed, it’s hard to just be without anyone questioning you”

The creator, model and podcaster on exhausting conversations, finding solace in social media and inbuilt empathy

Jul 21 • 

Isabella Silvers

14

3

Mixed Messages Extra: Read an extract from My Other Heart

This is one of the books of the summer – plus, win a copy

Jul 17 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

Emma Nanami Strenner

2

Emma Nanami Strenner: “It's all love – it just comes in a different language”

The author on the unwritten rules of Japanese identity, ambiguity and layers of complexity

Jul 14 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

Emma Nanami Strenner

12

2

Gracie Oddie-James: “I don't want to feel like I'm claiming something I don't have the qualifications for”

The playwright on class divides, fetishisation in dating and why the onus is always on mixed people

Jul 7 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

Gracie Oddie-James

13

11

June 2025

Megan Jayne Crabbe: “Who better to see both sides than someone in the middle of things?”

The author and presenter on racial awakenings, finding comfort and leaning into grey areas

Jun 30 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

Megan Jayne Crabbe

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