Mixed Messages

Nic and Liv Murray: "People label you to feel comfortable by the question your existence poses"

The creators on the long story of their heritage, being too complex to understand and squabbling over crumbs

Nov 10 • 

Isabella Silvers

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Courtney-Mae Briggs: “I wish people had more time for the mixed experience, it feels forgotten”

The actor on placing her experience, making time to talk about the mixed experience and her British-Bajan roast dinner

Nov 3 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

Courtney-Mae Briggs

12

October 2025

Sarah Hughes: “Being mixed has given me a third eye – I never want to close it”

The Mind CEO on belonging to the people she loves, the conversation around mixed mental health and having pride in her heritage

Oct 20 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

Muse Nine - Dr Sarah Hughes

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2

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Charlotte Stavrou: “I never felt less than, but I had this constant self awareness that I never belonged”

The founder on humbling experiences, the older sister figure and the demeaning language of fractions

Oct 13 • 

Isabella Silvers

 and 

Charlotte Stavrou

5

1

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

10

2

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

6

1

1

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

1

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

1

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

3

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

2

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

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