Archive - Mixed Messages

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Mixed Messages Extra: An extract from Megan Jayne Crabbe's We Don't Make Ourselves Smaller Here, plus win a copy

"You deserve to exist as your biggest, unapologetic and most whole self. You always have done."

Jun 26 •

Isabella Silvers

and

Megan Jayne Crabbe

Nxdia: “You can’t accept me into a society in which I already exist”

The musician on the history we wear on our faces, being grateful for feeling uncomfortable and meaningless discourse

Jun 23 •

Isabella Silvers

Stephenson Ardern-Sodje: “You are what you are in conversation with the rooms you're in”

The actor on the building blocks we're given, intentionality and existing in the centre of the Venn diagram

Jun 16 •

Isabella Silvers

Mixed Messageboard: June 2025

All the events, TV series and music you need to know about this month

Jun 5 •

Isabella Silvers

,

Megan Jayne Crabbe

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, and

Danny James King: “My identity will never be in response to somebody else”

The playwright on owning his narrative, his layers of difference and being a bridge between worlds

Jun 2 •

Isabella Silvers

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