Archive - Mixed Messages

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

10 hrs ago •

Isabella Silvers

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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

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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

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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

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Megan Jayne Crabbe

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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

May 2025

Mixed Messages Live is back for 2025!

Get your tickets now before they sell out – again!

May 22 •

Isabella Silvers

William Hunter: “My experience of my own race is how it is read to me by other people”

The author on unhelpful distinctions, finding kinship and the clarity of a name

May 19 •

Isabella Silvers

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William Rayfet Hunter

Katie Goh: “You can't live through other people's eyes”

The author on the myth of authenticity, language barriers and the variousness of mixed identity

May 12 •

Isabella Silvers

Mixed Messages Extra: Read an extract from Sama Sama, plus win a copy

A sneak peek at Julie Lin's Sama Sama and your chance to win your own copy

May 8 •

Isabella Silvers

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Julie Lin: “You are valid by being who you are”

The chef and author on having to explain herself, the parts of culture we touch and Big Fat Noodles

May 7 •

Isabella Silvers

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