Mixed Messages

Mixed Messages

Suyin Haynes: “Mixed people aren’t so easily divisible, we’re the whole of our beings”

The editor on considered approaches, markers of her Malaysian heritage and learning as a lifelong journey

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Isabella Silvers
Feb 06, 2023
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Hi, welcome back to Mixed Messages! This week I’m speaking to Head of Editorial at gal-dem, Suyin Haynes, who is of mixed Malaysian Chinese and white British heritage. As a journalist, I find Suyin’s work vital, dedicated to amplifying marginalised voices and giving people of colour a platform to speak on their own terms. That passion has undoubtedly be…

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