SELF
Swimming Helped Me Feel Valid in My Disabled Identity
Everything I worry about clears away with crystalline clarity, and I feel my pain recede, giving me respite in the healing waters.
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POLITICS
The UK Needs Its Current Prison Abolition Movement If It Wants to Keep Us Safe
Powered by Black people, other racialised groups and campaign groups for decades, the police and prison abolition movements are finally getting mainstream recognition in the UK, and the system transformation they suggest is just what this country needs
CULTURE
Short Film LOVE Challenges Common Misconceptions on Autism and Love, Taking Us on a Rollercoaster Ride of Deeply-Felt and Amplified Emotions
LOVE is an unrequited love story told through the eyes of Oscar, an autistic man, and will be premiering at the BFI London’s Busting the Bias next month.
CULTURE
Short Film ‘My Name Is’ Shows Why We Need to Embrace the Power of Our Names, Regardless of Western Expectations
Watching other people with non-western names get real about the pressure to conform to the 'norm' was an empowering experience for me, who's been shortening my name to accommodate others.
LIFE
As a Daughter of Immigrants, I Wish My Parents Had Sat Me Down for a Talk About Racism
With a lot of generational baggage and a complex heritage, I laughed at all the micro-aggressions thrown my way, and I wish I'd understood why earlier.
ARTS
Heartbeats: How Alt-Pop Trio MUNA Helped Me Embrace My Bisexuality
MUNA has largely been unapologetic in their queerness since their debut, but their recent comeback ‘Silk Chiffon’ has levelled things up considerably.
CULTURE
Netflix’s Sex Education Might Be Providing the Actual Sex Ed Pakistanis So Desperately Need
The absolute avoidance of candidly talking about sex has left Pakistanis muddle through - until the third season of Sex Education dropped.
LIFE
On Finding Personal Growth After Breakup: Are We Better Off Not Getting What (We Think) We Want?
Maybe we should view recovery from heartbreak, however protracted, as a success at learning rather than a failure at love.
SELF
The Grand Return of Concerts Has Been Cathartic, and I Will Never Take Them for Granted Again
After a 16 months-hiatus, live music is back, and I’m finally putting the pieces of myself back together.
LIFE
On National Adoption Week, I Want to Celebrate Same-Sex Parented Families in the UK - Starting with My Own
As someone who has adopted, I have high hopes for the Government's new national adoption strategy, and what it means for LGBTQIA+ families.
ENVIRONMENT
Interlinking Faith and Climate Action Can Go a Long Way in Engaging Faith Communities in Climate Activism
While there is no one right answer to the climate crisis, more people are willing to try and find what works through faith-based conversations.
CULTURE
“Young, British and Black”: Celebrating Joy and Showcasing the Diversity of Black British Youth All Through Black History Month
With its new podcast, Naked Politics gives a snapshot of the variety and diversity of young Black people’s experiences in the UK