organisations offering support to survivors of sexual abuse in the UK [Editors content warning: reference to sexual assault.] According to YouGov statistics, 97% of young …
My heritage isn’t my home
Yes I’m Iranian, I say. I’m mixed, I say. I’m actually three quarters Iranian, I say. The other part is English, I say. No, my …
My heritage isn’t my home
“When I explain my genealogy, my heritage, my ethnicity, to people, I find myself questioning the truth of what I am saying.”
This Living, Breathing House of Death
I was having lunch at my grandparents’ house when I was around 14. I remember it being a Sunday lunch, with chicken and lots of …
As I Watch
as i watch the world pass by outside my window (and by world, i mean the seven screaming seagulls that seem to survive only off …
lockdown iii
i went to new york city with my parents and i thought it was the greatest place in the world i went to new york …
Nostalgia, the art of bittersweet longing
During lockdown, nostalgia has become a kind of addiction for me. I search for it everywhere – every evening walk with my dog makes me …
lockdown iii
A poem by Nadia Lee.
Nostalgia, the art of bittersweet longing
“When loneliness and despair creep in, naturally we turn to the past: we felt more secure, more stable and the world around us seemed simpler …
The Appropriation of Magic: How White People Demonised Voodoo
Last summer I visited New Orleans, the home of Louisiana Voodoo. New Orleans is a city which has a whole tourism industry built on Voodoo, …