Where are all the desi models?
Working as a model on and off for numerous years I’ve always been applauded for my apparent racial ambiguity. Guesses on my ethnicity have ranged from Mexican to Persian, yet when I finally reveal that...
View ArticleWhy ‘Murdered By My Father’ is important
It’s been reported in the last five years an estimated 60 women in the UK have been the victim of honour killings, with a further 12,000 women being subjected to crimes which include abductions,...
View ArticleThoughts on being a #curryscentedbitch
A couple of nights ago Azealia Banks engaged in a racist, homophobic and frankly disgusting twitter ‘battle’ with Zayn Malik over accusations that aspects of his latest music video had copied one of...
View ArticleQandeel Baloch and the silencing of desi women
Yesterday, whilst scrolling through Twitter, I came to learn that Qandeel Baloch, a prominent social media star in Pakistan, was killed. Specifically, she was murdered by her brother in their family...
View ArticleThe White Pube: resuscitating art criticism
I first encountered The White Pube through a friend after a couple of headache-inducing visits to the Tate. I was disengaged and apathetic; every gallery I went to I felt like I didn’t “get” the art,...
View Articlegal-dem does Veganuary
This January a couple of your fave gal-dem decided to embark on the mission of “Veganuary”. The name is self explanatory, once every January the organisation veganuary.com encourages you to become a...
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