UNTOLD

 

MÉMOIRES. CONFESSIONS. I’LL TELL YOU MINE, IF YOU TELL ME YOURS.

 

ON SYSTEMIC RACISM AND THE BLACK LIVES MATTER MOVEMENT

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This is a two-part article. The first part focuses on providing a framework to the systemic racism that has oppressed minority communities in many parts of the world, with a primary focus on North America. The second part shares ways that we can support the Black Lives Matter Movement during …

AN INTRODUCTION TO REPRESENTATION AND WHY I AM HERE

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Being raised in a predominantly white society in North America, I was surrounded by people that didn’t look like me. My mother, being Filipina, had much lighter skin than I did, and my friends, being white, did as well. For years I would walk the streets of my neighbourhood seeing …

BOSHIA RAE-JEAN: UPLOADING THE REVOLUTION

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The revolution will not be televised. This iconic song and poem by Gil Scott-Heron has resonated so deeply in the hearts and minds of the last three generations. This powerful slogan used in the Black Panther Movement is also at the heart of femcee and rad muslimah, Boshia Rae-Jean‘s, newest …

THE ART OF LETTING GO: I CATCH FLIGHTS NOT FEELINGS

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HOW LIVING A LIFE WITHOUT ATTACHMENT TAUGHT ME HOW TO FEEL AGAIN ALL PHOTOS CREDITED TO ALEX BAIER PHOTOGRAPHY | WRITTEN BY ALEXXA WALKER “I CATCH FLIGHTS NOT FEELINGS.” THE CURRENT MILLENNIAL ANTHEM, AND ONE THAT RESONATED WITH ME FOR A LONG TIME. IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD OF THIS ONE …

ALEXXA WALKER: WHAT I’VE LEARNT FROM TRAVELING

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“DON’T LET THE IMAGES IN THE MEDIA, OR LACK OF, FOOL YOU. DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE BLACK, DON’T BE AFRAID TO BE WOMAN.”   I’VE BECOME SO USED TO BEING THE ONE ASKING THE QUESTIONS BUT THIS WEEK I HAD THE PLEASURE OF ANSWERING THEM. I HAVE ALWAYS FOUND …

CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER AYAHUASCA PT II: BLINDED

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  THE SECOND PART OF OUR ‘CONVERSATIONS WITH MOTHER AYAHUASCA’ SERIES. YOU CAN FIND THE FIRST PART HERE. BY LARA   A FEW WEEKS LATER, I SPENT OVER A MONTH LIVING IN A VERY REMOTE AREA OF THE AMAZONIAN JUNGLE. HERE, I BEFRIENDED AN INDIGENOUS MAN WHO TOLD ME ABOUT HIS …

DARON BANDEIRA: REWRITING THE AFRICAN STORY

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“’AFRICAN PEOPLE DON’T DREAM LIKE THAT,’ SOMEBODY TOLD ME LAST WEEK. ‘IT’S NOT POSSIBLE.’”   What does it mean to be African? Africa, the world’s second largest continent consisting of 54 countries and 1.2 billion people, has been what some might call ‘misunderstood.’ A more accurate description might be ‘misrepresented’ …