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Spooky DMs, navigating friendships and travel thoughts
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On the necessity of violence
Thoughts on R. F. Kuang's novel "Babel", Omar Sy and some book recs
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Banking on Beyoncé
On how whiteness capitalises on Black iconography while refusing to put in the anti-racist work
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The birthday grill
Reflecting on an... interesting birthday gift and on how it became a wake-up call
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On learning how to listen
Collective learning, grassroots education programs and predatory listeners
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A woman of colour on the Internet
TW: racist expletives, online harassment and threats... just a day in the life of a woman of colour on the Internet.
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"You're pretty for a Mauritian"
On backhanded compliments and colourist beauty standards
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On assimilation and milestones
Reviewing Natasha Brown's gripping novel "Assembly" and some book recs
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The Brown Self
The Brown Self
Reviewing books, writing about not being able to write and pieces about my experiences living in Mauritius and France.
Recommendations
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R.F. Kuang
R.F. KuangRebecca F. Kuang
The Audacity.
The Audacity.Roxane Gay
D
Decolonial Thought & PraxisJairo I. Fúnez-Flores
Shamira Explains it All
Shamira Explains it AllShamira Ibrahim
Deconstructed
DeconstructedNastassia

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