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On 'Yellowface', appropriation and how life imitates art
after reading Yellowface, I looked around me and it seemed like everyone was getting their work stolen by white people
Jan 15
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sabrina
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December 2023
There's an abuser among us
On how I enabled an abuser in my friend group.
Dec 5, 2023
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sabrina
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May 2023
Ghosting myself
Spooky DMs, navigating friendships and travel thoughts
May 19, 2023
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sabrina
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January 2023
On the necessity of violence
Thoughts on R. F. Kuang's novel "Babel", Omar Sy and some book recs
Jan 12, 2023
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sabrina
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October 2022
Banking on Beyoncé
On how whiteness capitalises on Black iconography while refusing to put in the anti-racist work
Oct 4, 2022
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sabrina
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May 2022
The birthday grill
Reflecting on an... interesting birthday gift and on how it became a wake-up call
May 17, 2022
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sabrina
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March 2022
On learning how to listen
Collective learning, grassroots education programs and predatory listeners
Mar 31, 2022
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sabrina
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February 2022
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.
Feb 2, 2022
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sabrina
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January 2022
"You're pretty for a Mauritian"
On backhanded compliments and colourist beauty standards
Jan 17, 2022
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sabrina
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On assimilation and milestones
Reviewing Natasha Brown's gripping novel "Assembly" and some book recs
Jan 5, 2022
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sabrina
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December 2021
Rage against the fascist machine
If you're not angry, you're not paying attention (bis)
Dec 6, 2021
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sabrina
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November 2021
Against White Feminism
Reviewing Rafia Zakaria's compelling book + some book recs
Nov 30, 2021
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sabrina
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