The Brown Self

On burning out at 17

Navigating high school in Mauritius and our unjust educational system

Feb 7 • 

sabrina

12

8

October 2024

On why I can never move back home

Uncomfortable truths about being Indo-Mauritian in Mauritius

Oct 23, 2024 • 

sabrina

16

5

January 2024

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, 2024 • 

sabrina

7

December 2023

There's an abuser among us

On how I enabled an abuser in my friend group.

Dec 5, 2023 • 

sabrina

13

1

May 2023

Ghosting myself

Spooky DMs, navigating friendships and travel thoughts

May 19, 2023 • 

sabrina

6

1

January 2023

On the necessity of violence

Thoughts on R. F. Kuang's novel "Babel", Omar Sy and some book recs

Jan 12, 2023 • 

sabrina

10

4

October 2022

Banking on Beyoncé

On how whiteness capitalises on Black iconography while refusing to put in the anti-racist work

Oct 4, 2022 • 

sabrina

7

4

May 2022

The birthday grill

Reflecting on an... interesting birthday gift and on how it became a wake-up call

May 17, 2022 • 

sabrina

7

2

March 2022

On learning how to listen

Collective learning, grassroots education programs and predatory listeners

Mar 31, 2022 • 

sabrina

4

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 • 

sabrina

19

10

January 2022

"You're pretty for a Mauritian"

On backhanded compliments and colourist beauty standards

Jan 17, 2022 • 

sabrina

30

17

On assimilation and milestones

Reviewing Natasha Brown's gripping novel "Assembly" and some book recs

Jan 5, 2022 • 

sabrina

3