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The Salvation Army campaign: black erasure and white dominance
by Huma Munshi Follow @huma101 At first glance, the Salvation Army’s campaign to raise awareness of violence against women seems a bold move. Turning on its head, the dress that broke the internet, and...
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I too am Black and a Feminist: On the importance of Black British Feminism
by Siana Bangura Follow @Sianaarrgh “Sisterhood empowers women by respecting, protecting, encouraging, and loving [them]”, bell hooks declared in 1982 in her exploration of black women and Feminism. By...
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The Elections 2015: Desperately Seeking Equality and Justice
by Pragna Patel Follow @SBSisters As we approach the 2015 general elections, what would a set of key asks from Southall Black Sisters (SBS) look like? We can start by looking at a snapshot of the...
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The pink bus is a start but parties need to show women they’re in for the...
by Anouchka Burton Follow @AnouchkaBurton Any woman who has ever tried to buy car insurance has noticed it. Search the internet and every website is pink, with references to shopping or diamonds, never...
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Decolonising my gaze through Twerk
Movement as a Tool to Remember and Resist By Eva-Grace Bor Follow @evagracebor If there was ever evidence of the need for self-determined narratives and alternative discussions on race identity and the...
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Kissing historically
by Mara Lee A couple of years ago, there was an outburst of protests in Canada, triggered by the design of the new hundred-dollar bill. On the bank note you see a woman leaning over a microscope, a...
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Exhibition review: The white washing of Marie Stopes’ eugenicist beliefs
By Dana Khalil Ahmad Follow @danaxahmad “Certainly there are very real differences between us of race, age, and sex. But it is not those differences between us that are separating us. It is rather our...
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Why My Son Needs Feminism
by Jendella Benson Follow @Jendella Photographed by Jendella Once upon a time I seriously considered not having children. “Why bring an innocent life into this world of tragedy and pain?” I reasoned....
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Black Feminism: A Black Male Sexism & Anti-Black Racism Detox
By @Femininja4q White supremacy is one hell of a drug. But couple white supremacy and patriarchy and you enter the world of a black woman. The effects of structural racism are covered extensively;...
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Feminism’s dilemma: When fictionalised violence trumps in real life abuse
by Chimene Suleyman Follow @chimenesuleyman It was cruel when sports writer Rebecca Griffin angrily tweeted, “When black women attack ‘white feminism’, they are forgetting who made it possible for them...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: Cultural Appropriation: The Fashionable Face of Racism
Although Media Diversified is on a site break for the month of August while we develop exciting new projects, we still want to continue delivering challenging, insightful content to our readers — so...
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FROM THE ARCHIVES: I’m Not Your Pretty Little Lotus Flower
Although Media Diversified is on a site break for the month of August while we develop exciting new projects, we still want to continue delivering challenging, insightful content to our readers — so...
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Women of Colour: Their Courage. Our Cowardice
by Shane Thomas We’re going to start with a football analogy (don’t worry, we won’t be here for long). Arsene Wenger and Sir Alex Ferguson – two of the game’s most venerable managers – have long...
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Exploiting Feminism for Profit
by Maya Goodfellow Follow @mayagoodfellow Last week while flicking through TV channels an advert caught my attention. I was momentarily pleased to watch as a young girl was enchanted by clips of famous...
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The Political Case for Caring Inside the Academy
by Aliya Yule Follow @aliyayule Academic institutions are not built for caring. My university is built for a class of men with money and time to spend reading, writing, and thinking. It is built from...
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Top 10 Books by Black Women that I Read in 2015
by Claire L. Heuchan Follow @ClaireShrugged Black women’s writing is often dismissed as niche on the grounds of being ‘Other’ to the canon of white male literature – too racialised, too female, to have...
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‘Integration’ or ‘Assimilation’ is a Two-sided Negotiation
by Chimene Suleyman Follow @chimenesuleyman A much older cousin lived in London’s Turkish neighbourhood of Green Lanes for forty years, and never learnt to speak English. She earned money tailoring...
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Sarah Reed’s death is a call to end our complacency
by Siana Bangura Follow @Sianaarrgh I am tired of feeling numb, tired of mourning, tired of bearing witness to a war declared on black bodies. Here I am yet again writing about the death of a Black...
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Under the Udala Trees – a Review
by Claire L. Heuchan Follow @ClaireShrugged I have read a lot of lesbian fiction in my time. For the most part my life, both as a reader and a lesbian woman, has been all the richer for it. However,...
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Who are ‘Young People?’ The Necessity of Introducing Intersectionality to...
by Lamisse Hamouda Follow @Lamisse_Hamouda It was recently announced that the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at La Trobe University has released a new, progressive sexuality...
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