A Colored Podcast
In last week’s article, I discussed how white I perceived the fashion scene in Toronto to be and how the people with money ran the show. I should note there are a few key players and designers that are other […]
After three years of modelling in Moncton, I had been afforded the opportunity to write for the Pinkblitz Zine, Viewpoint, and work on two Rogers Community TV shows. These experiences led me to believe that my love of fashion and […]
In the four months I’ve been writing this blog, I have felt the most hopeful I ever have for society. Weekly, the Black in the Maritimes team and I interview people or discuss people who are trying to better the […]
I never cared much about my body until people started to hate me for it. According to others my body came out of my mother too dark complected for acceptance, too thin to be healthy, with hair too curly to […]
From an early age my mother instilled in me the importance of voting. My mom never discussed what policies were important to her, and I think she understood that the system was rigged to always flipflop between Liberal and Conservative, […]
This weeks blog has been taken over by Mulugeta Morrison, a 16 year old that I was happy to be introduced to through a friend who is one of his teachers. Though the point of Mulugeta and I meeting was […]
In a previous blog I explored the stigma around alcoholism and addiction, how struggling communities often face the same dehumanization for their addiction issues and how white people struggling with addictions are sometimes portrayed as brave whereas POC’s are cast […]
This weeks blog has been taken over by Mulugeta Morrison, a 16 year old that I was happy to be introduced to through a friend who is one of his teachers. Though the point of Mulugeta and I meeting was […]
In many conversations I’ve been having recently, Blackfishing and white people benefiting off of Black people has come up. Obviously, this is not a new issue or behaviour. There are many instances in history, and culturally, where white people make […]
Growing up, my mom was a single mother, and never dated anyone the entire 22 years before she became wheelchair bound. The only couple I looked up to as “love” were my white god parents who are still together to […]