At a very young age an unknown Indian aunty told my mom that I should start applying gram flour and turmeric daily. She said that’s what made Aishwarya Rai Bachchan fair and pretty. My ten-year-old mind couldn’t understand what was the connection between fairness and being beautiful then, but I do now. Colorism, a termContinue reading “The shades between grace and grotesque”
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The stigma is you
“I have depression “ “Don’t worry you will just snap out of it” “Oh yeah . why didn’t I think of” I hear and use the word stigma every day and every time I do, I twinge a bit. It just doesn’t feel right. 1 in 4 people suffer from mental illness at some pointContinue reading “The stigma is you”
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