After a week of absence on here, I feel the PROFOUND need to share Layla Saad's words. Her posts have been getting deleted by Instagram and Facebook. It is UNACCEPTABLE and I will NOT stand for the silencing of PoC. . #Repost @wildmysticwoman : . So… Hello! My name is Layla Saad and I am a writer and speaker. I run a site called Wild Mystic Woman where I center the stories, art and magic of women and femmes of colour. My work explores the intersecting themes of spirituality, creativity, feminism, business, leadership, and sacred activism. As an East African, Arab, British, Muslim and intersectional feminist, living in the Middle East (Qatar), and sharing my work with the global community, I believe I stand at a diverse intersection of identities, from which I am able to draw rich and intriguing perspectives. . Many of you recently found me due to the recent social media attack that was launched on me by unknown individuals who were offended by both my sharing of experiences of racism, and my unapologetic (but completely non-abusive) setting of clear boundaries with wyt women who were repeatedly disrespecting my requests. I have up until now been quite an open book - sharing my experiences and thoughts freely and without fear of punishment for simply speaking my mind. Following what transpired this week however, I have had to make my account private and seriously re-consider how I want to use my social media spaces, since they are no longer truly safe spaces for me as a black woman and a writer. . Despite the fact that Facebook have removed and not reinstated my post on my Personal Guidelines of Engagement for my social media spaces, I still hold them anyways. . In a nutshell, these guidelines are as follows: . This is a black people and people of colour centering space. Meaning: In this space, the voices and truths of people of colour will be continuously centered, uplifted, affirmed, celebrated and protected. I do not tolerate from wyt people - white-centering, tone-policing, spiritual bypassing, demands for free emotional labour from people of colour or people of colour being made to defend their humanity or justify their lived experiences. I am firm on this.
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