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Amita Suman about the Brown Face issue:

“I would love to answer it. But because I didn’t have any choice of who my stunt double was going to be, I think that’s a great question for Netflix. I don’t feel it’s right for me to say anything as of yet.”

..she isn't wrong, I'm still waiting for Netflix to speak on this 😗

READ FULL HERE

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Leigh-Anne will be live on Gal-Dem’s Instagram 19th May at 5:30pm BST - via Instagram Stories, 18th May 2020

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Philomena Kwao is the socially conscious black model we've been waiting for | gal-dem

Plus-size and black, Philomena Kwao defies not one but two of the fashion industry’s odds. But instead of letting the labels define her, she embraces them.

Going into the modelling industry, what would you say was your more predominant exclusion – your size or your colour?

Both. I had everything against me: natural cropped hair, almost bald so couldn’t fit into the American girl next door with weave or wear the token afro. Then add the fact that I’m one of the darkest girls out there and I’m also plus. It’s like everything society said you shouldn’t be, I was. I didn’t work for almost a year in America; clients, hair stylists, make-up artists, they all just didn’t know what to do with me. You can be skinny and dark, like an Alec Wek or a Naomi. But I was too much for them to handle.

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Octavia Poetry Collective - ASOS Magazine Feature

Octavia Poetry Collective once again making head way by featuring in this months (March 2017) issue of ASOS magazine. The six (of eighteen) women of colour led by Rachel Long discuss why they chose poetry (spoken word & written form) to express themselves. What their vision is, how they function as a collective, their highlights,…

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