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Same, same, but different: championing better representation for those with autism
‘Dina’ is a non-fiction, feature length documentary about a love story, which, at its core is just like any other. Yet despite belonging to the romantic comedy genre, the film features central two characters who, because of their neurodiversity, belong to a group...
Alice Farkas | Jun 20, 2021 | 0 Comments
Navigating conflict: An interview with author Chinelo Okparanta
Earlier this year, Heady Mix spoke with author Nigerian-American author Chinelo Okparanta. Chinelo’s list of accolades and awards is extensive and includes being named as Granta's Best of Young American Novelist in 2017 for her novel Under the Udala Trees. It was...
Alice Farkas | Jun 13, 2021 | 0 Comments
Mildly different: recognising hidden autism in girls
Mildly Different is a crowd-funded film project aimed at raising awareness of autism in women and girls, exploring what the condition looks and feels like in females who can often be misdiagnosed. Written and produced by Anna Czarska, who is herself autistic, the...
Alice Farkas | Jun 6, 2021 | 0 Comments
Why Afrofuturism needs more nuance: an interview with author Masande Ntshanga Part II
In part II of our conversation with writer Masande Ntshanga, author of Triangulum – a novel that featured in the 2019 Heady Mix theme ‘Afrofuturism’, we discussed the context of the genre and to what extent it is aligned to Africa and African writers… Heady...
Alice Farkas | May 23, 2021 | 0 Comments
An American Marriage by Tayari Jones
An American Marriage, as the title suggests, is simply a story of a marriage in America. But as Tayari Jones reveals that although the characters could be like everyday Americans — ambitious, artistic, hardworking — the misery that befalls them would not happen to...
Mohini Singh | May 22, 2021 | 0 Comments
The human behind the headline: a conversation with Ausma Zehanat Kahn
Ausma Zehanat Kahn is the award-winning author of the hugely successful Khattak and Getty crime novel series. This sequence of books has brought Ausma critical acclaim for stories centred on solving crimes in some of Canada’s most vulnerable communities. From...
Alice Farkas | May 15, 2021 | 0 Comments
Best Gift Ideas for Mum’s Birthday
One of our previous themes, Windrush, led to us thinking about family ties and the deep and enduring importance of our mothers to our sense of home and place. So when it comes to thinking of gifts for our mum's birthdays, it felt fitting to celebrate...
Absent speech does not mean absent thought: a glimpse into Autistic expression
My mind is forever swaying this way and that. Naoki Higashida Naoki Higashida is a Japanese author who, aged just 13, began narrating his experience as someone who sees the world through the lens of Autism. This body of work culminated in the publication of ‘The...
Alice Farkas | May 5, 2021 | 0 Comments
An Africa with her own narrative: an interview with author Masande Ntshanga Part I
Earlier this year, we sat down to talk over Zoom with award-winning South African writer Masande Ntshanga. Masande’s second work of fiction Triangulum featured in a Heady Mix collection back in September 2019, titled Afrofuturism. The thematic context behind this...
Alice Farkas | May 1, 2021 | 0 Comments
Earth Day: the young women fighting for our planet
Earth Day is a global event created to fire up the next generation of changemakers by bringing together environmental activists. This year's theme - Restore Our Earth™ - aims to provoke opposition to 'business as usual' after the pandemic, an impetus for...
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