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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...
Colouring in: how gender bias impacts the diagnosis of autistic girls
Our next series, of thought-provoking short films, comes from filmmakers, trailblazers and creatives exploring what it is to be autistic. The following bodies of work, which will be shared over the coming months, each present their own unique depiction surrounding...
Alice Farkas | Apr 20, 2021 | 0 Comments
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 | Apr 20, 2021 | 0 Comments
Clare: Autism and Female Gender Roles
As one of the contributors to this season’s collection, Dazzling Colours of Calm, where I talk about my son Alex’s difference from neurotypical norms and his path to ASD diagnosis, I found myself wanting to say much more – about other autistic children I have come...
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 | Apr 6, 2021 | 0 Comments
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 | Apr 5, 2021 | 0 Comments
‘Stand up for your rights’: music as a political force in Windrush Britain
Migrant Sound is a youthful celebration of migration and its impact on the UK’s music and culture. Combining broad societal stories with personal family anecdotal histories, this series permits emotional storytelling mixed with vibrant visuals of migrant culture,...
Alice Farkas | Apr 3, 2021 | 0 Comments
Being a better ally with Amrou Al-Kadhi
Heady Mix was founded on the recognition that it’s impossible for each of us to fully comprehend the experiences of one another, and especially of those marginalised by society, whose stories are not mainstream or widespread. But of course, the book doesn’t stop...
Alice Farkas | Mar 27, 2021 | 0 Comments
Writing Women in War: An Interview with Sara Novic
In the final months of last year, Heady Mix interviewed Sara Novic – author of Girl at War. Featured in November 2019 as part of our Feminist Fairy Tales collection, Girl at War was one of two novels chosen because of their strong female protagonist, showcasing...
Alice Farkas | Mar 13, 2021 | 0 Comments
Windrush women: the bold girls
When young women arrived in England from the Caribbean aboard HM Empire Windrush, their hope for new opportunity must have been palpable. Determined, driven, fuelled with agency, action and ambition to see more of the world. And specifically, to see what Motherland...
Alice Farkas | Mar 9, 2021 | 0 Comments
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