by Heady Mix | Jan 14, 2021 | Articles, Heady Mix Women, Personal Essays, Short Films
Imagine waking up tomorrow and being told you no longer had the right to stay and live in your home. That is exactly what befell the Windrush generation, immigrants from Caribbean commonwealth countries who were legally entitled to move to and settle in the UK. It is...
by Alice Farkas | Jan 7, 2021 | Articles, Short Films
“Forgive me, my bird, as I am not able to embrace you. But here I know some immigrant birds. I smile at them at the crack of dawn and I embrace them with open arms. […] The man loves you, inside a cage located between the vastest ocean and the greenest...
by Heady Mix | Jul 14, 2020 | Articles
Queering the Black Atlantic: Transgender Spaces in Akwaeke Emezi’s Freshwater is a paper by Rocío Cobo-Piñero. It considers Emezi’s award-winning semi-autobiographical novel about Ada, who is an ogbanje, a spirit born in a human body. It uses the novel to suggest ways...
by Heady Mix | Jul 30, 2019 | Articles
As well as the two novels and anthology that will be shared in the first collection, you will be invited to hear podcasts, read articles, watch videos and access more exclusive content in the online members’ platform. Part of this content will open you up to...
by Heady Mix | Jul 23, 2019 | Articles
The debut collection from Heady Mix, titled Loud Silence, features three books that storytell experiences from the D/deaf Community. We’ve curated two novels and an anthology of stories and essays – and we’re very excited to share them with you. ...
by Heady Mix | Jul 19, 2019 | Articles
Despite all current debates surrounding gender equality, gender stereotyping still abounds in much of our daily life. We only need to turn on a television to see adverts of women shaving hair-free bodies, open a magazine to be confronted with images of idealised...
