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happy christmas eve loves ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ this has been a hard year for many but we hope you have a really lovely holiday season. if you have to isolate or are on your own, we hope you have a really peaceful & relaxing break.

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“If the world feels heavy to hold, I wish to stop spinning. To forget everything until I can move again.”

‘Summer Bliss’ by Raven is about realising it’s okay to not take in everything that’s happening around us

“As the weary traveler sat by the well, he studied the older woman as she filled her bucket and saw the perfect opportunity to ask the question that had bafflled him all this time. He asked the woman: " What do people mean when they say {ا

“The rise of the Y2K aesthetic shows us how trends are continuously brought back into fashion and recycled. I'm hesitant to welcome it back with open arms because of the way whiteness and fatphobia plague it.”

Summer is over but the Y2K

☆ thinking about our chat with aqui thami (@dallaekhorsani) founder of india’s first community-owned feminist library last year ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆

you can read the full chat between @zara.aftab & @dallaekhorsani on our site now ❤️&zwj;?

°｡ 🎀 𝓋𝑒𝓃𝓊𝓈 𝒾𝓃 𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝓁𝒶𝒾𝓇 🎀 ｡° by @janethillstudio 💒

“I have a duty to my department.”

“No, you have a duty to this institution.”

Have you seen @netflixuk’s The Chair (2021) starring @iamsandraohinsta? Funny, emotive and aggravating, The Chair is brutally honest about wh

From The Host (2006), Snowpiercer (2011) and Okja (2017) Bong Joon-Ho continuously includes eco-critical analyses into his films.

In her column 🪄🧁 The Niloverse 🪄🧁 @nilokhamani dives into Ecocinema a genre of films which center nature, whether

❤️&zwj;🩹 Have you read our newest column Art Rookie by @zara.aftab? This month Zara explored the question: where does the great fashion photograph go from here? And highlighted her favourite Black and Brown fashion photographers from fashion history

daydreaming and I’m thinking of you, daydreaming and I’m thinking of you ˚✧₊⁎❝᷀ົཽ≀ˍ̮ ❝᷀ົཽ⁎⁺˳✧༚ (us thinking about @sashaagordon’s art) ❤️&zwj;🔥💋‼️ happy sunday pals 🫀❣️❤️&zwj;🩹

🖤 WELCOME TO RAVEN’S ROOM 🖤

Raven’s Room is a poetry column. It is a space filled with endless clutter, endless thoughts & beautiful poetry.

🕸 This months poem is titled “Little Girl”. In this poem Raven is exploring

happy wednesday friends ☆*:.｡. o(≧▽≦)o .｡.:*☆ half way through the week already sending lots of love 🧸

💒 a tender moment by @chlocandraw #ashamedmagazine

Who remembers when we spoke to @asikemera about her single ‘honey bb’ 🌸🫀💐💓🍧🍥

Asi spoke really candidly with @rseeham about being a Gemini, trusting herself and being a Black woman in bedroom pop. Link in to revisit 💌

Since our ch

ENTER THE NILOVERSE 🫀🌍

The Niloverse is a column by legend @nilokhamani and is all about art, media, politics and the places they intersect.

Nilo’s first piece is about how fucking incredible Nida Manzoor’s We Are Lady Parts is. Lady

mother and daughter 🍥🐚🌸 by @xinrunhee 💐

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Art Rookie is an Art History column by @zara.aftab 🫀🧸❤️&zwj;🩹

Art Rookie will document art in all its mediums, specific moments in the art world and highlight Black and Brown theorists that have shaped the art canon.

In their first essay for Ar

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Have you missed us?! Because we’ve missed yous! ASHAMED IS BACKKKKK & BETTER THAN EVER BABYYYYYYY 💛🧸💛🧸

I have to admit after taking the year off I was kind of scared to come back into the world of Ashamed. Have peo

our creative director & the love of my life @zara.aftab has created the most incredible zine, that is now available to purchase! 💒🧚🏾&zwj;♀️💖

issue 1 of @trashtalkmagazine is dedicated to the personal and political significance of hair in fas

Art is resistance. After the Atlanta shooting on March 16th, which killed 8 people, 6 of whom were Asian women — @_renaissance.woman wrote a song.

‘Yellow Tears’ was made in direct response to the shooting. Even though it feels li

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