Nour Massoud sat down with some of Ashamed’s staff members and asked them about their shame.
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I sat down with my friends Zamzam, Na’iamh and Kirsten after the murder of George Floyd to ask them how they are. They are all from different parts of the world; Zamzam from Sweden, Na’iamh from the United Kingdom and Kirsten from the United States. We discussed everything from the pandemic, the resurgence of the Black Lives Matter Movement, Pride, White supremacy, transphobia and the hypervisibility of being black and being a woman.
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I came across Sister Library in the last few days of 2018 at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, an art exhibition held every two years in south India. The Biennale is dedicated to celebrating local and international contemporary art through site-specific installations, traditional art and sound pieces amongst various other mediums. The exhibition sprawled across the city with each location housing different artworks, fitting into Anita Dube’s curatorial vision of ‘Possibilities for a Non-Alienated Life.’ Aqui Thami, artist/activist started Sister Library as a space to celebrate women’s art and literature. I recently had the opportunity to ask her about the space and her relationship with education as activism.
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“When I moved from a small county in the south to Los Angeles for music/film school, I started acknowledging aspects of my identity I never did before. Growing up in Virginia, I never met another half-Asian girl. Not one. I didn't know what that was supposed to look like. But I've realized that I choose what that looks like. That looks like: a wrestler and MMA fighter, a pianist of 13 years, a film director, a writer, and a musical artist,” shares Natalie Christen aka Renaissance Woman. “Accidental Wine” is out NOW!
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With 18.2k on Twitter and four thousand plus followers on Instagram, Shaz is a force to be reckoned with. If you’re looking for inspiration, look no further than her Instagram @97.shaz, for a feed filled with artistic shots, fashion galore and iconic makeup looks. As well as being a creative, she uses her platform to speak up and speak out about injustice, and, oh yeah, she’s starred in not one, but two of The 1975’s music video’s (Love It If We Made It & TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME) no biggie though.
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