Check out this new music video featuring one of our favorite MixedLife Family artists, Spoonuel!
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“I began writing this piece four years ago after introducing myself to two white women in a New York coffee shop. The first section came out of me quickly, the following sections, however, took years of hashing out as I excavated my ever-evolving relationship with shame and my mixed heritage identity…”
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“This collaboration started as a conversation about the frustrations of working as a woman in the animation industry. When Bee came to me with these designs, I felt so deeply for her story and message. The series has been an extremely important project for my journey not just as an artist but also as a Mixed Race woman of color…”
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“I live in East Ravka, but I’ve never been welcome here because I look like my mother, and she looked like the enemy.”
Quote from one of our articles or a quote from a new Netflix fantasy drama with mixedness as a key theme? You guessed it, we’re reviewing Netflix’s new hit series Shadow and Bone, it’s casting controversy, overall enjoyability, and the racism presented in the show.
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“Between examines the struggle to find my identity within the realization that bi-racial people navigate the world differently. Using my own family photos, I cut up and reconstruct memories…”
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When Harris is asked to audition for a different character last minute, it sparks the question: what does being mixed race look like? And can we ever assume someone’s heritage from the colour of their skin?
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In response to the Meghan Markle Oprah Interview the MixedLife team hosted a conversation with fellow mixed orgs in the UK- leading to a UK + US discourse on colorism, mixed families, and where does the royal family go from here?
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“This poem illustrates a vital message that all of your Black friends wish that they could tell you, in under 5 minutes. I hope that this Black history month message will resonate with you, and encourage you to engage in conversation with others.”
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Through a showcase of four works by mixed artists, Jonathan explores the vast range of work diving into what it means to be mixed today.
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Spoonuel and Chloe Berry are both half-Chinese artists from New York City. After they began dating in 2018 they realized they both wanted to put their music out there and be heard. Collaborating and also working solo both Chloe and Spoonuel have created bedroom-pop tunes that are both catchy and unique. Check out our review of their new music videos here!
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“I remember trying as hard as I could to push down my culture so I could be palatable to the pretty white girls I hung out with. Now I’ve realized that being mixed is quite literally in my blood and whenever I look in the mirror I see that…”
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“I like to think of myself as a mystical musical siren: come for the mystery of my ethnicity, stay for the lesson about the horrors of colonization! The way I see it? If someone leaves my show or listens to my song having learned something whilst having a chuckle, then I did my job!…”
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Sarah Bernadette is a Singer/songwriter from NJ- her new EP passionately explores being mixed from her unique perspective and is a must-listen. We had the opportunity to hear from her thoughts on writing this EP and about her mixed identity, check it out here!
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“My work explores and reflects on my biracialism and the conflicts created from my multicultural upbringing. I was born in the United States and am half Thai and half Caucasian. Growing up, I always felt like I was being pulled in two directions…”
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Produced by Mixedlife.net, Mixed Student Empire is a monthly short podcast that rotates each month to a different mixed student org, union, or club to explore what it means to be mixed through the guided creation of a podcast episode. This month we’re joined by Berkeley High’s Multi-Cultural Student Association to discuss their experience being mixed. Tune in on Spotify!
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“What is it like growing up Asian in the sports world? 🏆 What role do athletes play in activism and how do Camryn and Jojo navigate the tricky territory of becoming automatic role models?”
MixedLife’s very own arts network director Kenna Tanouye co-hosted this podcast episode tackling Asian American Athletes! Grab your headphones and settle in for an amazing listen.
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We had a chance to learn more about Bruge’s fantastic new collection, Belonging, which explores her mixed heritage. “As human beings, we experience a multitude of emotions and experiences through our life such as love, belonging, trauma, healing and my mission is to portray these experiences and emotions as abstract images and texts as well as research their meaning with a focus on colour.”
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I made these collages to explore the blunt and sometimes confrontational way people see and talk to mixed people. The overcurious and the skeptical.
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Produced by Mixedlife.net, Mixed Student Empire is a monthly short podcast that rotates each month to a different mixed student org, union, or club to explore what it means to be mixed through the guided creation of a podcast episode. This month we’re joined by Brown University’s Organization for Multiracial and Biracial Students to discuss their experience being mixed. Tune in on Spotify!
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Growing up mixed-race was a strange experience for me. I never really had any thoughts about my ethnicity and race beyond drawing myself with orange skin in grade two (the brown pencil was too dark, and the one called "flesh" wasn't quite right)…
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