“dear reader you see, there’s something that confuses me. do people realize that diversity is not just black and white, rich and poor, tall and short? i think people forget about everything in-between…”
Read More“I live at the crossroads, straddling multiple worlds. Hybridity is my home where transition and nuance are always welcome. At the interstices, you’ll hear my breath. When I walk, listen for the sound of ancestral spirits and deities hailing from the African continent and the Philippine Islands; hear them pulse and drift, cry and whisper, laugh and pray as they clear the way for their children to walk the world protected, guided, and strengthened…”
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Check out the new issue of the MixedWorld, highlighting Mxmtoon, a brilliant must read, what we’re buying now, and an amazing opportunity for Mixed folx!
Read MoreAden Mandel explores the n-word, political correctness, and his thoughts on both in this vivid and personal essay.
“I can say this, right?” “I mean, it’s not offensive is it?” “But I might as well be on the safe side. Yes, might as well.”
So her lips form into an “Ah” sound. And the little bubble holding the dialogue floats right back into her mouth and back into her chest.
“...African American communities.”
Read More“Being biracial doesn’t mean I have to separate my cultures, it means I get to blend them together to make my own…”
Read MoreCheck out the newest edition of the MixedWorld: A bi-monthly newsletter featuring book recommendations, what to read now, and mixed creators. Read here about Bruno Mars, POC filmmakers, and the new MixedLife Merch!
Read More“You speak to me from tomorrow (14 hours to be exact) & I am still stuck in last night where I can only listen you see…”
Read More“Oppression diverges into two pasts…” Two brilliant poems on racial identity and memory from youth poet, Aden Mandel.
Read More“In these poems, I am attempting to explore the dichotomy between growing up in an intensely religious environment and being an openly queer person of color in the south…”
Read More“Living in America sometimes makes me feel trapped in a place that I don’t consider as my home…”
Read MoreCheck out the new issue of the MixedWorld, highlighting Liza Koshi, Trevor Noah’s outstanding book, what to watch now and an amazing mixedlife personal essay!
Read More“I am the seed of two continents a mingling of the Lobelia flower and the Tiger Lily…”
Read MoreThe newest issue of our bi-monthly newsletter of what’s happening in the MixedWorld, read about the amazing artists H.E.R, an amazing book of poems from a familiar Victorious star, a brilliant new show about glitter, teens, and more, and one of Mixedlife’s most interesting interviews.
Read MoreHarmony Larson @nb_dMovement is an incredibly inspirational non-binary dance and movement teacher for non-binary and trans individuals, check out some of their poetry here!
Read More“He bore a cross across his chest, and kept the rest buried beneath…”
Read More“There are so many questions I want to ask, yet every person I speak to gives me a different answer…”
Read More“Because I feared projecting the violent prejudice that society holds against Middle Eastern cultures, I created a negative conception of my own culture internally…”
Read MoreCheck out the new issue of the MixedWorld, highlighting Umi, an amazing book to read, a great documentary, and one of Mixedlife’s best interview pieces.
Read More“I see myself looking back at me in a mirror, and sometimes still can’t recognize who I really am. “
Read More“You were brighter than most things, or at least that’s what I thought…”
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