"Stories are always going to be around and have always been around. Because they exist as survival information. And that's not necessarily life or death survival, but more like, sometimes the survival information you need is just to see that people have survived situations that you've been in. Or shared a part of your identity and have just been here before you."
Read MoreCheck out this new music video featuring one of our favorite MixedLife Family artists, Spoonuel!
Read More“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…”
Read More“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…”
Read MoreProduced 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 @AllMixedUpCA to discuss their experience being mixed. Tune in on Spotify!⚡️
Read More“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.
Read More“In 1950, my grandmother, Anne Mather, who was an heiress of the steel industry and descended from the puritan Mathers, married my grandfather, Frank Montero, who was a Black, social worker from Brooklyn whose ancestors were slaves in Virginia. This has provided the foundation for my mixed-race identity…”
Read More“Too much, not enough, It’s not that hard to comprehend, I am not one but many, I am the perfect blend…”
Read More“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…”
Read More“I wrote this article, "Does Being Asian Enough Matter?" sometime in early March of 2020. I’ll touch upon my thoughts on that piece later, but after some waking up and leaning in, here are some lessons about mixed identity that I am internalizing everyday.”
Read More“Please go on and say that “they” have taken over and how Britain is no longer great, talking to a group of people, when I’m unknowingly there as one of those you so hate…”
Read More“A hand reaches out – to open that door? Yes and no because they drag me through that door. Run me through like the freshness of spring dirt off celery down the drain, particles of toxic lead safely stored in the Brita filter, yolk of an egg as the white trickles through patient hands. Whites are examined for shells, for bits of yellow, for anything non-white.”
Read MoreWhen 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?
Read MoreIn 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?
Read More“As a blasian, I have to worry about whether or not my Black father will encounter aggressive racist cops, or if my Japanese mother will be safe at the grocery store if she goes alone…”
Read More“What I discovered was that in this struggle that felt uniquely mine, were five other people who had been tackling the same things. Mixed-raced, multiracial, and white-passing stories need to be told. My hope is for these stories to find the eyes of a mixed-raced reader searching for clarity and community. What you will find is that even within a single family, the mixed-race experience varies greatly. There is no single archetype, but that diversity is what unites us.”
Read More“it’s fun to pretend I am a blank slate or a canvas just waiting to be filled in with checkboxes and censuses and DNA tests…”
Read More“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.”
Read MoreThrough a showcase of four works by mixed artists, Jonathan explores the vast range of work diving into what it means to be mixed today.
Read MoreSpoonuel 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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