Lived experience Shondra Riley Lived experience Shondra Riley

Hymns to Masculinity

Misogyny in the music industry is finally getting the spotlight, prompting Shondra Bowie Riley to write a poem that examines the music she has listened to over the years and the messages they’re giving.

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Lived experience, Social Impact Shondra Riley Lived experience, Social Impact Shondra Riley

Hurt, in Fear or Worse

I’ve recently found myself immersed in women of colour’s stories and the latest news articles that urgently display the plague of gender-based violence against women. I look to these women’s stories to understand the healing process and cancel the message that we exist to be controlled, abused, silenced and discarded.

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The Arts, Review Shondra Riley The Arts, Review Shondra Riley

“We Are Lady Parts”. Yes. We are.

Angela & I are approaching our 50s and still friends. Our band practices are on cassette tape, and she says we’re not as bad as we remember. I don’t believe her, but it’s excellent thinking of those times. We are Lady Parts took me back into the beer-drinking band practices of The PO HOs.

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Social Impact Katy Nixon Social Impact Katy Nixon

Being an Ally

It felt like when the Wizard of Oz was finally revealed to Dorothy. Everything I thought I had known was either a lie or only a fraction of the full picture.

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The Arts Julia Sutton The Arts Julia Sutton

BLM Design Scotland

As a bi-racial designer, BLM inspired me to work with fabrics reflective of my dual heritage and use a variety of methods to express my vulnerability as well as showcasing my unique take on living in Scotland at this precise moment in modern history.

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