Harry Potter and The Problematic Language

Welcome to the last episode of season one. This is another special episode on Palestine - with other bits mixed in. Parts of this episodes were recorded after the UK government voted against a ceasefire and before a humanitarian pause actually went into effect. For more information on the ground in Gaza follow @wizard_bisan1 For info on Sudan follow @yassmin_a For info on Congo follow @chakabars Please check out my new true crime podcast with co-host Sharmane Fury, "Matcha, Masala & Murder" @matchamasalamurder Thanks for listening, see you in 2024!

It's easy to feel powerless in the face of global atrocities but we have our voices and we can raise them in support of those who are being silenced. In this special extended episode I am providing a small amount of background over the British involvement in the current crisis as well as highlighting their involvement across history and the world where they have acted similarly in their own imperialistic interests to catastrophic effect.

Let’s have a good old catch up with what’s been going on and what’s coming up. There is excited news! Plus a little pep talk and some of my patented Mixed Bestie Energy

Hi everyone, I’ve had a little break over the summer but now I’m back….. I wanted to talk about some of the terminology used in the Harry Potter books and how this perpetuates harmful prejudices against mixed people

In this episode I'm celebrating South Asian Heritage Month in the UK. How useful is the bracket South Asian in today's supposedly more diverse Western world? Should I describe myself this way? And if we are all South Asian despite any differences then why is being mixed race South Asian like being in the movie Mean Girls?

I need to have a rant about the term white passing and how the western beauty standard we have been sold can lead to the erasure of our mixed race identity.

What's it like to be a kinda brown girl with a kinda Welsh accent? Tales of my lived experience growing up mixed race in the UK

What it's like to date as a Mixed South Asian girl in the UK during the 00s when you have two big brothers. Tales from my lived experience growing up mixed race in the UK

We’re going back to basics today with the most common questions faced by Mixed people

The trials and tribulations of having a name which doesn’t immediately make it clear what your ethnicity is