Dear Diary....

The jokes write themselves! Earlier this week The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, (a group put together by Boris Johnson's government), the same government that is led by a prime minister who has previously referred to black people as having 'watermelon smiles' and 'piccaninnies' concluded that the UK is supposedly a 'model for other white majority countries'. Essentially the government self marked their own homework and gave it an A*, a clear example of unwarranted self adulation! Interestingly enough, Tony Sewell head of The Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, has previously stated that 'evidence of institutional racism in the UK is flimsy' and also described the Black Lives Matter demonstrations as a 'lower middle-class revolt'. Join us in this episode as we delve more into this report and it's extremely questionable conclusions.

Join us in this episode as we discuss the scandal surrounding the black relationship 'expert' Derrick Jaxn. Earlier last week, it was revealed that Derrick has had multiple affairs whilst married, this left us scratching our heads as this is the same man that branded t-shirts with the slogan 'black men don't cheat'. Is this hypocrisy at its finest or merely genuine mistakes made by Derrick? How can we as black women protect ourselves from these panderers in disguise? Click on the link to hear all our thoughts!

Join the #IssaMovement team and our special guest Sandi in this extremely important episode as we discuss mental health and suicide within our personal lives and the wider black community. We all know health is wealth, and it's so important to take care of our mental health and be upfront with our struggles, yet there is generally a silence around these issues. With this episode we want to end the silence around suicide and mental health in the black community and foster an open dialogue.

Join us in this episode as we discuss Meghan and Harry's interview and our opinions on the bombshells that were dropped during the tell-all interview. From accusations of racism, concerns about Archie being 'dark' and the alleged dismissal of mental health issues, we touch on it all. Almost two years ago, we touched on the press' relentless trolling on Meghan Markle in a blog post: https://issamovement.co.uk/2019/04/28/the-trolling-of-meghan-markle/ and two years later things have gone from bad to worse.

Can you be an introvert at work as a black person? Can you relate to being told that 'you need to make your presence more known', 'you need to be more out there', 'you need to socialise more', 'you need to talk more'. Is there an expectation that black people have a certain personality, which if you don't align with, can result in a clash within the workplace? Join the #IssaMovement team in this episode as we discuss these crucial topics.

Should we trust the vaccine? What do professionals think of the vaccine? Are you taking the covid19 vaccine? 'No jab no job' - what do we think about the possiblility of vaccine passports being rolled out? Join the #IssaMovement team and our special guest Frankie, a medical advisor, as we discuss these crucial questions re the vaccine!

Hustle porn.... are you familiar with this term or have no clue what this means? Whichever category you fit into, join the #IssaMovement team in this episode, we discuss what hustle porn means to us, the effects of consuming hustle porn and how we think you can 'hustle' healthily!

Join us during the Valentine's special as we discuss lurveee, relationships and standards!

Join us as we talk through mistrust towards the vaccine and how the third UK national lockdown has impacted us, both positively and not so positively......

We are back.... back and better than ever! Join us as we reflect on the whirlwind that was 2020 and pen our thoughts in our (audio) diary about 2021, the lessons learnt so far and our plans for this journey called Life!