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The Hair on my Head

May 17, 2021

Let’s talk about hair. A lot can be said about hair, and many before me have done so. As a woman, especially a brown woman, or a woman with dark body hair, I’ve dealt with bullying and shaming throughout my youth and even into adulthood. The hair on my legs, the hair on my arms, my eyebrows, my sideburns, hair on my upper lip, on my armpits, on my back—there was always someone who thought they were allowed to say something about the hair on my body. But that’s not what this week’s blog post is about.

I want to talk about the hair on my head instead.

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In personal Tags self-love, hindoestaans, culture, beauty, indo-caribbean
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Photo by Jasmin Sessler via Unsplash

I've Got Trust Issues (Part 2)

March 29, 2021

Last week I wrote about how my family gave me trust issues. I briefly wrote about how my experience in brown (or Surinamese-Hindustani) spaces wasn’t a safe one for me. In part because of my messed up Family and the destabilizing formative years. But there’s another layer to it:

I’m bisexual.

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In personal, therapeutic writing Tags family, trauma, surinaams, trust issues, queer, lgbtqia+, indo-caribbean, hindoestaans, bisexual, bisexuality
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Photo by Blanca Paloma Sánchez via Unsplash

I've Got Trust Issues (Part 1)

March 22, 2021

There are many reasons why I have trust issues, but as I’ve gotten older I’ve realized that I don’t feel safe around my own people, in my own community, and that’s because of Family. I don’t think that’s talked about enough.

Sure, we all know about judgmental aunties... but let me tell you about mine.

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In personal, therapeutic writing Tags trust issues, family, trauma, hindoestaans, indo-caribbean, surinaams
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Photo by Nikhita S on Unsplash

The Loss of Language

March 15, 2021

As an Indo-Caribbean person with both Guyanese and Surinamese heritage, it’s been really interesting to contrast and compare the two different (South-)Asian diasporas. Although my insights have always been limited and based on personal experience rather than cold, hard data… I’ve still noticed that there’s a loss of language.

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In personal Tags rant, journal, indo-caribbean, hindoestaans, language
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“Bottom line is, even if you see ‘em coming, you’re not ready for the big moments. No one asks for their life to change, not really. But it does. So what are we, helpless? Puppets? No. The big moments are gonna come. You can’t help that. It’s what you do afterwards that counts. That’s when you find out who you are.”
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