“As I write this, there are numerous acts of teaching, healing, resistance, and mutual aid, happening in the name of Indigenous people and their lives. As a writer and feminist, I am grateful and inspired. As a non-Indigenous Black Canadian, however, I find myself trying to better understand the place I hold in the Canadian "mosaic", and any harm I may unwittingly be supporting.”
“Not Another Headline, The Human Toll” is a photo series created by photographer Mecoh Bain that challenges people to think critically about the media they’re consuming and the relationships they have with the articles, language, subjects, and images.
“We often forget to stop and appreciate how far we’ve come in our journeys, thinking of what’s next and what more we can do to get to where we want to be… ’Love in Los Angeles’ is a photo series about pausing and taking a step back to admire the work we have done, tuning out what more we have to do and what others might be accomplishing in their lives.”
Colourism is alive and well in the Filipino beauty pageant culture as witnessed in the recent Miss Universe 2020 controversies. Journalist Nicole Marie Valdez discusses personal experiences, the colonial history of the Philippines, and the need for human compassion in times like these.