Real Reads
Feb 2020
10 Years of Beyoncé: A Decade ‘Causing All This Conversation’
A look back at Beyoncé’s 2010s shows that her work — radical and important — also comes with uncomfortable contradictions
Feb 2020
Entrepreneur Creates Digital Fashion Marketplace Celebrating Black Designers
Following the cultural insensitivities displayed by luxury fashion brands, many Black entrepreneurs are launching platforms and creating spaces to showcase and celebrate Black designers
Feb 2020
‘Why Can’t I Find An Afro-Caribbean Egg Donor?’
When Natasha and her husband had difficulty conceiving a child, doctors gave her two pieces of bad news. The first was that she would need to find a donor egg. The second was that Afro-Caribbean eggs are rarely donated
Feb 2020
Code-Switching Is Not Trying to Fit in to White Culture, It’s Surviving It
Code-switching is an age-old practice that is familiar to many Black people and people of colour. It describes language alternation, or the mixing of two or more languages, or dialects
Feb 2020
Facial recognition can’t tell black and brown people apart – but the police are using it anyway!
Studies have found it to be hugely flawed when it comes to accurately recognising black and brown individuals, even more so if they happen to be a woman as well
Feb 2020
These 11 Black Poets Wrote The Decade’s Best Poetry Collections
A reflection on the closing decade would not be complete without highlighting the important contributions of Black poets for the world of poetry and the culture overall.
Feb 2020
Why we need Ethical Black Owned Brands in the Hair Care Industry
People from underrepresented backgrounds are in the perfect position to see where the mainstream market is not meeting their needs. As a result, they can build businesses that fills the gap and scale up
Feb 2020
Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize: Open for Submissions
Prizes of £1,000 each to be awarded this year to the best new writers of fiction, life writing, and poetry
Feb 2020
The Young Talent Leading A New Generation of Black British Filmmakers
After a long fight for representation, there have been shifts in funding and interest that means black filmmakers can create beautiful visual works featuring poetry, passions, experiences and histories
Feb 2020
Candice Carty-Williams becomes the first Black author to win the British Book Awards
In April last year, Candice Carty-Williams became the first Black author to win book of the year at the British Book Awards with her debut novel, Queenie