black experience — Features

Happy Birthday to my ADHD: What my late diagnosis means as a Black woman

Reminiscing on being labelled a nuisance throughout her school years and times when her ADHD was staring straight at her, Tola Coker shares a hilarious and touching account of what receiving a late diagnosis has meant to her, both as a woman and being Black.

If women are pushing the human race forward, Jaguar doesn't want the music industry to be left behind

BBC1 presenter and DJ Jaguar breaks new ground for women and femme inclusivity in the nightlife and music industry with a eye-opening new report, released as part of her Jaguar Foundation, which reveals the shocking lack of women and non-binary that still haunts and hinders the scene.

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Redefining the Black Experience: Destinie Paige’s curatorial debut shares new visions of blackness, subverting the dominant narratives of trauma

Maya Campbell visits first-time curator Destinie Paige at the launch of her new exhibition, Black Bxy Joy, which exercises a second-look at the Black experience and asks us to soak in the joy and tenderness of everyday Black life.