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![‘I cannot be categorised’: in the words of Audre Lorde](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/audre-lorde-2.png)
‘I cannot be categorised’: in the words of Audre Lorde
Claudia Tate
![Desirability and survival: for some Black women, slimness equals safety](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/jessica-wilson.png)
Desirability and survival: for some Black women, slimness equals safety
Jessica Wilson, MS., RD.
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![Growing up as a Black girl from Pyongyang](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/bgfp-extract-.png)
Growing up as a Black girl from Pyongyang
Monica Macias
![Malorie Blackman on growing up Black in a white world](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/malorie-blackman-1.png)
Malorie Blackman on growing up Black in a white world
Malorie Blackman
![‘This ain’t a thing we do round here’: Travis Alabanza on lipstick, shame and growing up](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/none-of-the-above-extract.png)
‘This ain’t a thing we do round here’: Travis Alabanza on lipstick, shame and growing up
Travis Alabanza
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![‘It was exhausting leading a double life’: my childhood growing up in a Chinese takeaway](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/takeaway-collage.png)
‘It was exhausting leading a double life’: my childhood growing up in a Chinese takeaway
Angela Hui
![Against borders: who counts as a spouse in hostile Britain?](https://gal-dem.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/against-borders-3.png)