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What Does the Red Hand Mean for MMIW?
In recent years, awareness and calls for justice for Indigenous Women have been slowly growing, with many on social media and at organised events choosing to wear red handprints across their mouths, with matching red dresses, all as a way of showing solidarity and spreading awareness of the MMIW epidemic.
Simply Complicated: How Many MMIW are There?
All across the North American continent, Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirits are going missing or being murdered at crazy rates- in some places, they are victimised more than any other ethnic group. In this article, we’ll be discussing in detail just how many Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW) there are in the US and Canada, as well as a few reasons this might be.
Invisible Genocide: What is the MMIW Movement?
Despite the MMIW epidemic showing no signs of stopping, there is a criminal lack of information being spread by governing bodies across the United States and Canada, much less action being taken to protect First Nations Women. MMIW refers to ‘Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women’. In this article, we’ll be discussing topics such as, ‘how many MMIW are there?’ and taking a look into the basics of the movement, as well as what we can all do to help stop the crisis.
Race, from a TCK Perspective
You would look at me funny if I told you I’ve experienced racism. I’m pale, blue-eyed, and as a kid I was platinum blonde. I grew up privileged, travelling the world on a frickin’ yacht, so what could I possibly mean when I say, ‘I’ve experienced racism.’ Hmmmmm? Well, by most definitions, I haven’t. IContinue reading “Race, from a TCK Perspective”
Lonely Third Culture Kids
I just bobbed around in the ocean for a bit; Traditional TCKs were living lives surrounded by interesting people, going to international schools, learning about the world with their eyes wide open.
Boat Kids and TCKs
Peru had been my life for a month, and I’d only been in the UK for two weeks at this point. I’d always labelled myself as a confident, funny, and charismatic person. But now I had no experiences relatable enough to be funny or charismatic. To these girls, the story of the time I nearly drowned in shark-infested Pacific waters was a harrowing and flashy tale; to me, it was a funny story.
Chocolate Gnocchi Thoughts
Potatoes are often used in savoury foods, but we forget what they are at their core: soft, creamy, and mostly flavourless until you add seasoning. A blank canvas, begging to be painted.
Lets Talk About Passport Family
As Third Culture Kids, we often talk about how out-of-place we feel within our passport country- the place we were born, but didn’t spend much developmental time. Maybe it’s time to talk about something new: the idea of the Passport Family that you are born into, which also might have you feeling out of place.
5 Songs TCKs Relate To
I’ve been listening to a lot of music from my teens (don’t ask why, I wish I knew) and realising a lot of it had a different meaning to me as a Third Culture Kid than it did to other listeners. In the process of clearing out my MP3 Player (I know, I’m old, IContinue reading “5 Songs TCKs Relate To”
Culturally Confused 