“Indigenous young people are so incredibly important as they are the youngest generation of the oldest surviving cultures in the world. BLAKSOUND provides a much-needed space for them to share their vision of the future, connect and demand change within the music industry." Artistic Director and Founder of Digi Youth Arts, Alethea Beetson.
Beauty is about more than the body you inhabit -- it's a way of being that goes beyond genetics or societal ideals. Aboriginal writer and former model Sasha Sarago invites you to decolonize beauty, moving away from the monolithic Eurocentric archetype and towards a more essential, authentic understanding of self that belongs to everyone.
Raised in the 90s, whether you agree with me or not, it's when music still had heart, before its steady decline. Miiesha's soothing melodics and redemptive lyrics revive an era of RnB and Neo-Soul us die-hard fans can appreciate.
"When I stand on Country, it gives me a great sense of belonging and ownership.
The knowledge that the land I walk on today is the same land that my ancestors and elders walked on feel intrinsically magical and powerful." Tiarna Wynne, Miss NAIDOC Perth 2021 Finalist.
"We have to put things back to where it belongs. Beauty didn't start in Paris. It started in Africa thousands of years ago. I want my legacy to be - ancestrality is not dead - Rituels Originels d’Afique.” Salwa Petersen, Founder - Chébé du Tchad.
As URL beef brings up IRL tensions, Cleo and Kara have more issues than getting #blocked will solve. If Black Twitter hasn’t snatched your edges yet, these two bawss-babes surely will.