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Angelica Silva

A communications coordinator at a venture capital firm by day, and a journalist by night, Angelica is known for never being boxed-in to one role. Born in Australia to parents from Singapore and grandparents from South India, she enjoys sharing her experiences growing up with these three identities and writing about how they have shaped her today.
CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, OPINION

Bollywood Made Me Feel Like an “Inferior” Indian Because I’m South Indian

Featured Illustration: Hanifa Abdul Hameed One night, I was at a mutual friend’s party when I overheard two brown guys having a conversation about a girl one of them had just begun dating. “Hey so, I heard you were dating a Southie girl?”  “Nah, no way. Northies for life.”   As a South Indian myself, I […]

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CULTURE, EMPOWERMENT, FEMINISM

These WOC are Challenging the Stereotypical Asian Definition of Success

What does success look like to you? Generally, you would expect a unique answer from most people you ask this question to. But for many children of immigrants and their parents, their response to this question echoes one of the most deeply-rooted stereotypes socially constructed within immigrant cultures. Too often, children of immigrants are pushed […]

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CULTURE, OPINION

Am I Too Brown, or Not Brown Enough: Why We Have to Drop the Whitewashing Rhetoric

Featured Artwork: Manjit Thapp “So, you’ve really never watched any of the classic Bollywood movies?” asked a brown girl I had just met at a friend’s party.  “Not even Kuch Kuch Hota Hai? Or Kal Ho Naa Ho?!” With a sheepish grin, I shook my head at each one. “Uh no, I’ve really only seen […]

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