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Rosa O Mara
JoinedApril 23, 2019
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Rosa O'Mara is an illustrator from South London, drawing inspiration from imagery that deals closely and playfully with colour and form; as well as integrating social commentary where possible! Prints, t-shirts and stickers will be available very soon... Instagram @8bitrosa

Not Gay Enough?

Stranded in an unfamiliar country, fleeing life-threatening persecution, and greeted with only disbelief and distrust. This is the fate for the 2,000 people a year who seek out sexual asylum in the UK. Only one in six people will be accepted. To be granted refuge in the UK, LGBTQI+ people...
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Branded Love

Isn’t it funny how we fill our world with things we think we need, that in turn destroy what keeps us alive. And that we also do the same to our bodies, and maybe also to our hearts. That we continue to do so many things to ourselves, despite knowing...
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A meditation on whitewashing

It is a funny thing to hold the pencil and rub out one’s own multitude of histories. To take the rubber in my hand and for the sake of blending more seamlessly into my often white surroundings, erase away that what makes me most colourful. The stories, the hopes, the...
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Of Firsts And Lasts

For a while, anytime I thought back to happier times you were there. Locked in my memory. This phenomena was so recurrent I convinced myself that you were the happiest time I had ever and would ever experience. I never allowed myself to feel anger towards you and in doing...
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#20BiTeen Is a Thing

Step aside #20GayTeen. According to the wonderful queers of the internet, we have entered into the year of the bisexual: #20BiTeen! As a 25 year old queer cis white woman, I feel I’m being called to reflect over the last decade of my identity, but particularly my own bisexuality. What...
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