The recently re-ignited conversations around race and policing have led to many organisations taking a stand against institutionalised racism in the UK. But Pride in London has failed LGBTQI+ BIPOC once again, continuing to ignore our pleas for urgently needed change. Following the Black Lives Matter protests last summer, thousands...
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Yuzhen Cai is a freelance illustrator and researcher living in London.
Originally from China, her mixed cultural background grounded her illustration interests in community, communication and cross-cultural issues. She hopes to use her practice to communicate and engage with narratives of multi-cultures for a wider social impact. She is also passionate about children’s picture books on migration.
She is currently doing her masters of research in communication design at the Royal College of Art. Her recent works have been selected by Secret-7’’ 2020. She was also long listed by Book Illustration Competition 2020 and MacMillan Prize 2019.
Instagram: @yu.zhen.cai
www.yuzhen.cargo.site
When I first started out as an advocate for sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) eight years ago, I had no idea how passionate I would become about the issue. Initially, it was a little baffling to unpack the issue of abortion. Growing up in a religious society, there...
Prompted by a BuzzFeed quiz designed to find out which type of Gay I was, I decided to put down my thoughts on the topic of queer identities. The quiz asked me about my body build, sexual position, body hair, types of men I was attracted to, and so on....
Edo Oliver and Yuzhen Cai
In early August, black-and-white images of women I knew started appearing on my timeline with the hashtag #ChallengeAccepted and #WomenSupportingWomen. It seemed to be a nice but meaningless exercise to post a good selfie with a vague caption about feminine energy. I politely ignored the nominations directed towards me. I...