We’re open for submissions! 🥭
Our food zine is open for submissions — read on for information on how to submit and meet our peer advisor; Ravideep Kaur!
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Hi everyone,
How are you doing? How does your heart feel? We hope you’re all doing well and your mind is at ease. It feels like a very looong week here. We’re all trying our best to get through and take time for ourselves. A short intro from us today as we highlight our ongoing submission for issue 8 of our zine — food! And also, introduce you to our wonderful peer advisor Ravideep Kaur.
Be sure to say hey and if you need anything, send us a DM 💗
Sending you warmth,
In Solidarity,
The Rights Collective
Where is your favourite restaurant? 🌮
We are asking for your stories about food: what you love, what you hate, the meals you quickly gather together to feed yourself after a busy workday.
Who taught you how to cook these meals? Which memories of family meals have stayed with you? What reflections can you share on experiences of not having enough food? How elaborate can your dinner parties get? What’s your potluck go-to? What’s your favourite meal deal combo? Where is your favourite restaurant?
For full guidance on how to submit see www.therightscollective.com/food-zine.
Meet our team! 👩🏽💻
Meet Ravideep Kaur, Peer Advisor
Ravideep is a coach and consultant specialising in anti-oppression, pro-liberation, somatics and decolonisation based in Dundee, Scotland. Her passion for this work stems from having the awareness and capacity to see things through multiple lenses at the same time. She is passionate about human rights, healing and social justice. You can find Ravideep on Instagram.
1. What’s one piece of advice you would give to your younger self?
That no matter what knowledge people may accumulate externally you will always be the one that is the soul expert internally, so listen intently, learn closely, feel deeply and flow on a daily.
2. What book are you currently reading?
I normally have at least two on the go (yep, I'm one of them!) I’m reading The Status Game - On Social Position and How We Use It by Will Storr. And always poetry, so I can feel the beauty of the word even when life doesn't allow for it; 'Another Way to Split Water' - Alycia Pirmohamed.
Love Poem with Elk and Punctuation 'To taste water on the surface of a mirror -to love, even briefly, the elk of your own tongue'.
Persephone's Crossings iii.'how can i describe this country whose features rotatein opposite directions'...
📓Anti-Caste Reading Circle: Resources
This is a regular column in our newsletter where we share anti-caste resources with you every month - from readings to videos to events. Feel free to send us anything to feature and check out some of this month’s resources below.
This brilliant syllabus created by Critical Caste and Technology Studies has a detailed resource list spanning across thirteen topics, including caste and gender, sexuality and globalisation, and more. Check it out here!
Equality Labs’ Thenmozhi Soundararajan book ‘The Trauma of Caste’ is a must read and is an urgent call to action to end caste apartheid, grounded in Dalit feminist abolition.
Poet and activist Dhiren Borisa speaks about Dalit Queerness, touching on desire and desirability for India Culture Lab.
📚Things we’re engaging with right now…
“When I write, I feel much larger than the limits of my body. There is a mystery you tap into that is much bigger.” - Ocean Vuong beautiful interview with the poet Caspar Eric at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art. Watch this if you need a pick-me up.
“What if we abolished the institution of work? - from the great resignation trend over the pandemic to ‘quiet quitting’ popularised on TikTok, this piece on YesMagazine has given us food for thought.
Veteran Activist Amrit Wilson sits down with Aarjan in the Left/Over Podcast to discuss the recent violence in Leicester between the Hindu and Muslim communities, and Hindutva ideology.
🚀 Events we’re attending…
Daytimes are back with the second edition of their ‘Mehfil’ South Asian Poetry Night at Conway Hall on October 21st! Grab your tickets here.
Join Actor & Poet Azan Ahmed as he hosts ‘Deen & Dunya’; an authentically Muslim space for the expression of ones spiritual, social and personal lives. Get tickets for the poetry night on Nov 18th!
Most of our spaces, workshops and events are free but if you feel called to contribute to the community and invest in sustaining our work, please donate here.