Personal – Rushaa Louise Hamid

Big Things/Sad Things

There is a range of bittersweetness in these months; the birth of bright things and the loss of those who share my blood and who were in my daily life. More

Lockdown Diaries: The Marvel of Washing Up

I am learning to find pleasure in smaller things these days.More

Learning to be Uncomfortable with Silence

The luxury of choosing your level of visibility is a privilege.More

2016 was quite the year – it seemed everything was shifting and that the best bet was always on the most undesirable outcome (at least for some). These past few months I’ve wanted to write about Trump, far right revivals, Castro, Austria, South Korea, the ongoing farce of Brexit, but the idea of adding to…More

Things I’m Going to Do Differently in 2016

At the beginning of 2015 I wrote a little bit about what I was hoping to do in the new year. It wasn’t grandiose – if anything the piece was a tad dejected. I expected a level of failure before I even tried. My plan was to go boldly into something that I loved, and…More

Vitiligo! Buzzfeed! Photodermatology!

So today a piece I’d been working on for a while finally showed its face online. I have had vitiligo, which is an auto-immune disease that results in large white patches developing on your skin. I have the kind where it keeps things fairly symmetrical and it is all over (yes, ALL OVER) my body.…More