Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
Some thoughts about international humanitarian law The ENTIRE point of which is to prevent situations like the tragedy unfolding before our eyes in #Gaza at this very moment Borne of the trauma of past genocides Of which many of us are the survivors and descendants It all counts for nothing if it doesn’t count for this
I finally made it to the Old Prison in Road Town #knowyourhistory #Tortola #BritishVirginIslands #ArthurHodge #truestories #Caribbean #BVILitfest2023
@gugumbatharaw dedicated this philanthropist of the year award to all the women in #Congo #Rwanda #Uganda and other countries where she is steady reminding us of suffering we all too easily forget and a refugee crisis we too easily dehumanise I was so proud to give it to her! Thank you for always serving @gugumbatharaw @bazaaruk #WOTY Wearing @temperleylondon 😮 Earrings @dowerandhall Bracelet @heyharper Styled @melwilkinson1 Make up @lucindaworth_makeup
@gugumbatharaw dedicated this philanthropist of the year award to all the women in #Congo #Rwanda #Uganda and other countries where she is steady reminding us of suffering we all too easily forget and a refugee crisis we too easily dehumanise I was so proud to give it to her! Thank you for always serving @gugumbatharaw @bazaaruk #WOTY Wearing @temperleylondon 😮 Earrings @dowerandhall Bracelet @heyharper Styled @melwilkinson1 Make up @lucindaworth_makeup
Thank you @naomieharris for being a gracious, attentive, warm and engaging host for this conversation about my book #DecolonisingMyBody Talking to you about it felt like the most natural thing in the world! @stylistevents #StylistLive #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory 💫 I am wearing @zimmermann @jw_anderson Styled by @melwilkinson1 Make up @maxfactor Read about it in @stylistmagazine, Link in bio 🔗 Opening up about the inspiration behind the book, Hirsch said: “We live in a society that’s constantly telling us that beauty, value and status are all connected to being young. And so, as we get older, we feel the pressure that we’re becoming less beautiful and less interesting. So it’s natural that many women would respond to that by trying to prolong the appearance of youth. But I just had this epiphany when I turned 40, where I realised that I regarded it as completely socially acceptable to go under a surgeon’s knife to operate on my body to try to look younger than I am.” She went on to tell Harris and the crowd: “But to mark my body in the way my female ancestors had, in a way that connects me to my community, to my history, that denotes my role and my value as a storyteller, that celebrates ageing as a process – I regarded that as backwards…” For Hirsch, this was a moment when she realised she had done so much work during her career challenging colonial, racist and unfair ideas, but hadn’t been applying those same ideas to her own body. The friends also talked about Hirsch’s vulnerability in Decolonising My Body and the intentionality behind this. “I hadn’t really given myself permission to be the person that I needed to be for this book – to talk openly about my struggles with my intimate self. If there’s one thing to take from this book, it’s that we are the products of our conditioning, and I’ve worked hard to unpick that conditioning. This isn’t a book that tells you what choices you should make about your body. It’s completely judgment-free.” …
Thank you @naomieharris for being a gracious, attentive, warm and engaging host for this conversation about my book #DecolonisingMyBody Talking to you about it felt like the most natural thing in the world! @stylistevents #StylistLive #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory 💫 I am wearing @zimmermann @jw_anderson Styled by @melwilkinson1 Make up @maxfactor Read about it in @stylistmagazine, Link in bio 🔗 Opening up about the inspiration behind the book, Hirsch said: “We live in a society that’s constantly telling us that beauty, value and status are all connected to being young. And so, as we get older, we feel the pressure that we’re becoming less beautiful and less interesting. So it’s natural that many women would respond to that by trying to prolong the appearance of youth. But I just had this epiphany when I turned 40, where I realised that I regarded it as completely socially acceptable to go under a surgeon’s knife to operate on my body to try to look younger than I am.” She went on to tell Harris and the crowd: “But to mark my body in the way my female ancestors had, in a way that connects me to my community, to my history, that denotes my role and my value as a storyteller, that celebrates ageing as a process – I regarded that as backwards…” For Hirsch, this was a moment when she realised she had done so much work during her career challenging colonial, racist and unfair ideas, but hadn’t been applying those same ideas to her own body. The friends also talked about Hirsch’s vulnerability in Decolonising My Body and the intentionality behind this. “I hadn’t really given myself permission to be the person that I needed to be for this book – to talk openly about my struggles with my intimate self. If there’s one thing to take from this book, it’s that we are the products of our conditioning, and I’ve worked hard to unpick that conditioning. This isn’t a book that tells you what choices you should make about your body. It’s completely judgment-free.” …
Thank you @naomieharris for being a gracious, attentive, warm and engaging host for this conversation about my book #DecolonisingMyBody Talking to you about it felt like the most natural thing in the world! @stylistevents #StylistLive #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory 💫 I am wearing @zimmermann @jw_anderson Styled by @melwilkinson1 Make up @maxfactor Read about it in @stylistmagazine, Link in bio 🔗 Opening up about the inspiration behind the book, Hirsch said: “We live in a society that’s constantly telling us that beauty, value and status are all connected to being young. And so, as we get older, we feel the pressure that we’re becoming less beautiful and less interesting. So it’s natural that many women would respond to that by trying to prolong the appearance of youth. But I just had this epiphany when I turned 40, where I realised that I regarded it as completely socially acceptable to go under a surgeon’s knife to operate on my body to try to look younger than I am.” She went on to tell Harris and the crowd: “But to mark my body in the way my female ancestors had, in a way that connects me to my community, to my history, that denotes my role and my value as a storyteller, that celebrates ageing as a process – I regarded that as backwards…” For Hirsch, this was a moment when she realised she had done so much work during her career challenging colonial, racist and unfair ideas, but hadn’t been applying those same ideas to her own body. The friends also talked about Hirsch’s vulnerability in Decolonising My Body and the intentionality behind this. “I hadn’t really given myself permission to be the person that I needed to be for this book – to talk openly about my struggles with my intimate self. If there’s one thing to take from this book, it’s that we are the products of our conditioning, and I’ve worked hard to unpick that conditioning. This isn’t a book that tells you what choices you should make about your body. It’s completely judgment-free.” …
Thank you @naomieharris for being a gracious, attentive, warm and engaging host for this conversation about my book #DecolonisingMyBody Talking to you about it felt like the most natural thing in the world! @stylistevents #StylistLive #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory 💫 I am wearing @zimmermann @jw_anderson Styled by @melwilkinson1 Make up @maxfactor Read about it in @stylistmagazine, Link in bio 🔗 Opening up about the inspiration behind the book, Hirsch said: “We live in a society that’s constantly telling us that beauty, value and status are all connected to being young. And so, as we get older, we feel the pressure that we’re becoming less beautiful and less interesting. So it’s natural that many women would respond to that by trying to prolong the appearance of youth. But I just had this epiphany when I turned 40, where I realised that I regarded it as completely socially acceptable to go under a surgeon’s knife to operate on my body to try to look younger than I am.” She went on to tell Harris and the crowd: “But to mark my body in the way my female ancestors had, in a way that connects me to my community, to my history, that denotes my role and my value as a storyteller, that celebrates ageing as a process – I regarded that as backwards…” For Hirsch, this was a moment when she realised she had done so much work during her career challenging colonial, racist and unfair ideas, but hadn’t been applying those same ideas to her own body. The friends also talked about Hirsch’s vulnerability in Decolonising My Body and the intentionality behind this. “I hadn’t really given myself permission to be the person that I needed to be for this book – to talk openly about my struggles with my intimate self. If there’s one thing to take from this book, it’s that we are the products of our conditioning, and I’ve worked hard to unpick that conditioning. This isn’t a book that tells you what choices you should make about your body. It’s completely judgment-free.” …
Thank you @naomieharris for being a gracious, attentive, warm and engaging host for this conversation about my book #DecolonisingMyBody Talking to you about it felt like the most natural thing in the world! @stylistevents #StylistLive #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory 💫 I am wearing @zimmermann @jw_anderson Styled by @melwilkinson1 Make up @maxfactor Read about it in @stylistmagazine, Link in bio 🔗 Opening up about the inspiration behind the book, Hirsch said: “We live in a society that’s constantly telling us that beauty, value and status are all connected to being young. And so, as we get older, we feel the pressure that we’re becoming less beautiful and less interesting. So it’s natural that many women would respond to that by trying to prolong the appearance of youth. But I just had this epiphany when I turned 40, where I realised that I regarded it as completely socially acceptable to go under a surgeon’s knife to operate on my body to try to look younger than I am.” She went on to tell Harris and the crowd: “But to mark my body in the way my female ancestors had, in a way that connects me to my community, to my history, that denotes my role and my value as a storyteller, that celebrates ageing as a process – I regarded that as backwards…” For Hirsch, this was a moment when she realised she had done so much work during her career challenging colonial, racist and unfair ideas, but hadn’t been applying those same ideas to her own body. The friends also talked about Hirsch’s vulnerability in Decolonising My Body and the intentionality behind this. “I hadn’t really given myself permission to be the person that I needed to be for this book – to talk openly about my struggles with my intimate self. If there’s one thing to take from this book, it’s that we are the products of our conditioning, and I’ve worked hard to unpick that conditioning. This isn’t a book that tells you what choices you should make about your body. It’s completely judgment-free.” …
New favourite spot in NYC 🥰 @1hotel.centralpark #newyork #missions #notanad Parting gift to see @essexbarrister 🤩
A joy and honour to launch the British Virgin Islands Litfest 2023 with the incredible Marsha Massiah, founder of @bklyncbeanlitfest and hosted by the award-winning poet, BVIslander, and my friend @richardgeorges I have such reverence and devotion to Caribbean writers and storytelling, humbled to be in these spaces with so many greats Conversations about Decolonising My Body are so unique here in the context of BVI which is effectively still colonised by Britain I am finding BVIslanders proud of their identity, history and resistance against enslavement. The debate about decolonising here is a fascinating one, tinged still with trauma and anger at the devastation of Hurricane Irma in 2017, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic whose eye hit these islands directly. Britain responded by offering a loan 👀 Right now that sense of unfairness is manifesting in BVI in a deep solidarity with Palestine. So many of us, to paraphrase Audre Lorde, write as warriors against unfairness and injustice in the world Thank you for the beautiful space @bvi_lit_fest #bvilitfest2023 If you haven’t been here before, come visit these islands! #DecolonisingMyBody #worldwide #Caribbean #writers #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory #visitBVI Wearing @alemais.official Styled by @melwilkinson1
A joy and honour to launch the British Virgin Islands Litfest 2023 with the incredible Marsha Massiah, founder of @bklyncbeanlitfest and hosted by the award-winning poet, BVIslander, and my friend @richardgeorges I have such reverence and devotion to Caribbean writers and storytelling, humbled to be in these spaces with so many greats Conversations about Decolonising My Body are so unique here in the context of BVI which is effectively still colonised by Britain I am finding BVIslanders proud of their identity, history and resistance against enslavement. The debate about decolonising here is a fascinating one, tinged still with trauma and anger at the devastation of Hurricane Irma in 2017, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic whose eye hit these islands directly. Britain responded by offering a loan 👀 Right now that sense of unfairness is manifesting in BVI in a deep solidarity with Palestine. So many of us, to paraphrase Audre Lorde, write as warriors against unfairness and injustice in the world Thank you for the beautiful space @bvi_lit_fest #bvilitfest2023 If you haven’t been here before, come visit these islands! #DecolonisingMyBody #worldwide #Caribbean #writers #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory #visitBVI Wearing @alemais.official Styled by @melwilkinson1
A joy and honour to launch the British Virgin Islands Litfest 2023 with the incredible Marsha Massiah, founder of @bklyncbeanlitfest and hosted by the award-winning poet, BVIslander, and my friend @richardgeorges I have such reverence and devotion to Caribbean writers and storytelling, humbled to be in these spaces with so many greats Conversations about Decolonising My Body are so unique here in the context of BVI which is effectively still colonised by Britain I am finding BVIslanders proud of their identity, history and resistance against enslavement. The debate about decolonising here is a fascinating one, tinged still with trauma and anger at the devastation of Hurricane Irma in 2017, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic whose eye hit these islands directly. Britain responded by offering a loan 👀 Right now that sense of unfairness is manifesting in BVI in a deep solidarity with Palestine. So many of us, to paraphrase Audre Lorde, write as warriors against unfairness and injustice in the world Thank you for the beautiful space @bvi_lit_fest #bvilitfest2023 If you haven’t been here before, come visit these islands! #DecolonisingMyBody #worldwide #Caribbean #writers #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory #visitBVI Wearing @alemais.official Styled by @melwilkinson1
A joy and honour to launch the British Virgin Islands Litfest 2023 with the incredible Marsha Massiah, founder of @bklyncbeanlitfest and hosted by the award-winning poet, BVIslander, and my friend @richardgeorges I have such reverence and devotion to Caribbean writers and storytelling, humbled to be in these spaces with so many greats Conversations about Decolonising My Body are so unique here in the context of BVI which is effectively still colonised by Britain I am finding BVIslanders proud of their identity, history and resistance against enslavement. The debate about decolonising here is a fascinating one, tinged still with trauma and anger at the devastation of Hurricane Irma in 2017, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic whose eye hit these islands directly. Britain responded by offering a loan 👀 Right now that sense of unfairness is manifesting in BVI in a deep solidarity with Palestine. So many of us, to paraphrase Audre Lorde, write as warriors against unfairness and injustice in the world Thank you for the beautiful space @bvi_lit_fest #bvilitfest2023 If you haven’t been here before, come visit these islands! #DecolonisingMyBody #worldwide #Caribbean #writers #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory #visitBVI Wearing @alemais.official Styled by @melwilkinson1
A joy and honour to launch the British Virgin Islands Litfest 2023 with the incredible Marsha Massiah, founder of @bklyncbeanlitfest and hosted by the award-winning poet, BVIslander, and my friend @richardgeorges I have such reverence and devotion to Caribbean writers and storytelling, humbled to be in these spaces with so many greats Conversations about Decolonising My Body are so unique here in the context of BVI which is effectively still colonised by Britain I am finding BVIslanders proud of their identity, history and resistance against enslavement. The debate about decolonising here is a fascinating one, tinged still with trauma and anger at the devastation of Hurricane Irma in 2017, the most powerful hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic whose eye hit these islands directly. Britain responded by offering a loan 👀 Right now that sense of unfairness is manifesting in BVI in a deep solidarity with Palestine. So many of us, to paraphrase Audre Lorde, write as warriors against unfairness and injustice in the world Thank you for the beautiful space @bvi_lit_fest #bvilitfest2023 If you haven’t been here before, come visit these islands! #DecolonisingMyBody #worldwide #Caribbean #writers #books #bookstagram #knowyourhistory #visitBVI Wearing @alemais.official Styled by @melwilkinson1
