![]() After starting Skin Deep, the next question was whether or not the magazine was, as Lina described, an “archive of voices of colour”-or a place to discuss issues and come up with solutions.Īnu felt it started as an archive. Lina told me that despite the success of student-run magazines like Cuntry Living ( which focused on feminist issues) and No HeterOx (queer issues)-they felt that a magazine dedicated to issues around race was missing. She and Anu organised a conference at Oxford about what projects could be started that would actually make a difference to the discourse around race within the University. “I think the magazine started because there was a lot of student movements going on around the time around issues of racial justice, issues of racial equality,” explained Lina. I ask them to tell me a bit about how the magazine got started. ![]() The warmth with which they treat one another certainly comes through their approach to bringing an accepting community of creatives together with Skin Deep. ![]() These women spend most of their time working as online faces in different countries or cities-and the magazine launch is giving them an overdue opportunity to spend time together in the same room. While we were taking photographs of the three of them, their closeness became all the more apparent. Lina Abushouk (Editor), Anu Henriques (Editor), and Sylvia Suli (Creative Director) first met two years ago, while they were all studying at the University of Oxford. Shades of Noir sat down with the three women behind Skin Deep on the day before their fifth Magazine Launch in London at the Free Word Centre. Their publication aims to combine the creative with the political by showcasing a diverse range of stories, experiences, traditions, and forms of self-expression. Skin Deep is a London-based magazine focused on issues around race and culture.
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