On Brown Girl Magic

and Brown Girls in The Ring

‘Brown Girls Do It Too,’ is hands down one of my all-time favourite podcasts. Hosted by the brilliant Poppy Jay and Rubina Pabani, it features two fearless brown women talking openly, honestly, and hilariously about sex with a diverse range of, mostly, brown women. Nothing is off-limits — they dive into everything with a raw, vulnerable charm that never fails to make me laugh out loud. What I love most is the total absence of shame or judgement. Everyone, no matter who they are or what they’ve experienced, is given space to speak their truth.

It’s genuinely revolutionary — especially in South Asian culture, where shame around bodies, sexuality, and pleasure runs deep. (Thanks, colonialism!)

I’d never heard brown women talk about sex in such a bold, animated, and refreshingly non-judgemental way before and think everyone should give this a listen and watch them live this September 2025 at Soho Theatre Walthamstow.

I had the pleasure of meeting Poppy Jay last year after a panel at Whitechapel Gallery, where I spoke about the series I scored, ‘Defiance: Fighting the Far Right’. Rubina is someone I’ve bumped into around Margate  — and I’m so glad we all hit it off. After the panel we found ourselves cackling away in a pub, with Poppy gleefully rewriting one of my dating profiles. Ha!

So when they invited me onto the podcast, I was delighted. The episode’s theme was ‘Fluidity,’ — a subject I know all about. 

Check out the clips below and listen my episode HERE Enjoy!

It’s their LAST episode today. Treat yourselves by re-listening to ALL of their episodes. You’ll be laughing for hours non-stop.

I’m thrilled to be performing Yoko Ono’s ‘Voice Piece for Soprano,’ at ‘Brown Girl In The Ring - Words In Motion,’ created by the wonderful Sweety Kapoor for Anoushka Shankar’s Brighton Festival on May 3rd 2025.

From the Brighton Festival Website:

Celebrating some of Britain’s finest creative talent and inspirational women. Anoushka Shankar, Guest Director of Brighton Festival 2025, proudly presents Brown Girl In The Ring, curated and produced by founder Sweety Kapoor.

This multidisciplinary platform has earned a reputation for bold, innovative events showcasing pioneering voices and boundary-pushing creatives — all set in a boxing ring!

The specially curated programme Words In Motion reflects this year’s festival theme, New Dawn, featuring an extraordinary line-up of poets, actors, dancers, musicians, and activists including: Mona Arshi, Bishi, Nikita Gill, Areeba Hamid, Asha Puthli, Anita Rani, Meera Syal (CBE), Saloni Saraf, Preti Taneja, Indira Varma, and a special performance by Anoushka Shankar.

For info and tickets, click here:

https://brightonfestival.org/whats-on/Xtg-brown-girl-in-the-ring-words-in-motion/