Check Your Privilege at the Door

Dina  (She/her/hers)

I just completed a degree from Barnard College in environmental biology and have a passion for social justice. I grew up in a small, (mostly white and privileged) “liberal” college town in Massachusetts.  My father is an illiterate Jamaican immigrant and my mother is a Jew from outside of Boston.  I am biracial, pansexual, cisgender, and agnostic.  I also have an astigmatism so I’ve worn some sort of corrective lens since I was three.  I am an adult child of an alcoholic who suffers from both depression and social anxiety disorder.  I grew up with strong influences from both Judaism and Rastafari.

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Leili (She/her/hers)

I’m studying International Studies, Gender Studies and Pure Mathematics at Melbourne University. I’m mixed raced (Iranian and White) and pansexual. I used to identify as Muslim, but as I’m currently undergoing a period of research and transition (as of 2/2/14), I currently identify as Agnostic. I grew up in Eastern Sydney - a mostly white and privileged area - and suffered as a child from mild anxiety disorder. My privileges include white privilege, cisgender privilege, class privilege and able-bodied privilege. I’m a super outspoken intersectional feminist, and I love reading, writing (performance poetry, songs, autobiographical pieces etc), and theatre/drama.

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Mahtab (they/them)

I’m a nonbinary lesbian that lives in the United States. I am Jewish (Ashkenazi Romanian + Mizrahi Palestinian) and a little bit South Asian. I have EDS type III which causes chronic pain in my feet, knees, hips, back, and elbows. I am also mentally ill (OCD, BPD, EDNOS, bipolar ii/cyclothymia). 

I am bilingual (English and Spanish) and am also working on learning Romanian and Hebrew so feel free to message me in any of those :)