Varsha

journo (ish). words @stylistmagazine @refinery29 @graziauk commissions: [email protected]

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This week strikes an uncomfortably familiar sense of deja vu in all POC, having felt this hatred fired at us on the basis of our skin colour many times before. Thank you to the women who shared their stories with me for @Refinery29 @Refinery29UK https://t.co/i9iwUatNBr

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Is your daily matcha causing your hair loss? Did some digging for @Refinery29UK 🍵 https://t.co/Cejqrt3crY

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Any GPs who can weigh in on matcha and hair loss ASAP today? For Refinery29 #journorequest

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@editorielle It’s for Refinery29 - thanks!

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Looking to speak to anyone who feels matcha is causing their hair loss 🍵🍵🍵#journorequest

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Why don’t more South Asians use sunscreen? ☀️

There’s a knowledge gap, stemming partly from ignorance and generational beliefs. We need a shift in the cultural conversation around sun care. More in my latest for @Refinery29 @Refinery29UK

@SAHM_UK

https://t.co/mnNr0sv7gX

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Also keen to hear general views from South Asians on tanning, sun protection eg were you encouraged to "stay fair"?#journorequest @SAHM_UK

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Looking to speak to South Asians who perhaps grew up thinking that they didn't need sun protection because they have darker/tanned skin (or still do think that) for an article in Refinery29. Can be anon #journorequest @SAHM_UK

[Varsha @varshapatel_]

Also keen to hear general views from South Asians on tanning, sun protection eg were you encouraged to "stay fair"?#journorequest @SAHM_UK

[Varsha @varshapatel_]

Looking to speak to South Asians who perhaps grew up thinking that they didn't need sun protection because they have darker/tanned skin (or still do think that) for an article in Refinery29. Can be anon #journorequest @SAHM_UK

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K3G & the BBC: the duo I never saw coming. I wrote about why the @bbcstrictly Bollywood performance - the first in its 20-year history - was important to so many British South Asians.

https://t.co/G3ejmYXPgS

[Varsha @varshapatel_]

This week strikes an uncomfortably familiar sense of deja vu in all POC, having felt this hatred fired at us on the basis of our skin colour many times before. Thank you to the women who shared their stories with me for @Refinery29 @Refinery29UK https://t.co/i9iwUatNBr

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Wrote about our obsession with the big fat Indian wedding for @GraziaUK as the Ambani wedding continues to live rent free in my head https://t.co/9MhImWqn2q

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Revisited my fave topic - shady aunties - for @Refinery29. Seeing what the new generation of South Asian parents are doing to shatter years of toxic comments gives me hope and the stories of these young women remind me why this conversation is so important.

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South Asian Beauty Standards Hurt Me. But Will I Pass Them On? https://t.co/pVQ3mHSLON

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@TashadenDekker Hey Natasha, I’m working on a second story on this - could you please DM me so we could chat?

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This will defo be one of my top books of 2023. Incredible @CecilekvPin @4thEstateBooks

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@bookmarkthewall @kuangrf @HarperFiction @BoroughPress @fictionpubteam @sianrichefond SO good right?!

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@RoseOMWalker ❤️❤️

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Writer Varsha Patel details her relationship with the ritual.

https://t.co/YmTogYdUY5

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Some lunchtime reading from me that isn't about the legal sector: my first piece for @StylistMagazine🥥https://t.co/GHcZs64hyR