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Headscarves and Good Yarns

Headscarves and Good Yarns

By: Amal Abdullahi
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 Headscarves and Good Yarns is all about celebrating the differences we have in our community. Even though we all look, think and speak differently to each other we all call Aotearoa our home so tune in and find hear the stories of many different kiwis. We also navigate those uncomfortable conversations around race that we just need to have sometimes. Hope you guys tune in!(C)Otago Access Radio Social Sciences
Episodes
  • forgiveness, power + redemption

    forgiveness, power + redemption
    Nov 3 2025
    Who gets to grow — and who doesn’t? In this episode, we unpack the politics of forgiveness through pop culture, from Lily Allen’s West End Girl to Janet Jackson, Bill Clinton, and beyond. We explore how power, privilege, and identity shape who we choose to empathize with, and what true accountability might look like in a world that confuses redemption with justice. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
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    54 mins
  • ugliness, bias + belief

    ugliness, bias + belief
    Oct 20 2025
    This conversation looks at the side of beauty we rarely say out loud — what it means to be seen as “unattractive” in a world obsessed with pretty privilege. From Da’Shaun L. Harrison’s Belly of the Beast to the backlash against Lena Dunham’s Girls, we unpack lookism, power, and why our relationship to beauty deserves more honesty. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
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    54 mins
  • Ayo Edebiri, Erasure + Progress

    Ayo Edebiri, Erasure + Progress
    Oct 6 2025
    What do we really mean when we talk about “political correctness” and “what we’ve lost”? In this episode, I dive into the viral interview moment where Ayo Edebiri was excluded from a heavy question on #MeToo, BLM and Hollywood. Together we’ll unpack the history of these movements, the way Black women are so often erased from the story, and how calls of “lost freedoms” often come from those who never had to share space before. From bell hooks to pop culture parallels, let’s sit with the nuance, ask whose voices are centered, and imagine what progress looks like when it’s for all of us. This show was broadcast on OAR 105.4FM Dunedin oar.org.nz
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    54 mins
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