Race Traitors and Sharan Dhaliwal

Poppy & Rubina have both dated men outside of their race and have been called race traitors because of it. They discuss this with Burnt Roti magazine editor, Sharan Dhaliwal, who has dealt with it herself.Both Poppy and Rubina talk of making sacrifices in their culture in order to continue dating non Asian guys. Similarly, our guest Sharan, was made explicitly aware, growing up, that she should be only dating within her race, and on top of that she had the added pressure of being bi. We hear how she has only recently come out to her family and how her mother in particular dealt with the news.

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From Dirty Talk to the A to Z of Sex Toys, Poppy and Rubina confess all the funny and intimate details of their sex lives. A South Asian woman still can’t talk openly about her sex life, but Poppy and Rubina are determined to change that, beginning with their own experiences. In this new series of Brown Girls Do It Too, Poppy is continuing on her exploration of non-monogamous dating and Rubina is navigating sex and love as a (relatively) new mother.They continue to break taboos and ask difficult questions such as “Has BDSM become passé?” “Are younger men better in bed?”, or “Is the baby monitor the ultimate mood killer?”. Brown Girls Do it Too is a raucous celebration of sex, love, heartbreak and friendship.