by Morgan Adams | Jan 11, 2021 | Social Issues
In past articles where I’ve tackled the New Year, I have not been exactly quiet about my disdain for January: January and I go way back, and I have some major beef with her. I was born on the winter solstice, and I wish I could live up to the magic of being a solstice...
by Renad Hamouda | Jan 9, 2021 | Social Issues
The idea of the male gaze was introduced by the Film Theorist Laura Mulvey in her seminal essay called “Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema.” Not only does she focus on a film’s content, but Mulvey also critiques its structure. She analyzes how cinematic codes...
by Nur Sadiyat | Jan 9, 2021 | Culture, Social Issues
Do you feel that women are meant to be homemakers? And if so, only homemakers? Well, yes, to some extent, especially as per gender roles in Asian culture, they are more family-oriented in general, but that does not imply that the entire female race belongs to the same...
by Renad Hamouda | Jan 1, 2021 | Social Issues
As an academic writing tutor, I read essays every day on different topics. These topics range from scientific to cultural to business-related. For the most part, I enjoy learning and engaging with viewpoints that differ from my own. However, in recent years I noticed...
by Lovey Chaudhary | Dec 11, 2020 | Social Issues
If I had a dollar for every time I get asked ‘are you a feminist,’ then I would beat Billionaires and Trillionaires in Dubai and rank at the top on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. Sadly, I am poor but a hot mess. So, here we go with the most common...
by Stalwart Megatron | Nov 11, 2020 | Gender & Sexuality, Social Issues, Storytelling, Taboos, Women
I was recently having a chat with a buddy of mine. He had just gone through a breakup, and I had invited him over for a couple of drinks. Conversations were going on, and soon, they inevitably turned in the direction of relationships and their temporary nature. The...