Category: Political & Personal
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Mothers and Other Mythical Creatures
by Zainab Rahman Chowdhury What is a mother? What comes to my mind first are the hundreds of Mother’s Day posts I have seen plastered across my social media. These posts, while endearing, are formulaic, carrying the same familiar sentiments. Mothers are defined as superheroes, endless sources of strength, and most notably, sacrifice. The end…
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Heavy is the Head of Unheeding Hair
by Rakkhoshee “Hair is everything.” Boy, was Fleabag onto something. Of all the things I could’ve been marked for, that’s what they chose. I didn’t expect an educational institution in this godforsaken country to mind anything substantial. I’m not that naïve. I’m just frustrated, I suppose, that this is what truly mattered to the administration,…
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The Eastern Gaze
by Mati’r Meye Much discussion surrounds the male gaze, and the white gaze, but these days I am cognizant of a growing eastern gaze that has not entered traditional scholarship; rising alongside the archetype of ‘the pick-me girl’ subscribing to male standards, are student immigrants of the west upholding whiteness to obtain a taste of…
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