Category: Political & Personal

  • 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…

  • When Two Identities Collide: Living as a Bisexual Hindu Woman in Bangladesh

    by Krishna  I am grateful for this opportunity to speak. Honestly, it is a hard thing to write or even talk about. But we gotta start somewhere. I am a bisexual woman and a practising Hindu. Well, these two weren’t a good match to put together, but I’ll gradually get into that. I am currently…

  • Contemplations of a Restless Mind

    by K Raheen Time is a strange phenomena. Moments slip through our fingers so fast we barely get the time to commit them to our memories. One minute you are eighteen years old, lost and confused, the next minute you’re twenty-eight, just as lost and confused as ever. Seconds tick away, minutes pass, and years…