21110015 May 9, 2021 2 min read After watching the video of Marjan, Afghanistan’s last lion shared in our class I wondered why my mind had never gone to the impact of war on these living creatures. Naturally, humans come off as a top priority, but it doesn’t mean that we should close our eyes […]
SHIREENA BAIG Nov 29, 2023 2 min read With the trend of low-rise jeans and 90s making a comeback since last, it begs the question, is the body of the 90s also coming back? The current era is of the slim thick body type -popularized by Kim Kardashian and her famous BBL(Brazilian butt lift) surgery-which […]
Zahrah Habib 26020505 Jun 14, 2024 2 min read The book series turned movie franchise, the Twilight Saga, has long since been reviled by teenagers and adults alike for being a symbol of cringe culture online. It has been rightfully called out for its reinforcement of normative gender roles, its treatment of Native Americans and […]
Hiba Shaikh Jun 19, 2023 2 min read We’ve all come across those familiar tropes in advertising, where cooking oil and washing detergent ads often reinforce redundant gender roles and exhibit blatant sexism. And then there’s the ever-present male deodorant ad, persistently clinging to the same worn-out blueprint, as predictable as a rerun you’ve seen […]
25020486 Istafa Niazi Jun 14, 2023 2 min read We are finally at a point where female representation in film has brought radical changes to the Film & TV industry, with powerful female characters dominating the big screen. The influx of superbly written characters has achieved newer heights now that we view these stories from […]
Zaria Adnan 25090021 Dec 6, 2021 1 min read Asia Bibi’s case proves that the Pakistani gender regime, i.e. its regular set of arrangements about gender, is patriarchal to its core. This would be agreed by all radical feminists who firmly believe that men are not only responsible for women’s suffering but also benefit from […]
We live in the golden age of television, post-television, and the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), the DC Extended Universe (MCEU). It goes without saying that there is plethora of media products out there created by diverse sets of creatives. Therefore , we all have a lot of choices when deciding which media product we want […]
24020352 Jul 25, 2022 1 min read Out of all the unexpected concepts I’ve come across, the one that tops the list is feminist Islam. ” Feminists are just angry women. If they have an issue with someone, it needs to be dealt with personally. Why are they making it a bigger deal than it […]
Leena Mustafa 25020392 Dec 8, 2022 2 min read In a world where young girls are accustomed to obsessing over and internalizing pop genre songs, Scars to your beautiful by Alessia Cara is an effort towards neutralizing the toxic impact such media has on girls. As we’ve discussed in class, the increasing exposure to the […]
DaniaFatimaHaq-24020230 Dec 1, 2022 2 min read Pakistan is known to be one of the countries where literacy rate is very low. There are various factors that one can blindly point out, which contribute to the low literacy rate. However, I was surprised to find out that many of the articles I read did not […]
Taneer Jannat Jul 7, 2021 2 min read I recently read a Tweet from Mustafa Babar, the protagonist of the new teen-directed web series Midsummer Chaos, which chronicles the lives of Pakistani Gen Z and the antics they get up to the summers before they leave for college. He argued in defense of the series, […]
Wadana Asif khan Jun 6, 2023 3 min read “Cover yourself up, there are men all around”, “it’s a family gathering, you can’t go without wearing a dupatta” and the most popularly “Maa baap nay ghar may koi sharam aur haya nai sikhaye kya?” you are not desi enough if you have not, at least […]
Amna Amer – 23110231 Jul 2, 2022 2 min read Al-Shabaab is an Islamic insurgent group based in Somalia which now operates in Kenya as well. Their core group consists of Middle-East educated Somali extremists that were partly funded and armed by al-Qaeda’s chief, Osama bin Laden. The unifying idea of Al-Shabab is the establishment […]
Abdul Haseeb – 23020414 Jul 6, 2022 2 min read I went to a military boarding school for High school. It was the 5 most memorable years of my life. However, any of the social sciences and history education that i received there did nothing but tried to conform us to certain types of ideologies […]