26090057 Jaweria Shabbir Dec 5, 2022 3 min read Well, who doesn’t love a good gossip? Rumour has it, that the author of this blog thinks that the relationship between Blair and Chuck is driven by toxic masculinity and extreme attachment issues. While talking about the scandalous lives of Manhattan’s elite, Gossip Girl, also tends […]
Emaan Shahab (24020027) Nov 11, 2023 4 min read It is no secret that Native American populations are extremely marginalized in the United States, beginning from Christopher Columbus landing on the ‘new land,’ declaring the native people savages, and initiating a regulated system of deprivation to take away their lands and rights. Along with horrific […]
26020539 Nov 30, 2024 3 min read When thinking of breaking stereotypes in mainstream media, Mulan is the first movie that always seems to come to my mind. I’ve seen that movie multiple times as a child, and maybe it’s the nostalgia, but I think it holds up today as well. Being a Disney movie, […]
Myra Shahab Nov 13, 2022 3 min read When Malala Yousafzai was shot at by members of the Taliban in Swat Valley in 2012, a plethora of emotions surrounding women’s education and the right of girls to access education became the front page news. With that, I clearly recall the stereotypes that emerged surrounding the […]
Burhan Hasnain 25020257 Nov 26, 2023 2 min read As Russia’s conflict with Ukraine persists, the toll on the country’s educational system is far-reaching. Beyond the physical destruction of schools, the war has unleashed a wave of consequences that transcend borders, leaving a profound impact on the lives of students like nine-year-old Milana Minenko (Novak). […]
Tabeer Tamsal Nov 4, 2023 3 min read Marketing through advertisements is one of the most successful strategies. It is a powerful medium with a large audience that affects not only our consumption habits but also our views, values, and opinions in everyday life. It might, however, act like a double-edged sword because it has […]
Zain Alizai 24020168 Jul 4, 2022 2 min read In today’s world where globalisation has allowed an almost surveillance-like real-time insight into every country due to interconnected forms of fast media, perception and optics matter a lot, especially when it’s largely oppressors trying to mend their image post or mid-conflict. One example is that of […]
mominakhalid Oct 26, 2024 3 min read In the world of Bollywood, few films have tackled the intersection of identity, Islamophobia, and media stereotypes as boldly as My Name is Khan. This 2010 film tells the story of Rizwan Khan, a Muslim man with Asperger’s syndrome, as he journeys across America in a post-9/11 world […]
Sana Murtaza 24090077 Dec 14, 2020 2 min read The Hate U Give follows a young girl named Starr Carter, as she learns to navigate a world, and the systems within it, that have otherized her and those she loves as a black people. Viewers are given insight into the black experience, specifically the struggles […]
Soundtrack for this article: Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky, The Nut Cracker by City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Metamodernity by Vansire, Peer Gynt Suite No.1 by Edvard Greig Get ready for a dive into the scholarly realm – or at least, my attempt to bring academia into focus. We embark on this intellectual journey with a […]
Aimen 23110094 Aug 2, 2022 5 min read I remember my experience watching the magnanimously popular Amir Khan starrer Dangal for the very first time: I was inspired by the story of these two young ladies and their driven father who stopped at nothing to achieve their goals of becoming wrestlers despite immense societal pressures, […]
Aqsa Manzoor 24090082 Jul 3, 2021 1 min read Although Bollywood is not the right place for messages of body positivity, I still expect the industry to retain some level of political correctness with the growing cancel culture. However, the giant industry continues to disappoint and in this blog I’ll be expressing my opinions about […]
26110333 Nov 1, 2023 2 min read Updated: Nov 26, 2023 We are living in the 21st century yet the unconstrained conversation around periods or women’s menstrual cycle remains a taboo. In the recent, wave of feminism when women’s sanitary healthcare products could have preemptively availed the chance to ramp up the awareness campaign concerning […]
Umar Shahzad-23020308 Dec 11, 2022 1 min read Updated: Dec 11, 2022 Kabhi Khushi Kabhi Gham was the blockbuster of the new century. With a star-studded cast with Amitabh Bachan, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherji, and Kajol, it was a dream come true for most people. I was star-struck by all the dancing, cinematography, and exhilarating […]