Protests, deaths and a collective breakdown
It is a special kind of horror to see the semi-abstract theories you studied for your semi-abstract major come to life, and begin to apply to events 20 minutes away from you.
3d ago
Sudan crisis explained: Why wars are not a matter of the past
To look away from Sudan, at this time, is tantamount to complicity.
1m ago
Is it enough to just have female heads of state?
We have seen that women who are able to helm a country are often able to do so through their associations with powerful men.
1m ago
What could the recent ICC warrants mean?
The recent arrest warrants may create an impression that there is an equivalence between Hamas leaders and Netanyahu and Gallant.
2m ago
Who was Raisi and what does his death mean?
Given the turbulent state of the Middle East at the moment, the repercussions of Raisi’s death could have effects in not only Iran but also the wider region.
2m ago
Zadie Smith’s rhetorical tricks
Smith’s framing runs into the same blind spot in other criticisms levelled at student protests, i.e. it detaches the student’s cause from the activists, academics, and journalists, Palestinian or otherwise, who have been documenting Israel’s settler colonial project for 75 years.
2m ago
Will we finally take student suicides seriously?
This tragic phenomenon, though shocking each time, is unfortunately not new.
2m ago
Beyond the page: Podcasts discussing POC authors
The following are podcasts that focus on POC writers, a list made because of the heavy Eurocentrism still present in the lists and bookstores known around Bangladesh.
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July 24, 2024
Protests, deaths and a collective breakdown
It is a special kind of horror to see the semi-abstract theories you studied for your semi-abstract major come to life, and begin to apply to events 20 minutes away from you.
June 26, 2024
Sudan crisis explained: Why wars are not a matter of the past
To look away from Sudan, at this time, is tantamount to complicity.
June 8, 2024
Is it enough to just have female heads of state?
We have seen that women who are able to helm a country are often able to do so through their associations with powerful men.
May 23, 2024
What could the recent ICC warrants mean?
The recent arrest warrants may create an impression that there is an equivalence between Hamas leaders and Netanyahu and Gallant.
May 21, 2024
Who was Raisi and what does his death mean?
Given the turbulent state of the Middle East at the moment, the repercussions of Raisi’s death could have effects in not only Iran but also the wider region.
May 18, 2024
Zadie Smith’s rhetorical tricks
Smith’s framing runs into the same blind spot in other criticisms levelled at student protests, i.e. it detaches the student’s cause from the activists, academics, and journalists, Palestinian or otherwise, who have been documenting Israel’s settler colonial project for 75 years.
May 17, 2024
Will we finally take student suicides seriously?
This tragic phenomenon, though shocking each time, is unfortunately not new.
May 14, 2024
Beyond the page: Podcasts discussing POC authors
The following are podcasts that focus on POC writers, a list made because of the heavy Eurocentrism still present in the lists and bookstores known around Bangladesh.
May 12, 2024
The devaluation of the sacrificial mother
Even as she is glorified, her work is devalued.
March 28, 2024
‘Shubeik Lubeik’, wishes, and the vulnerability of human beings
In Deena Mohamed’s Shubeik Lubeik (originally published in 2015 and translated in 2023 by Mohamed herself), wishes have not only drastically altered the fabric of daily life in Egypt, but the world at large.
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