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.
1d ago
Will we finally take student suicides seriously?
This tragic phenomenon, though shocking each time, is unfortunately not new.
2d 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.
5d ago
‘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.
1m ago
Technology for when writing feels tough
A bunch of free places on the internet that allow me to complete assignments or personal projects when the going gets rough.
2m ago
Romance and unfulfillment in the past and the present
Much like most media geared toward women, romance novels have frequently received flack for its supposed shallowness, absurdity, and flamboyancy.
3m ago
Sad girl lit and trivialising women’s writing
When I read the title of Charlotte Stroud’s article “The curse of the cool girl novelist” and the accompanying description of said type of novelist, I had a solid image of what she was referring to. Stroud describes “cool girl novelists” as “depressed and alienated”, “incurably downcast”, and “terminally sad”. It had similarities with “sad girl” literature, a supposedly new genre captivating readers and publishers alike.
4m ago
December 9, 2021
A Wedding Movie Playlist
Movies showing truer pictures of what weddings are really like.
August 12, 2021
Understanding Political Labels
Where do you fall on the spectrum?
June 10, 2021
Online Activism Is Here for Good
Creating a huge difference when it comes to making real change.
March 25, 2021
50 YEARS SINCE
Hopes, dreams, and grievances of a young Bangladeshi.
February 25, 2021
In death, he became visible
Vivek Oji, the titular character in Akwaeke Emezi’s second novel, is dead; this is stated in the title, the first line, and throughout the book. However, in every chapter, Vivek keeps coming alive, images of him rising out of the text’s surface only to dissolve again.
January 28, 2021
Fashion shows, but not really...
YouTube channels that talk fashion. Yes.
October 15, 2020
On discovering the poetry of Louise Glück, Nobel Prize in Literature 2020
Louise Glück’s poetry is at once deeply personal and ubiquitous. Articles explaining her work demur from calling it confessional, and they may be right. It doesn’t feel like the thoughts and feelings of another; the speaker confessing seems more vulnerable, as if they’re opening up directly to you. The sceneries she weaves are odd and alluring, and behind the deceptively simple lines are layers of meaning.
October 1, 2020
Living with Autism
Even though children with autism are a part of the youth and society, we fail to include and invite them in our lives.
July 2, 2020
LET’S TALK ABOUT POLITICS
Right from where you live to what you eat to the number of board exams you have to take in school to even the quality of the air you breathe in is impacted by politics, and being in denial of that is dangerous both for you and others surrounding you.
April 30, 2020
Fighting the Infodemic
As people reading these might have already guessed, these behaviours have been influenced by information regarding the coronavirus outbreak. However, a more accurate thing to say would be misinformation or misguided ideas about the global pandemic.
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