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Disney’s ‘Moana’: An offensive portrayal of Polynesian culture and mythology
Unsurprisingly, the film’s directors, Ron Clements and John Musker, are white, and it is almost as if “whiteness” prevents artistes, such as film directors, from portraying the non-white peoples with a non-colonial lens.
July 10, 2024
Iran’s presidential elections: A smokescreen?
Should we believe that the same man who didn’t believe in women’s right to freedom of choice is now a changed “reformist”?
May 10, 2024
Is the theme of this year’s Met Gala ironically prophetic?
The parallel between the 2024 Met Gala and 'The Garden of Time,' a short speculative fiction written by JG Ballard, is uncanny.
April 28, 2024
Say their names to save their lives
Let Toomaj Salehi’s words strike a chord in our hearts, a chord that will spur action, no matter how small
December 16, 2023
I, Whore; I, Birangona
Would it be too much to ask you/ To forgive me for the carnal sin I did not commit?
October 26, 2023
The unclassifiable “monsters” of Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’
Guillermo Del Toro’s stop-motion animation, Pinocchio (2022) is loosely based on Carlo Collodi’s novel, The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883).
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Women’s revolution
The theocracy is crumbling in its seat
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PTSD
Martyrs and-slash-or heroes they call us Is it worth all the fuss? While they celebrate We ache to recuperate
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No, it’s not alright to dress up as an acid attack victim
Even worse is rewarding someone for doing so.
March 10, 2023
The attempt to poison Iran's schoolgirls into silence
As an Iranian woman living in Bangladesh, I weep for girls and women in Iran on International Women’s Day this year.
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