Know Which is Which: Toxic Feminism vs Self-Respect
In today’s day and age, women are slowly learning to be confident, to set boundaries – instead of compromising all the time – not settling for less and being vocal about what they’re not okay with. As is with anything…
Are We Ready to Talk About Birth Control: A Bangladeshi Stigmatized Perspective
During the COVID-19 pandemic, I developed what was commonly referred to as ‘mask acne’. My face got worse and worse over time, to a point where I no longer cared about what I looked like but rather, I wanted the…
The Story Of Wasfia Nazreen: Made in Bangladesh, Raised in the Himalayas!
“Wasfia makes us touch the sky; she makes us take leaps of faith. She is why little girls continue to dream.” — Munize Manzur, Principal, Sunbeams School, Bangladesh “This isn't just some restless voyager who needs a thrill every season.…
She-Hulk: Attorney At Law is a Fun (but Extremely Divisive) Sitcom that Suffers Due to its Short Episodes
Alright. It’s time to talk about the proverbial elephant- well, more of a jade giantess- in the room. She-Hulk: Attorney At Law ran for nine episodes, and each of those episodes divided the MCU fanbase a little more than the…
Mahsa Amini’s Death Questions Iran’s Morality Police and Connotations surrounding the Hijab
While the discourse carries on penetrating into legal establishments, the Mahsa Amini incident in Iran sparked outrage everywhere and further highlighted the issue of a moral trial. Restrictions upon women, be it socially or judicially, have been ongoing and fought…
Why Sexism in Ads Still Persist Today (in a Different Way Than You Expect)
Sprite’s 2016 ‘Brutally Refreshing’ ad campaign brutally offended women with lines like “She’s seen more ceilings than Michelangelo” and “You’re not popular, you’re easy”, the 2020 Peloton’s holiday commercial portraying a Black Mirror version of the happy housewife and the…
Alia Bhatt Delivers a Career-Defining Performance in Bhansali’s Gangubai Kathiawadi
Duped into the sex industry at a young age, a sex worker daringly rises from a pawn to ruling over the same industry using her underworld connections to preside over the 60s gangland Mumbai. A magnetic performance from Alia Bhatt…
Why There Are so Few Women in Esports
In recent years, the world of video gaming has taken fanbases and enthusiasts by storm. With esports, the competitive side of video games, becoming a lucrative and popular genre of sports, games like DOTA 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Fortnite, League…
The Narsingdi Railway Station Incident Shows Us Why Trying to be the Good Girl is a Dangerous Fallacy
Sure, being a girl has its perks; however, nowadays, many women think of it as a curse. Why, may you ask? Here are some examples: since childhood, we girls are told to behave 'like a lady'- don't laugh too loud,…
How the Overturn of Roe v Wade Set Back Women’s Autonomy by Decades
It is justified to consider abortion as a moral and philosophical conundrum, but what about abortion as a real-world social practice? It might be worth looking at abortion empirically and historically because, as recent events allude, the abortion debate could…
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