Supporting Pride Starts Small
Growing up in Bangladesh, it might be challenging to educate yourself about the LGBTQ+ community. Yes, you can always research online and gather knowledge; however, there’s only so much the internet can tell you. Many articles, blogs, and surveys don’t…
Transitioning out of 36 Cherry Street
“Thanks for the memories Even though they weren't so great” – ‘Thnks fr th Mmrs’ by Fall Out Boy To Uncle T, Payton, Zara, Pace, C, Aya, Jina, Garrett, Luka, Immanuel, Fatma, Gillian, Jacob, Josh, David, Marcela, Grace, Jason, Micheal,…
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…
Finding A Sense Of Belonging In America As A Bangladeshi
For Uncle T My master's program is related to education. A lot of what I study and its practices emphasize creating a sense of belonging in the classroom so that students, regardless of their culture, home situation, residential status, trauma,…
Putting Love First Doesn’t Always Work
We’ve all been there. At some point of our lives, we’ve given into love, or what felt like love at the time. Be that skipping a work meeting because your partner had that one day off, creating a fiasco at…
Good Omens Season 2: It’s Good, But Only You Can Decide if You Like it
Good Omens season 1 cramped the entire book in one season with 6 episodes. I had my issues with the series – the birthday party scene was undeveloped, the four horsemen weren’t represented the best, and the climax was just…
My First Week of Culture Shocks
When you move to a new country, the culture shocks are startling. In fact, they sneak up on you unnoticed. No matter how well you prepare or how many lessons you receive about the change in environment, it may never…
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…
An Ode to Prof Vincent Chang, The Coolest VC Ever
In February 2019, merely months before the COVID-19 outbreak and Sir Fazle Hasan Abed’s passing (the founder of BRAC), Prof Vincent Chang joined Brac University as the Vice Chancellor (VC) becoming its first foreign VC after President Abdul Hamid authorised…
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…
