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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…

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A Brown Odyssey

For the longest time I had this question brewing like a storm in the farthest corner of my mind – Why are we, as brown people, so hostile to the colour ‘brown’? Why do we feel the need to overstep…

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Beyond the Hype: What’s Up with Netflix’s Mediocre Watchlist?

Netflix, the streaming giant- with a catalog resembling the basement of someone with a hoarding disorder- has been facing a problem for a while now that has their subscription renewals in jeopardy. Rummaging through a mix of prematurely canceled shows…

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What We Get Wrong about Male-Female Friendships

This article was co-written by Fariha Lamisa and Feda Al Hossain In Bangladesh, friendship between a man and a woman is often shunned by society. Oftentimes, these types of friendships would either be scorned for its perceived lack of morals…

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Death of A Star

I had this painfully short-lived desire to be a singer when I was young. My father even had this sweet lady come to our house and give me music lessons for a few months. As time went by, my teacher…

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Sexual Repression in Bangladeshi Men: A Precursor to Violence

Warning: Mentions of rape and sexual abuse A few days ago, I was on a public bus, which was extremely crowded as usual. I was standing, and a middle-aged man stood beside me. After a while, I felt that the…

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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…

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Population Growth and Decline: What happens when we hit the 8 billion mark?

The population boom in the 20th century was not a one-day miracle. Demographic transitions during the mid-18th century laid the foundation for this exponential growth. Until the mid-18th century, Europe and other parts of the globe faced high mortality rates…

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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…

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The Resurgence of Far-right Sentiments in Modern-Day Politics

On September 25, the general election in Italy has practically confirmed the Brothers of Italy leader, Giorgia Meloni, to be the first female prime minister of the country. According to CNN, Meloni is marshaling the most far-right regime since Mussolini's…