Non-Fiction & Essays 4/5

Essay: Canadian abuse of Jamaican migrant farm workers is an international issue, what can be done?

Terry Trowbridge

Oct 24, 20236 min read

Essay: Canadian abuse of Jamaican migrant farm workers is an international issue, what can be done?

An essay breaking down and criticising Canada's abuse and "systemic slavery" of Jamaican migrant farm workers

rabhelanimguni

Oct 19, 20234 min read

Essay: Tower of Babel

"By listening, churches would have abated the paranoia of homophobia and saved lives."

nabghashahid19

Oct 17, 20233 min read

Essay: Slipping Through the Cracks; the “Hostile” Woman of Pakistan

"The Woman was my alter-ego, my pretense in Pakistan where I had to force myself to submerge deep within the homogenous mix I lived in."

Gokul KP

Oct 15, 20234 min read

Essay: Ambition and The Child

The essay talks about the impact childhood experiences have on life, and how it is essential to find happiness in simple, everyday things.

Essay: Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the Myth of the Muse and the Artist

A. L. Sarino

Oct 12, 20235 min read

Essay: Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the Myth of the Muse and the Artist

When the portrayal of the artist and muse has been riddled with the male gaze, Portrait of a Lady on Fire blurs the lines...

Essay: Netflix’s Heartstopper Heals the Inner, Queer Child of America

Faith Diaz

Oct 9, 20235 min read

Essay: Netflix’s Heartstopper Heals the Inner, Queer Child of America

Bisexual and LBGTQIA+ representation at large is the long anticipated reward for viewers of Netflix's Heartstopper.

Looting Legacies: The British Museum’s Stolen Treasures

Chao Shete

Oct 7, 20233 min read

Looting Legacies: The British Museum’s Stolen Treasures

Nightmare at the British Museum: missing treasure and renewed calls to repatriate stolen objects.

serinde1967

Oct 6, 20235 min read

Essay: Somewhere in the Middle

"I can’t even read the letters my father sent his mother during the war. There is a void there, a blank space..."

Devanshi Panda

Oct 4, 20234 min read

Essay: Ma's Hair

Ma has always hated her hair.I think Ma often feels like she is her hair. Untameable, prone to flare-ups, old, decisively indecisive.

Anwesha Dutta

Oct 1, 20235 min read

The Strange Sublimity of a Face

On faces, femmes and feelings.

devonfwebb

Sep 30, 20238 min read

Notes on the Barbaissance

An overview of the recent 'Barbie-mania', & the film's cultural & critical impact.

firstnamecarmenx

Sep 26, 20233 min read

Iced Coffee

The potential metaphysical and existential dread of drinking (and thinking through) an iced coffee, maybe (as in, if there's any potential).

Essay: He Who is Without Sin: Nuanced Survivor Narrative or Problematic Representation?

A. L. Sarino

Sep 23, 20236 min read

Essay: He Who is Without Sin: Nuanced Survivor Narrative or Problematic Representation?

In an age where men in the media are subjected to sole agency when encountering sexual assault, the supposed solution loses its purpose.

Singing, Screaming, Croaking: Melodies in Emma Donoghue’s 'Frog Music'

Sarah Hajkowski

Sep 22, 20239 min read

Singing, Screaming, Croaking: Melodies in Emma Donoghue’s 'Frog Music'

Melody, womanhood, and fate entangle in Emma Donoghue's historical fiction novel 'Frog Music.'

Opening Up: A Personal Exploration of Asexual Identity

Gokul KP

Sep 20, 20236 min read

Opening Up: A Personal Exploration of Asexual Identity

A personal essay delving into the writer's narrative as asexual, from the initial confusion to the empowerment that accompanies visibility..

Tomas Maldonado

Sep 18, 20239 min read

Essay: El Paso, That Place with All the ‘Greasy Mexicans’

A cultural essay exploring the dysphemism and a controversy that occurred in the 80s in El Paso, Texas.

Second Chances at Life: Isekai and the Reincarnated Villainess Arc

Ananya Roy

Sep 15, 20234 min read

Second Chances at Life: Isekai and the Reincarnated Villainess Arc

Deep-dive into the world of the villainess of isekai, where revenge is best-served cold!

nabghashahid19

Sep 13, 20233 min read

Ruckus: The Role of Honor in Pakistan

"I want to cause a ruckus," Shahid writes about the role of honor as an entity in Pakistan, and how it affects the lives of its women.

Back in Time, to the Beginning: A Tribute to Taylor Swift and a New Age

Xiao Faria da Cunha

Sep 12, 20235 min read

Back in Time, to the Beginning: A Tribute to Taylor Swift and a New Age

A creative essay and tribute to Taylor Swift, her re-recordings, and presence in girlhoods around the world

Gokul KP

Sep 10, 20234 min read

Death Of a Friendship

An essay about the profound changes the writer has witnessed in his friendships over the years, in terms of their evolving dynamics.

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