Essay: 'Anak' and 'Distance' on Agency and the Filipino Mother in the 21st Century
As movies, Anak and Distance illustrate two opposite extremes of the challenging reality of motherhood in the Philippines.
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Gokul KP
Nov 25, 20236 min read
Review: Love and Identity in Sally Rooney’s Normal People
Sally Rooney’s 2018 novel Normal People is a heartbreaking journey featuring intimacy, pain, and the social dynamics of human connections.
rabhelanimguni
Nov 23, 20235 min read
Essay: The Archives
The Israel-Palestine conflict should lead us to reflect on pacifism and its ally, storytelling, for justice.
Callum Foulds
Nov 15, 20234 min read
Essay: An Office Pop Phenomenon
Callum Foulds talks office pop!
Terry Trowbridge
Nov 7, 20234 min read
Statement about Researching IDPs and the UNHCR
What do internally displaced people want to save, want to preserve, and want to carry?
Gokul KP
Nov 5, 20235 min read
Review: The Profound Human Stories of 'The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat' by Oliver Sacks
A review of Oliver Sacks' 1985 book featuring compelling stories of patients grappling with extraordinary neurological conditions.
Rosemary Twomey
Nov 1, 20233 min read
Writing Life: Are you ready for NaNoWriMo?
NaNoWriMoMo has arrived! Whether you are someone who has taken on the challenge year after year or you have no idea what the acronym stands
Euzette Fermilan
Oct 29, 20236 min read
The Art of Belonging: An Immigrant’s Reflection
A personal essay and reflection about the art of belonging from the perspective of an immigrant.
Tomas Maldonado
Oct 21, 20239 min read
Ber Anena on Pursuing a PhD in Creative Writing, Literary Agents, and Book Publishing in Uganda
Born and raised in Northern Uganda, Ber Anena writes poetry, creative nonfiction (essays and memoirs are her focus), and short fiction.
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.
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...
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.
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.
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.'
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.
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.
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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