As indigenous peoples, we persevere, defying the colonial mindset and keeping our roots, and traditions, alive.
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It feels as if my generation is the last to experience any semblance of a whimsical and outside-focused childhood.
We hear tales of our elders who grew up peacefully without the distractions of social media and truly lived in the present. Their backyards were their universe of discovery, their streets and the path to their individuality were infinite. Without buzzwords and microtrends shifting the culture every few months, they could carry the past into the present and future.
I watch a small child expertly navigate his mother’s iPhone 12. He is a master at declining incoming calls, and yet, he is a slave to YouTube’s auto-play function.
Has anyone else sensed a change in the tides for the future of our pop girlies? After a short n’ sweet Brat summer, we’re starting to see a new age of pop girl unity.
Lamar’s half time performance sets an injunction within the American music industry, in which its platform should be utilized as a space for protest and liberation. His cryptic messages ultimately expose the American story as a game, controlled by an elite political class, which has continually attempted to disenfranchise its African American population.
Anastenaria has also been theorised to be a modern interpretation of Dionysian rituals but, nonetheless, it can be agreed no matter when this ritual truly originated, it’s connected to an incredibly rich history. What is also incredible is the fact that it has endured so long in spite of the world’s tendency to forget.
But what exactly is Ramadan; what does a month of fasting look like as a student, and how can you show respect and support to your Muslim mates this month?
It was only through reading migrating authors like Plath, Joseph Conrad, Michael Ondaatje, and Jean Rhys that I discovered the possibility of my voice.
Lebanon’s food crisis stems from decades of economic mismanagement, labour exploitation, and environmental degradation.
