Why Are Awards Shows Still Even A Thing?
“But beyond the grotesque commercialism of the award shows themselves, it’s also important to note how so many of these celebrities are already people who come from money.”
Category: Third Culture Kids
Born Liminal: The Internal and External Displacement of a Third Culture Kid Experience
An essay I wrote in 2016 about not being able to fly after a TCK lifetime of airplane travel.
‘First Comes Marriage’ Deconstructs Harmful Stereotypes About Muslim Women
First Comes Marriage is an important memoir for deconstructing and demystifying one Muslim community’s traditions around marriage, love, and sex, all of which are important services in our current Islamophobic political climate.
The Cult(ure) of Consumption
The rest of the world conserves, America consumes.
Black and Brown Sisters Are Doing Visual Media For Themselves
“When the dominant visual media paradigm is one of hegemonic whiteness, there are a limited number of choices for women of color. Submit yourself to the hegemony and take whatever scraps casting agents, directors, producers throw at you even if they might be problematic. Or, smash that shit and begin carving out your own space. More and more black and brown women are choosing the latter, and it is glorious.” For Wear Your Voice Mag, June 2017.