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Can social media steer us towards more sustainable fashion habits?
With social media and advertising heavily saturating our lives, we have reached a point in our westernised society where we often do not even realise the extent to which we are exposed to advertising and marketing campaigns. It takes one fashion based google search, and soon your Facebook ads are filled with brands such as Pretty Little Things and ASOS, just to name a few.
But is social media…
LGBT and Heading home for christmas
If the copious amounts of corny television ads and shop display windows have relayed us anything, it’s that Christmas is a time for family. As we speak, millions of people around the globe are currently preparing to go home to loved ones over the holidays. For many of those people, the thought of getting a week with your family to eat, unwind and enjoy each other’s company is relieving. However,…
To my future grandchildren,
I hope that your generation has finally figured it out.
I hope that what I’m about to disclose to you, you only learn about in History textbooks and it is never something you have to relive.
I woke up this morning from a dreamless sleep and I thought about the millions of lives that have been tragically stolen from the world. I thought about all the people that have…
Why India is the most dangerous country in the world for women?
On June 26th, just one day before my Bombay-based family were set for a new Indian bride to join us, the Thompson Reuters Foundation published a study that named India as the world’s most dangerous place for women. Unfortunately, I was not shocked as despite my family’s privilege of quality education, reasonable wealth and being of a higher caste, no woman was immune from trying to be protected…
“History, Labelling and Toilets: The Social Model of Disability
In general, humankind is pretty terrible at deciding how it wants to view disability. Is it a tragedy? An inspiration? A problem that needs fixing?
People have been trying to use labels like these for decades, at least, and most of them don’t really work – at least not for all disabled people. They lead to an awful lot of patronising and being made to feel like your entire life is either…
Youth Faces of the world: Featuring youth heroes all around the world
#YouthFacesoftheworld: Meet John from Philippines
What does it mean to be a hero? It is not merely about the transcendence of humanity, the next stage in our evolution, or the ability to overcome any obstacles coming our way. From my perspective, being a hero is about making the world a better place by inspiring others to do the same. And when it comes to dealing with the biggest threat to our…
As a child, I don’t think I had many English role models. But I definitely had Tamil ones, Tamil being my first language. I didn’t watch Tamil films as much as I do now but when I did it was an incredibly exciting time. Despite being a girl and being expected to identify with and imitate the female actors as my psychology knowledge would lead me to believe, I looked to the main male character. Or…
Self love : Why self care dates are important
Self- love defines as regarding one’s own well-being and happiness. I wouldn’t necessarily say that it was a difficult term to comprehend, as it’s pretty blatant, but it was definitely difficult to incorporate into my lifestyle. ‘Why?‘, You may ask but trust me when I say that to truly love yourself, or to even slightly believe that you do, a lot more time and practise goes into it than talking…
Rape culture : Myth or reality?
Rape is not or will ever be an easy topic to talk about, but it is a necessary topic that must be discussed. Many believe that rape culture is just a plot to make men look like evil monsters, but it is so much more than that. Rape culture is when we, as a society, decide to normalize sexual assault situations and turn them into cultural jokes. We begin to say phrases like, “Oh, if she didn’t…
Conversations in your head are nice. There aren’t much people around to talk to so then people start to talk to themselves. I know I’m talking to you, but really yer in my head. It’s raining. It’s always raining here. That last lightning strike made me jump and I think the man in front of me jumped too. All I can see are his shoes though and everyone else got their nice umbrellas. People…