The documentary More Than a Word touches upon the football team known as the Washington Redskins, not for their playing history but their name's. “Redskin” is, simply defined, a term for an American Indian, but it’s not just a term; it’s a nickname, and “redskin” has been defined by numerous prestigious dictionaries as a contemptuous... Continue Reading →

Reality television. A genre I never got into, especially when the first one I was exposed to was in my Grade 9 Business class, and every time afterward, I'd wish with every fibre of my being I could smash something owned by one of the judges - I mean, dragons. If you skipped the title... Continue Reading →

Several decades ago, capitalism and the function of the world were obviously quite different. Yet the way a majority of people lived their lives wasn’t that different. People worked for a living, more often than not in difficult and soul-draining jobs, and similar circumstances in their personal lives. The same goes for today. Yet in... Continue Reading →

I have never been to the Middle East, but a permanent image of it is lodged in my mind, and I am very ashamed of it. I picture it as a place where you can’t be yourself, where you have to be assertive as a man or crouching as a woman. I also see it... Continue Reading →

Have you heard of the “tough guise” pose? It’s been around for millennia, but only recently been recognized as problematic. The tough guise pose is an identity that, thanks to the generalized idea of manhood, men are expected to be tough and assertive, and if they deviate from this, they are shamed and bullied. Educator... Continue Reading →

Taken by German photographer Ellen Von Urweth, this is meant to sell vodka, with a woman surrounded, in attire and background, in red, the colour of passion. The objectification of women has disturbing history; from how past generations were shown “Even a woman can manage it” ads, how lots of ads with women in them... Continue Reading →

Hi, whoever's decided to read this. I've been reviewing movies and books since I was 15, and if you read the title, by math that means I'm now 20. A lot of my friends at Grade 10 had way different hobbies than me. Some loved all things volleyball, and others loved cooking or engineering or... Continue Reading →