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Haute Couture: Hypocrisy & Hubris #5
The Met Gala has seemingly sewn itself into the hem of liberal duplicity, walking the fine line between lunacy and à la mode. Ball gowns, bouffants and, recently, burgers have graced the gawking eyes of journalists and gym bros alike. All this kerfuffle, and for what? Mildly talented teens, washed

Orientalism; Muslims Remain Shackled by a Colonialistic Apparition of Duality and Oppression. #4
Encumbered by power. Emancipated by thought. To think. That is what frees us from the bondage of our oppressors. From Confucius to Machiavelli; from Al-Farabi to Dickens, the greatest thinkers have led the greatest battles. But their thoughts weren’t the sole obtainers of their notoriety and nomination, it was

Western Society: An Obscure Cult of Death #3
From the moment of our conception, this ‘great’ western society, in which we find ourselves, is hell-bent on ushering in our mortal expiration, in dismantling our very understanding of life and its indomitable value. The most marginalised group of people in modern society are not the colourful ones, like we

The Death of Mainstream Media - A Triumph for Independent Thought #2
When was the last time you turned on the television to watch the evening news? Or perused the daily paper’s ostensibly axiomatic headlines? The whirring of the legacy media machine has come to a seductive standstill - but what rendered asunder this conglomerate leviathan and what has delectably taken its

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Travelling through casual space,
Past aloof stars, across the prairies of the sky,
Must speak the truth, and we must live it.” - Angelou. The greatest freedom of all is the freedom to speak the words you wish, to utter, unabridged,