An open letter to Malala
Dear Malala, Well done, you just graduated from Oxford University! As a recent graduate, two weeks ago you collected all of your personal belongings from your college just like any…
Tag: Equality
Am I a Champagne Socialist?
Do you uphold socialist ideals while enjoying an affluent and luxurious lifestyle? If so, then you are gauche caviar – or what British people call a ‘champagne socialist’. This term,…
A petition for Mia Khalifa has gathered 1.5 million signatures and counting
A petition launched in aid of Mia Khalifa, a 27-year-old who worked as an adult film actress for three months when she was 21, calling for the removal of pornographic…
Does my Western sounding name make me more employable?
I remember my first day of secondary school like it was yesterday. I was born in Peshawar, Pakistan and my family and I moved to the UK when I was…
Are criticisms of the race inequality commission’s Munira Mirza valid?
A storm of anger at racial inequality and injustice might have gripped America, but no-one from the British government could say that they haven’t felt some of it too. One…
A Pole New World: teaching pole fitness in Turkey
Pole fitness is a sporting activity that has increasingly taken centre stage in recent years. Once traditionally confined to strip clubs and exotic dancers, pole dance is becoming a highly…
How can we address anti-blackness in Desi spaces?
The death of George Floyd in Minnesota at the hands of the white police officer who knelt on his neck for nine minutes reopened a festering wound in America’s social…
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