This week marks the second anniversary of Israel's escalating genocide and ethnic cleansing in Palestine. As a ceasefire deal comes into effect, I'm looking at what the past two years have shown me about the world—and myself
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Emma Watson's appearance on Jay Shetty's podcast went viral for her comments on J.K. Rowling—and Rowling's catty response. Yes, this is an argument for not offering bigots civility.
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My news feeds are full of panicked posts about the death of free speech, and for good reason. But, I have some bad news: we are not in the canary phase anymore, and haven’t been for quite some time.
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I mean, we all know the answer to that question: yes. Bey's Buffalo Soldiers tee illuminates not just the limits of celebrity radicalism, but also the existence of elite capture.
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People keep comparing Adriana Smith, who died in February and whose body is being kept on life support while her fetus develops, to The Handmaid’s Tale. But the pop culture reference pales in comparison to what this actually resembles: the reproductive coercion faced by enslaved women
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I know everyone loves a slogan, but at the same time, we should probably consider the implications of unfettered pro-Canada rhetoric at this particular social and political moment
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Big companies like Meta and Target cancelling their DEI programs and pre-emptively capitulating to fascist worldviews is bad, but individuals doing the same thing is definitely worse.
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Over the past few weeks, one strain of online discourse has positioned Black liberation and Palestinian liberation as competing goals. Here's why that makes no sense.
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Kamala Harris’ super vocal fanbase celebrated her sassy clapback against protesters calling for action on Israel’s genocide in Palestine and it was really quite weird.
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We might be paying a little *too* much attention to the memeification of Kamala Harris, tbh
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Black and racialized women have been calling out Drizzy’s misogyny for years. Is Kendrick calling out Drake’s sexism finally a sign that hip-hop is taking notice? Kind of!
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The pro-Palestine protests on U.S. college campuses are a reason to feel hopeful—even if they also illuminate just how rotten Western systems actually are
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A sociopolitical theory developed by Cameroonian philosopher Achille Mbembe, necropolitics describes a society where governments mostly express their power by deciding who lives and who dies. It is a very fitting framework for thinking about Palestine and Western politicians.
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There is an overwhelming amount of misinformation and disinformation circulating about this ongoing conflict—especially in my IG comment section.
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It's really easy to get overwhelmed by what's wrong with the world. This is a case for rejecting nihilism.
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Not the most fun topic for a listicle, I know. But it’s necessary to reflect on the ways media outlets are failing not only audiences, but themselves, in their coverage of Israel’s ongoing occupation of Gaza.
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As usual, celebrities aren’t very good moral compasses—but they’re extremely useful tools for understanding the world around us.
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I admit it: I thought the people calling out all the ‘girl’ trends on TikTok were being a bit oversensitive. But it turns out I have a hard limit, and it’s making “hey girlypops” videos about the ongoing apartheid of Palestinians.
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Media, celebrities and politicians are rightfully mourning the Israeli civilians who have been killed by Hamas militants. Why are so few people extending the same compassion to Palestinian civilians?
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Pierre Poilievre instructed his MPs not to post on social media or respond to journalists’ questions about the 1 Million March 4 Children, a ‘parents’ rights’ protest that is pushing for schools to enact policies that will make them unsafe for trans and gender non-conforming kids.
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