Trigger Warning - Harassment What is Harassment? Harassment is any form of unwanted behaviour that is intimidating, humiliating, or offensive. This is a broad term which essentially covers four categories of intolerable and atrocious behaviour. The first is sexual coercion - which refers to either explicit or implicit attempts at making work conditions dependent on … Continue reading A Dialogue on Harassment – Part 1
An Overview of Intersectionality in Feminism
The dominance of one narrative in a movement often topples over the more covert fragments of the cause. This superior narrative develops due to several reasons such as outreach, polarization or accessibility. In the feminist movement, over time the dominant narrative or perception has formed to be that of a luxury which only women of … Continue reading An Overview of Intersectionality in Feminism
A Brief History of Feminism
What is Feminism? Feminism is essentially a philosophy based on which a movement exists. The word itself is synonymous to gender equality and that notion is advocated by the movement. This campaign for rights can be described as a political, cultural or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women. Much … Continue reading A Brief History of Feminism
Khwaja Siras: The Hidden Treasures of Pakistan
In the boiling heat of the July sun, I remember being dragged out of the comfort of my home by my mother to the bustling bazaars of Saddar, Rawalpindi. The car’s air conditioner tried to do its best job at keeping the temperature low but instead it blew dry, heat-filled air out, and sweat trickled … Continue reading Khwaja Siras: The Hidden Treasures of Pakistan
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a momentous novel by Harper Lee set in the 1930s. It is narrated by Scout Finch, a six-year-old who lives with her lawyer father Atticus and her ten-year-old brother Jem in a small town in Alabama called Maycomb. During the novel, Scout, Jem and their neighbour Dill try to have … Continue reading To Kill a Mockingbird
Quarantine Must Reads
Why do I read? The “why” in this question is consequential. For me it's because I belong to the species I don't necessarily like to associate myself with. That is why reading serves as an escape for me from the daily responsibilities that were bestowed upon me when I first started associating myself with the … Continue reading Quarantine Must Reads
A Letter To You
Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault Dear Friend, This is a letter to you. You, always a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a friend, or a girlfriend first, a human much later. As little girls, we are all taught lowered voices, bowed heads, quiet laughs. We're taught to be small, take as little space as … Continue reading A Letter To You
The Sixth Plate
The sixth plate,The empty seat on the dining table,The toothbrush, the belt, the sweater,All still in place.I do not possess the courage to move you,To face you yet,As soon as my skin touches your surface,You may shatter into pieces. The sixth plate,The sixth glass,You are part of the setYet you are alone,Unwillingly alone.You belong in … Continue reading The Sixth Plate
50 Days
It has been 50 days since I started social distancing. It feels as if we have entered a different time and era; I suppose we have. Throughout these 50 days I have had many phases and at times it is hard to believe that it has been only a matter of days. I am writing … Continue reading 50 Days
Story Time
10:30/ I-8 Today, like most our days, we set off on an adventure. An unplanned, unorganized but undoubtedly venturesome day awaits us. Our automobile for this fine day will be movee, a car that falls within a home’s category because it feels so. All we know is each other and that once Zainy develops his … Continue reading Story Time
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