Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet on Flickr The fetishisation of black women’s bodies is attributed to colonial times when black women were presented as hypersexualised, promiscuous wantons. As explained by Nefertari Bilal, when European colonisers travelled to Africa they met women who, to cope with the hotter climate, wore revealing clothes. Their exposed bodies contradicted theContinue reading “The Exploitation and Fetishism of the Black Female Body: How Popular Media Continues Centuries of Ra”
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The Exploitation and Fetishism of the Black Female Body: How Popular Media Continues Centuries of Racism
Photo by Jeanne Menjoulet on Flickr The fetishisation of black women’s bodies is attributed to colonial times when black women were presented as hypersexualised, promiscuous wantons. As explained by Nefertari Bilal, when European colonisers travelled to Africa they met women who, to cope with the hotter climate, wore revealing clothes. Their exposed bodies contradicted theContinue reading “The Exploitation and Fetishism of the Black Female Body: How Popular Media Continues Centuries of Racism”
Opinion: A Guide to Boycotting Human Rights Violations
Protests against Nike after a factory collapse in Bangladesh. Image courtesy of Reuters via Business Insider. Consumer boycotting is one of the most obvious, and perhaps easiest, forms of protest. My introduction to boycotting came early, via my mother, who refuses to buy Nestlé or Nike products and proudly proclaims to have never stepped footContinue reading “Opinion: A Guide to Boycotting Human Rights Violations”
Caught in the Crosshairs
On August 31st, while exiting the office of a Rabati based Gynecologist, Moroccan journalist Hajar Raissouni and her Sudanese fiancé were arrested on the grounds that she had just received an illegal abortion. The pair were subsequently detained at a police station in Morocco’s capital city of Rabat before being brought before a prosecutor onContinue reading “Caught in the Crosshairs”
Are there Jews being Marginalised in Israel Today?
‘Demonstration of Ethiopian residents in Tel-Aviv’ via Wikimedia. The main component of Zionism as an ideology is for all Jews to live safely and equally in their ancestral homeland. So, is the current status of Ethiopian Jews in Israel going against Zionism’s main ideological framework, or has the citizen’s rights situation improved? Ethiopian Jews, alsoContinue reading “Are there Jews being Marginalised in Israel Today?”
Egypt: A Hidden Uprising
Protesters in Cairo last week called for the removal of President el-Sisi. Getty images. Currently in their second week of protests, the scattered gatherings in Egypt call for President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi to step down. Though the protests this week were smaller in size and number compared to last week, the demonstrations continue to challengeContinue reading “Egypt: A Hidden Uprising”
Opinion: We need to end the cult of Greta Thunberg
Greta Thunberg at the 2019 meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, January 25, 2019 Copyright by World Economic Forum / Manuel Lopez via flickr Last Monday, the 16-year-old Swedish student-turned-climate-activist Greta Thunberg delivered a passionate and pointed speech to the attendees of U.N.’s Climate Action Summit in New York City. She called forContinue reading “Opinion: We need to end the cult of Greta Thunberg”
Hopes Hung by Hunger: Politics and Crisis in Argentina
Protestors gather on the streets of Buenos Aires via REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian Widely regarded as ‘the granary of the world’, Argentina is within the world’s top ten producers for wheat, peanuts, corn, soy, lemons, apples, and pears, amongst others. The country produces enough food for some 440 million people: more than ten times its population figure.Continue reading “Hopes Hung by Hunger: Politics and Crisis in Argentina”
5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Cuba
Photo by Emanuel Haas on Unsplash 1. Cuba has two currencies. These are the CUP (Cuban Peso) and CUC the (Cuban Convertible Peso). Most wages are paid in CUP, while most consumer goods are priced in CUC. Because the CUC is pegged to the US dollar and the CUP is not, this system greatly diminishesContinue reading “5 Things You Might Not Have Known About Cuba”
The Forgotten Lesson of ‘No Place to Hide’
Photo by Daniel von Appen on Unsplash In the 2014 book No Place to Hide by Glenn Greenwald, the esteemed free-lance journalist recounts his interviews in Hong Kong with the National Security Agency (NSA) whistle-blower Edward Snowden. Based on the data Snowden shared with Greenwald and his colleagues, they exposed the architecture of the post-9/11Continue reading “The Forgotten Lesson of ‘No Place to Hide’”
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