Feminism as an academic discourse has long been the preserve of women, and of mostly those women who have had the opportunity and privilege to fight against a patriarchal society. The movement has had extraordinary impact upon women’s liberation along with gay rights movement and of course civil rights movement. In fact feminism ideally is [...]
October 1, 2009
The color of human soul is dark - violent black. Why else wars have not ended in spite of so many genocides and brutal deaths.
July 16, 2009
Voodoo dolls may be the result of ancient African customs, but they could also be the product of modern pop culture.
June 25, 2009
Books for the soul are plenty. They all offer quick fix solution to life’s problems and agonies and help people tide over personal disenchantments.
June 4, 2009
Disregarded by elitists, and worshipped by the masses, pop culture may be more significant than it is made out to be.
May 11, 2009
Both the song and the movie look closely at the heartache. Billie Holiday’s song addresses heartache as an entity living inside one’s own self. The movie takes a perspective of a camera to reveal subtle human emotions and follies that lead to heartache.
May 10, 2009
Gothic fashion could be seen as a reflection of the human need to face darkness and accept it as a part of life.
April 29, 2009
Former states of yugoslavia perhaps stand as testimony to the human suffering due to war and related crimes. The suffering and tenacity of humans have been immortalized by artists from the region.
April 3, 2009
Censorship can only defer arrival of new insight or truth but yet it cannot rein in and imprison human intellect and imagination in the confines of ignorance. Good creative works and insights get buried only to be resurrected much later.
March 26, 2009
Love and death may be opposing themes, but they are certainly held together and brought to life with the help of art.
March 1, 2009
Creative ability of a person may remain unexplored but yet one can connect to self creatively through books, movies, art and other creative human expression.
November 7, 2009
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