Tag politics of representation
Questioning cultural authenticity: three case studies This blog portrays my Muslim Popular Culture intervention. The intervention tackles cultural authenticity, as inspired by the class discussion and the “Rebel Music” excerpt on musical authentic identity and regional politics. In an… Continue Reading →
Intro Notes What I aimed to do in this video was juxtapose three very different kinds of ‘activism’ under the overarching theme of feminism. The first being Girls on Bikes who from when I filmed this video to this day continue… Continue Reading →
What about Bouazizi’s friend? I believe this is the fourth blog I am writing due to a topic we had previously discussed in class. I promise, our class discussions serve as Narnia doors to a new dimension. They stretch my… Continue Reading →
In order to unpack the culture and power of costumes that I saw in Ms. Marvel, I had to go back to Riz Ahmed’s article in The Guardian on being “Typecast as a Terrorist”. I was quite drawn to costume… Continue Reading →