The work of framing isn’t easy work. It’s hard enough to try and get a large group of people in one shot and make it look good. I imagine the difficulty is exponentially greater when dealing with a whole continent. So, I’ve come to expect a little bit of cringing when it comes to the…
Disney, everyones favourite creative giant is dearly beloved by many across the world. Looking at the history of their earlier representations, however, it is clear that they have a gloomy past. Questions of whether or not children should be allowed to watch old Disney films have resurfaced due to the network’s entire filmography being uploaded…
The Oscar nominated short film The Present was recently put on Netflix globally and is the heart wrenching story of the struggle of a Palestinian man, Yusef, and his daughter passing through Israeli checkpoints, roadblocks and soldiers while on what should be a simple shopping trip to buy his wife a gift for their wedding…
Western ideas about notions of femmeness and womanhood in the Middle East are informed by religious stereotypes and the representations of Islam in the media. Western media is inclined to show Islam as intrinsically oppressive towards femmes through the weaponising of the veil to reinforce the thought of “backwardness” of Islamic societies. While there is…
Over the past few years, the chickens finally came home to roost for the Grammys as they were called out for being a racist and elitist organisation. So this year when K-pop super group BTS became the first Korean artists to be nominated for a Grammy, the organisation was put under a looking glass. Many…
I love to take note of the artistic choices and motifs in television and film that go in and out of fashion over the years. It’s interesting to see how the creative zeitgeist can effectively erase entire popular motifs without a trace. To cite something possibly trivial within my short lifespan of media consumption, for…
In 2020 when Bong Joon Ho’s Parasite won the Academy award for best picture an important step was made in the cinematic world with efforts being made towards an appreciation of foreign film and the intricate narratives they weave. What I found most significant, however, was the way in which Parasite exemplified the progress in…
Adam Habib — former Vice Chancellor of Wits University and now the director of the School of Oriental and African Studies in London — has displayed his anti-Black racism… yet again. So, why the response through an outrage that feels like it is meeting Habib’s racism for the first time? What was it that Maya…
The term “historic debt” hangs over the head of South African students lately. Institutions of higher learning all across South Africa have been barring students from registering and continuing their studies as a result of their unpaid “historic debt”. This of course is the plight of the students who had the opportunity to trudge through…
There are few white men I find as endearing as Harry Styles. There’s something heart warming about watching your former teen boyband sensation grow into a matured, self-confident solo artist. He’s also done a good job of keeping his hands relatively clean of any internet mess for what’s coming up on a decade. He gets…
I think that we are dealing with a deep malaise that has festered, it’s at the very core of our society. Our laws are built upon them, the very institutions and systems that we know wholeheartedly are built upon racism. The very Great in Britain, is the number of Great Atrocities that were committed all…
Cancel culture has gone from an inside joke starting on Black Twitter to a global movement that aims to hold public figures accountable for their actions. Cancel culture like many other movements does not come without debate, with those who are against it sharing their belief that we now live in a culture of snitching,…
