Tag: Representation

PeopleSociety

CODA: And the Winner Is… Next Stop, Hollywood

Coda Has Been Made with Film Starring a Disability-Led Cast Now it may not be a big deal ...
CultureDocumentaries

How we are tolerating slavery in today’s world: Ava DuVernay’s ...

The 2016 American documentary 13th  by Ava DuVernay has received widespread critical acclaim and is still to this ...
PeopleSociety

A guide to understanding the Golden Globes controversy

The Golden Globes have been a prestigious and powerful award ceremony ever since its establishment in January 1944. ...
FeminismsSexuality and Gender

Simone de Beauvoir and a brief overview of her life ...

by Nuala Szler, translated by David Crowe “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman” declared Simone ...
ArtsCulture

Representations of the Body: From Antiquity to Instagram

There is an online subculture dedicated to videos of children seeing their own reflection for the first time. ...
ArtsCulture

POLLY NOR: EXPOSING WOMEN AND THEIR DEMONS

Originally by Milagros Blanco; Translation by Mercedes Pajuelo With emotions running high, Polly Nor, a contemporary, London-based and ...
PeopleSociety

Hip Hop and the American dream

By reducing the culture of Hip Hop to money and sex, it is inevitable that its greatest powers ...
ArtsCulture

Is culture “machista”?

Firstly, what is culture? EtymologyThe word ‘culture’ comes from the Latin cultus, which means ‘care’. According to the ...
CultureMovies / TV / Series

Last Night In Soho: Reaching Back With Love

In Edgar Wright’s ‘Last Night in Soho’ we are transported back in time to the 1960s, an era ...
GenderSexuality and Gender

Bechdel Test: the struggle of female representation on screen

Growing up, I always looked to female characters on screen, to someone who looked like me. And even ...