Tag: representation

• The Graph of a Cry

  

  My dissertation is available as a book for academics, libraries, and those who are interested to read more about the phenomenal journey of the American ghazal. This dissertation analyzes the journey of the ancient Arabic poetic form of the ghazal to America to provide insights into transnational poetry and cultural mobility. While the movement of…

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  13 Aug 2022

  Academic, Art, Awareness, Books, dissertation, diversity, Education, Gender, Personal is Political, phd, Poetry, Read, research, Story, Travel

  Academic, Adrienne Rich, Agha Shahid Ali, american ghazal, amrita das, arabia, Book, borders, cultural mobility, diederik oostdijk, dissertation, erin la cour, form, Gazelle, ghazals, India, intersectionality, ipskamp, jahan ramazani, literary history, literature, love, lyric, male, Marilyn Hacker, melancholy, migration, minorities, Mirza Ghalib, movement, patriarchy, persia, phd, poetic form, Poetry, representation, research, transnational, transnational poetry, Travel, traveling poetry

• Style Inspirations: Women and Jewellery

  

  Fabrics, tattoos, jewellery, make up, bring it all, and bring it in bulk. I got introduced to Michele Lamy a few months ago and have since been deeply fascinated by her. Watching Lamy is like looking at art, you are inexplicably attracted towards her, and I find her deeply intriguing. Watch her hands in the…

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  19 Feb 2019

  Art, Audience, Awareness, diversity, Gender, Story, Travel

  attractive, authenticity, be you, be yourself, beads, desirable, enjoy, fashion, feed your mind, inspiration, iris apfel, jewellry, jewelry, life, michele lamy, my life, raw, represent, representation, rustic, stones, strong, style, styling, truth, whimsical, women, you, your vibe attracts your tribe

• Building Inclusive Safe Spaces: my brown dream

  

  Two institutions have come under the radar recently for allowing their platform to spout bigotry; both apologized, and in their inner circles professed that the core consensus was to give everyone a forum to vent out their inner feelings. However offensive they might have been they had the “right” to express. Here is my (to…

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  23 Jan 2019

  Awareness, conference, diversity, Education, Gender, Read, Story, Travel

  Adrienne Rich, behavior, bullies, gender, harm, harsh, leaders, leadership, learning, longreads, manners, mean, minority, represent, representation, safe, safety, silence, silent, what did you do

• On Reading “The House on Mango Street” by Sandra Cisneros

  

  I am currently reading The House on Mango Street (2004) by Sandra Cisneros. It came recommended by a friend’s daughter; she read it as part of her English Literature syllabus in Grade 8. Well firstly, I am absolutely delighted that this young bright student recommended this book to me. Secondly, how fabulous that a book…

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  5 Jan 2019

  Academic, Books, diversity, Gender, Read, Story

  authors, bildungsroman, bookworms, chicana, coming of age, danya rutenberg, esperanza, female heros, gender, grade 8, intersectionality, kids, latina, literature, literature in english, mexican, novel, represent, representation, sandra cisneros, the house on mango street, vignettes

• Read my Short Story

  

  Okay, so, this happened, and also that I missed the voting dates but anyhow – go read – and anyway vote for me…  will provide me small joys! https://www.fantastischgenre.eu/fantastic-stories/ – lots of love and light! This is the story I wrote: click here Genre: fantasy, short story Topic: royalty  

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  17 Mar 2018

  Art, Comics, microblogging, Story

  aghori obsessed, caste, diversity, dutch comic con short story competition, fantasy genre, have you talked about caste lately, is color skin deep, lighten up, priveledge, representation, short story, the pigment predicament, theme royalty, what about color, who are you talking to?