Travel is a beautiful thing. It puts us in uncomfortable, unpredictable, unique situations but it teaches us so much about ourselves. It teaches us patience and learning to let go, it teaches us that most of the world doesn’t live our way of life, ascribe to our values, care for our conveniences. It shows us …
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Is the girlboss out? Three years ago, Britt Robertson graced our screens for a single season as Sophia Amoruso in Netflix’s widely criticized, Girlboss. The series, based on Amoruso’s book of the same name, about the meteoric rise of her apparel brand Nasty Gal, led to mainstreaming of the #girlboss. Over the last few weeks, …
We Got Ninety-Nine Problems, but a Girlboss Ain’t One Read More »
Is “Instagram Face” deracializing human faces? A few months ago, I read an article by Jia Tolentino in the New Yorker titled The Age of Instagram Face. The article talked about the ever-emerging “one-face fits all” on Instagram and the continuous quest for sameness through plastic surgery. It essentially highlighted how Instagram and various facial …
You Look Familiar — “Instagram Face” and the Deracialization of Beauty Read More »
What kind of company culture do you want to build this year? The year 2020 has been the perfect storm—a confluence of events, and deep societal problems that were bubbling under the glossy filters of our Instagram addled lives waiting to explode. And we are now in the eye of the storm. Many of us …
Like most millennials my age, I spend a lot of time on YouTube. YouTube, has in fact become my virtual university on life-skills and hacks. I have perfected the art of applying eyeliner by watching countless tutorials and tried making dozens of different versions of avocado toast. I have even tried to make homemade ice-cream. …
5 Female YouTubers You Need to Check Out Right Now Read More »
On Tuesday morning millions of us woke up to social feeds full of black squares and captions —#BlackOutTuesday, #BlackLivesMatter. After days of anger, discussion, tears, confrontations and protests the tone of the discussion on social media turned to one of active silence. Is this the best path forward to tackle these issues, or do these …
Generation “Woke”— How Social Media is Discouraging us from Confronting Racism Within Read More »
