On Accountability and Queen Elizabeth II’s Legacy [as a Coloniser]
Life experience provides the context through which we see the world. Evidently, as a child of a colonised nation, my views of the monarchy are coloured by such experiences.
When Men’s Violence Against Women is Trending
Doing something as simple as calling it 'men's violence against women' brings this dominant group back into the conversation and places the onus where it should be; on the male perpetrators rather than using language that makes this a passive issue or suggests that this kind of violence just happens. With that in mind, let's get into this.
There is No Ethical Consumption Under Capitalism
I've said before that enacting lasting change takes more than words. It takes action and it takes money. Money that the majority of us either don't have or need to allocate to something else e.g. rent, utilities or groceries. Mike Schur's "The Good Place" once said there is no ethical consumption under capitalism and that's very sexy of them.