Girls Crushing on Girls: “No one is going to think you’re gay for saying...
Mindy Kaling is responsible for that lovely drop of knowledge. And she’s right, in a way. Admiration, obsession and modeling oneself after another person of the same gender is not shocking or...
View ArticleMyth Busting “Illegal” Immigration
I’m not a terribly emotional person. Keeping feelings in check and remaining calm is something of a skill gleaned from a life’s role as an eldest child of a highly emotional family. That said, I’m not...
View ArticleApologizing for Colonialism
The other day, I came across this short article about UK Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to the Jallianwala Bagh, “the site of a 1919 massacre of Indian protesters by British forces that killed...
View ArticleWomen for Women: A Saudi Example
In light of International Women’s Day, I want to pose a question about the role elected women play in the empowerment of their country’s female population. Will women work for women once in office?...
View ArticleChild Marriage & The Girl Effect
In Niger, Chad, Bangladesh, Gineau and the Central African Republic, over 60% of women aged 20-24 were married before the age of 18. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article...
View ArticlePlease be patient while I think of something inspired
After all, it was Moliere that said: A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation. So you know, there’s that.
View ArticleCelebration of Technological Innovation and its Impact on Social Innovation
It does seem strange to start off like this, but I promise – I have a point. A conversation I keep having with my grandmother is the usefulness of social media. This conversation arose after she asked...
View ArticleMigration and Democratization: to what extent do Mexican, Salvadoran and...
When a nation-state transitions into democracy, the factors traditionally attributed to such transformations are generally linked to actors, events and/or institutions within or outside of the state....
View ArticleThe Second Generation Canadian: South Asian and Chinese Children of Migrants...
The Canadian City of Toronto is known for its cultural pluralism (Reitz; Boyd; Berry, 1997: 26) . Multiculturalism grew because of increasing racial diversity as migrants from new source countries...
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