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Decolonial discourse and recognizing privilege

Decolonial discourse and recognizing privilege

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist April 13, 2023

“Decolonization” has made its way from academic discourse to regular jargon, often appropriated as a “woke” add-on to universal activism initiatives. To truly understand colonialism’s systemic...

We cannot look to pop culture for the realities of black pregnancies.

We cannot look to pop culture for the realities of black pregnancies.

Shivani Selladurai, Opinions Columnist March 2, 2023

When Rihanna redefined maternity fashion at Paris Fashion Week, it wasn’t just a landmark moment in fashion. Her choice to wear revealing clothes during her pregnancy is a statement that encourages non-famous...

Polyamory and counterhegemonic ideas about love and sex

Polyamory and counterhegemonic ideas about love and sex

How learning about polyamory can improve your own intimate relationships
Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist February 9, 2023

Back when I was on dating apps, I would of course participate in doomswiping for hours trying to find the perfect (or at least redeemable) match compared to the onslaught of people that didn’t make the...

A fashion forecast: Another way of policing expression

A fashion forecast: Another way of policing expression

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist January 26, 2023

There are many industries that capitalize on the start of the new year. If you’re a business that isn’t doing so, you’re missing out on profit from the frenzy of changes and resolutions everyone...

Barbie’s Renaissance isn’t all vivacious and hot pink

Barbie’s Renaissance isn’t all vivacious and hot pink

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist November 18, 2022

The Barbie renaissance is the pop culture rage of this year. The rise of Barbiecore, a fashion trend centering around hot pinks and fuchsias, has revitalized a nostalgia that centers on hyper feminism....

Deconstructing the canon: Trinity’s English curriculum

Deconstructing the canon: Trinity’s English curriculum

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist November 3, 2022

When we think of the literary canon we gravitate toward classic, well-known voices like Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway or William Butler Yeats. As an English student, I also catch myself subconsciously...

The Queer Community Founded the Original Slutty Halloween Costume

The Queer Community Founded the Original Slutty Halloween Costume

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist October 27, 2022

Being a child of the early 2000s, I grew up with the “slutty” Halloween costume consistently being in the limelight. Even at age six6, when I was too young to identify what exactly was slutty about...

Modern Couture would not exist without Knock Offs

Modern Couture would not exist without Knock Offs

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist October 6, 2022

Without knockoffs, there is no couture I was recently in New York to style for fashion week. My daily commute consisted of passing through subway stops, Canal Street being one of them. I knew that I...

Has the sun finally set on the British Empire?

Has the sun finally set on the British Empire?

The complex politics of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign and death
Ashwini Vivek, Opinions Columnist September 22, 2022

The Queen is dead. Crowds gather in mourning, paying their respects to the loss of a figure so prominent not only in Britain but across the world. However, amid the grieving, groups across the globe see...

Being a student in Post-Roe v. Wade San Antonio

Being a student in Post-Roe v. Wade San Antonio

Shivani Selladurai, Opinions Columnist September 1, 2022

On June 24 of this past summer, Roe v. Wade was overturned. Constitutional protection over abortion crumbled and was left wide open to the prying hands of the governing states. Anyone who can get pregnant...

Toxic South Asian beauty standards and social media

Toxic South Asian beauty standards and social media

Shivani Selladurai, Opinion Columnist April 28, 2022

There has been upheaval within the South Asian community about social media personalities who are being recognized for the decolonization of South Asian beauty standards. One influencer comes to mind....

Is summer fashion really that inclusive in 2022?

Is summer fashion really that inclusive in 2022?

Shivani Selladurai, Opinions Columnist April 21, 2022

Runways put out their “best” so capitalism can make us feel our worst. This happens year-round, but the awareness of the common consumer heightens as they’re called to shed their sweaters in the...

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