Posted in Feminism, Malaysia, Media on 28 May, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Hi everybody,
Apologies for the long silence. Things have been rather hectic following my film workshop (which I’ve long been meaning to write about). Further, I’ve been spending a lot of time with friends and my boyfriend, to catch up and compensate for the loneliness when I’m back in Malaysia.
I’m flying tomorrow, so my mind’s stuck [...]
Posted in Culture, Media, Post-colonialism, Sexuality, tagged British TV, India, interracial marriage, Marriage, Racism on 17 May, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Crossposted on Feminist Review.
The repressive, corseted Victorian culture of the novel found a perfect foil in the rigid caste strictures of Indian society. (The Times, 27 April 2009)
Nesrine Malik’s scathing review of the ITV drama Compulsion got me thinking a lot more about modern day adaptations of pre-20th century literary works featuring ethnic Indian actors. [...]
Posted in Feminism, Religion, Sexuality on 16 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m still busy juggling article assignments and editing videos for my film workshop next week. In the meantime, here are some great links, videos, music, stuff.
Feminist literary critic Elaine Sholwater talks about her new book on American women writers, much maligned as ‘not important and canonical enough’ as the big boys of American fiction. Listen [...]
Posted in Culture, Feminism, Media, tagged Eating disorders, Muslim women on 14 May, 2009 | 2 Comments »
First published at Muslimah Media Watch
It’s become common belief that Muslim women, particularly those who wear the hijab, are liberated from the media-driven standards of beauty that values the thin and the willowy. But it’s a belief that couches on the idea that head-coverings and modest clothes provide little incentive for showing off a great [...]
Posted in Miscellaneous on 10 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Good grief. It’s been pretty quiet here, hasn’t it? My own fault really. It has been a busy week consisting of a friend’s PhD viva picnic party, another friend’s massive choir performance, my college dinner recital, video-editing lessons and late night chocolate chip cookie baking.
I should still be in one piece to write something up [...]
Posted in Books, Feminism, tagged Muslim women on 2 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crossposted at Feminist Review:
A deluge of books on Islamic fundamentalism had swamped the world’s bookshelves following the wake of the 9/11 attacks. Some 100 books and 5,600 articles were written on the subject, many focussing on the lives of Afghan women under Taliban rule. I chose to review Barbara Bick’s Walking the Precipice: Witness to [...]
Posted in Media, Religion, Sexuality, tagged British TV, Marriage, Muslim women, Polygamy, poverty, Religion on 1 May, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Crossposted at Muslimah Media Watch
For a relatively high-brow TV channel, BBC4 is known for providing top quality programs and dramas. So when the BBC commemorated the 30th anniversary of Islamic Revolution in Iran, I became glued to the channel’s string of intriguing documentaries on all things Iranian, post-1979. There were plenty on Iran-US nuclear politics [...]
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