Category: HSSpeak
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Body Horror
Read more: Body HorrorIn the latest HSSpeak article, our content editor Eshani explores the evolution of body horror: how do contemporary writers subvert patriarchal and capitalistic forces through this genre? From motherhood to beauty standards, these works critique the disciplining of women’s bodies in terrifying and seemingly grotesque ways.
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HSSpeak#18 | Absurdism
Read more: HSSpeak#18 | AbsurdismAs students, more often that not, we struggle with feelings of futility and dread when faced with a future that seems impossible and inevitable. This HSSpeak article tackles the notion of attempting to negotiating one’s existence through the absurdity that is everyday life in an indifferent world.
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HSSpeak#17 | Rainbow Capitalism: Pride for the Showcase?
Read more: HSSpeak#17 | Rainbow Capitalism: Pride for the Showcase?Corporates don their rainbow capes once a year, but are they heroes or just flashy extras? When Pride is a marketing ploy, it loses its punch. Let’s peel back the glitter and see who’s actually standing for equality once the rainbows fade. Are you spotting real allies, or just here for the sprinkles?
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HSSpeak#16 | Feminism
Read more: HSSpeak#16 | FeminismFeminism is a term that’s often misunderstood— It’s not about erasing differences, but about recognizing that equality in rights and opportunities doesn’t require sameness in physicality. This article aims to break down the term, bust a few myths, introduce the waves and branches of feminism, and explain why fighting for gender equality is still relevant today.
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HSSpeak #15 | Risk Society
Read more: HSSpeak #15 | Risk SocietyThe study of “Risk Society” is not as risky as we think, but the word “risk” needs to be evaluated a little carefully. Risk generally denotes the possibility of something bad happening as a consequence of a certain action, and the term risk society is no different. It is just a mere extension of this…
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HSSpeak #14 | (The Late-Stage) Panopticon
Read more: HSSpeak #14 | (The Late-Stage) PanopticonWe are being watched (maybe not optically) wherever we go, whatever we do by people that we might not even know exist, doing things you didn’t know they could do with your data. We are living in the age of the Panopticon(s).
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HSSpeak #13 | Conservatism
Read more: HSSpeak #13 | ConservatismI must begin this article, as Barry Goldwater wrote in his book “The Conscience of a Conservative”, by stating that it “is not written with the idea of adding to or improving the Conservative philosophy.” This article neither offers a defence of conservative ideals nor does it provide a caricature of it, but rather furnishes…
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HSSpeak #12 | Discourse
Read more: HSSpeak #12 | Discourse— Lakshmi Yazhini What comes to our minds when we hear the word discourse? Perchance, do you think of long discussions in classrooms about how it highlighted so many sociological aspects of our country? More importantly, would you have thought of it before coming across the term in our course? Linguistically speaking, a discourse refers to…
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HSSpeak #11| Art and Authoritarianism
Read more: HSSpeak #11| Art and Authoritarianism— Neha Cherian We stand on the last promontory of the centuries!… Why should we look back, when what we want is to break down the mysterious doors of the Impossible? Time and Space died yesterday. In 1908, a young Italian poet, Filippo Marinetti, was driving his Fiat near Milan when he encountered a cyclist. To…
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HSSpeak #10 | Hamartia
Read more: HSSpeak #10 | Hamartia— Sharanya Kannan What do the stories of Achilles, Gatsby, Macbeth, Oedipus and Othello all have in common? Well, apart from the fact that they’re all tragedies, of course. The answer: all of them use a plot device called hamartia. What’s hamartia, then? Well, apart from being a word thrown around by ES-types, hamartia can…
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