The Wounded Storyteller. Not only wounded physically, mentally, but wounded in the eyes of society. The Wounded Storyteller. He who is unable to tell his own story. He whose illness has no defined cure. The Wounded Storyteller. He whose story the world has claimed. He whose life is taken by physicians and treatments, before his […]
The question of who the human body belongs to is one that has been debated in many different circumstances. This question comes up when evaluating the doctor-patient relationship, as well as in issues of rape, and in the debate of the legality of abortion. There is always a factor of a power struggle that goes […]
This week’s reading of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian reminded me a lot of the TED Talk we watched at the beginning of the year, “Don’t Ask Where I’m From. Ask Where I am a local” by Taiye Selasi. Junior’s struggle of understanding which part of himself he identifies with more, his […]
Normal /ˈnôrməl/ adjective: conforming to a standard; usual, typical, or expected. Standards that are put on society are solidified not only in words but also in images and the way that certain things are represented in the media. The creation of the word “normal” was the first movement toward this idea of “disability” in comparison […]
I am from Q trains, from colorful Pakistani clothing on weekends, and black skinny jeans on weekdays. I am from spicy chicken and rice, from filet-o-fish and halal carts. I am from all-night study sessions, and Saturday sleep-ins to 4 o’clock I am from striped red, white and blue flags, and bigger green ones, with […]
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the world. It is also the most publicized and capitalized on in the United States. Pakistan has the highest percentage of both breast cancer patients and deaths caused by this disease annually in Asia. While the disease has the same symptoms for patients in the U.S. and […]
“There is the ‘fight’ or ‘crusade’ against cancer; cancer is the killer disease; people who have cancer are ‘cancer victims.’” – Susan Sontag in Illness as Metaphor “While many doctors speak of themselves as “problem-solvers” or as “working out puzzles,”, some use a more vivid metaphor, likening themselves to “detectives,” thereby picking up on the […]
Although “normalcy” has been an idea that has existed for centuries, dating back to when eurocentric ideas of beauty took over the initial Greek ideas of idealism, social media and the access to photography and photo-editing has emphasized the negative connotation of the idea of “normal” and “ideal”. In today’s age, it is close to […]
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