Without getting derailed  this time, the first demographic I will be discussing fairly extensively in this part is shoujo. The word ‘shoujo’ itself translates to ‘young girl’ and is a demographic that targets young girls and women from approximately around the ages of 12–25. Commonly associated traits with shoujo manga are: use of the female-gaze, introspective dialogues, focus on emotions/emotional storytelling (even within plot and … Continue reading Demographics in Manga (Part 2): Shoujo and Josei

Have you ever wanted to watch a sport that is equally thrilling and dramatic (cue the subtle politics involved)? Well, I have just the sport for you: Formula 1, which combines watching 20 absurdly fast cars driving in a circle with the perfect ratio of drama to action for all the soap-opera enthusiasts. A distinct memory usually comes to mind when I think of Formula … Continue reading Speeding Through the Sectors: Your Formula 1 Handbook

Whether it’s a specific player that has made you an active follower of the tournaments (we don’t blame you, Naseem’s fangirls), a specific rivalry which makes you put everything on hold and stand anxiously in front of the TV, or just gathering with your friends in the neighborhood to play street cricket— no matter what your reason for loving the game is—there’s something about it … Continue reading Cricket, Spirit, and Class

Picture the corseted confines of the Elizabethan era clashing with the free-spirited flapper dresses of the 1920s. Fashion’s paradoxes unfold— how what we wear can both mask and reveal the complexities of our world. Fashion has been just the medium, showcasing how it both obscures and unveils the multifaceted nuances of each era throughout human history. Despite being associated by the majority as a “female-oriented” … Continue reading Vivienne Westwood; The Epitome of Female Footprint in Fashion

The modern world is obsessed with control. You are what you eat; practice makes perfect; if you don’t like something, change it. It convinces you that you can get whatever you want if you work hard enough. In truth, this is a facade. There are obvious forces, from the media to government, that influence the way we perceive the world and the possibilities it possesses. … Continue reading Female hysteria: inside the mind of an abandoned neurotic

Live-Action anime. A phrase that I’m sure causes any animanga enthusiast to cringe (I sure do). When anime started taking the world by storm, studios wanted to quickly capitalize on that success, resulting in the monstrosity nobody asked for. Bluntly speaking, anime usually never works in a live action format: the horrible character wigs, over-the-top dialogue, and revolting CGI is something straight from a nightmare! … Continue reading The Good, the Bad and the Horrible (Live-Action Anime Edition)

Ever scrolled endlessly through Instagram or TikTok and kept seeing those same five books a million times? If you mistakenly picked one up in the last few years and decided to immerse yourself in a new world, you probably found yourself cursing at the writer for their lack of creativity, or, even at capitalism for publishing it in the first place. BookTok might as well … Continue reading Just for The Aesthetic: The Superficial Face of BookTok