Category: Education

• The Devil wears micro-aggressions

  As The Devil Wears Prada 2 makes waves internationally, I left the theatre smiling. I adored the nods to the first film and thoroughly enjoyed the endless product placements. Yet after sleeping on it, I was left with one lingering thought: did the film normalize micro aggressions? Miranda’s tone deaf comments stood out to me…

  aliyavarma

  May 11, 2026

  Adulthood, Education, Growing up, Life, South Asian, Uncategorized

  Adulthood, corporate-life, Devil wears prada, devil-wears-prada-2, feminism, mean-girl-behaviour, microaggressions, navigating life, people of colour in business, politics, Positivity, Racism, Reel life vs Real life, work place, Work place toxicity, writing

• Chapter 3 • High School Never Ends

  My yearbook quote for high school was “High School Never Ends”. I meant it as a joke, but there was a hint of truth to it. At the time, I meant it more positively. We had all spent 5 years of our lives together, getting to know each other and parts of us were going…

  aliyavarma

  September 14, 2022

  Education, Growing up, High School, Life, School, Teenager, Uncategorized