Tag: politics

• 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

• More than just my skin

  Identity is so strange at times. Some days I feel I know exactly who I am; other days, I feel like I have barely scratched the surface. Of course, a part of me still caters to what people expect of me, silently molding myself into a more digestible version of who I am in order…

  aliyavarma

  December 13, 2025

  Adulthood, Growing up, Life, South Asian

  Adulthood, Education, family, Growing pains, Growth, Identity, language, Language laws, language-learning, Life changes, Passions, politics, Quebec Politics, South Asian identity, travel, writing