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There’s an obvious reason why people evaded the draft in the Vietnam War- the belief that the war was pointless and thus pointless to participate in, pointless to risk one’s life in. However, this is not what I want to talk about. Society’s view on draft...
When we talk about war, so often it is in terms of the male soldier or male head-of-state. When women are mentioned, it is often in the lumped phrase ‘women and children’. As we’ve progressed through this term, it has left me wondering: where are the women? Simply,...
A fair number of our lectures have had strong links to the topics of racism and colonialism, something that makes a lot of sense given their place as a local conflict in Aotearoa. Admittedly, these lectures likely stand out the most to me because of my lack of...
Spoilers for episode 6 of season 3 of Black Mirror below. Civilian casualties are as common as they are condemned. Numbers remind us that governments, be it democratic or authoritarian, kill large numbers of civilians as a military strategy. In his lecture, Thomas...
Yes I googled ‘CEO stock photos’ what about it?
I had never realised how vast the qualities used to define your identity could be until we talked about positionality in class. How certain experiences, family legacies, and interests are stacked upon one another and used to position ourselves in the world. Now...
Weirdly enough my favourite show as a kid was ‘The Wild Thornberrys’ and I would be lying if I said it didn’t change my life. It aired from 1998 to 2004 on Nickelodeon and the movie came out in 2002. If you haven’t had the wonderful experience of watching ‘The Wild...
In addition to conflict, this year, I have picked up on another overarching theme which seems to be intertwined with conflict and equally important to pick up on. This has been our exploration of historiography. I feel this theme has stretched throughout the course....
I should feel bad, but I don’t. Or maybe it’s the other way around?
When I was 16, my dad introduced me to Tarantino’s Kill Bill. It felt revolutionary. From then on, I was hooked on Tarantino films, both as father-daughter bonding and because they fueled my love of film. But, like all good things, my love for...
Being a women (as I’m sure we can all agree) is hard enough as it is. Now, with growing globalisation and ‘modernity’, we get to grapple with the conflicts of living our lives and other women living theirs. Of course, there is no one way to live life but trying to...
Of all the sessions we had this year, one of the most impactful for me was Dr. Madhavi Manchi's session on research positionality. She answered a lot of the questions that I didn't know had been at the back of my mind since I started my Arts degree, the core of these...