Culture

The Sweet East is a gooey, amusingly written critique on American life and a stunningly simple answer to the question I ask myself every day when I wake up: what exactly happens in America?   Written by Nick Pinkerton and directed by Sean Price Williams, a cinematographer making his directorial debut, the film’s premise is based on high school student Lillian’s (Talia Ryder) journey across America after being separated from her peers on a field trip. She shuffles through a variety of characters that obviously belong to different subsets of American culture– firstly, anarchists who dig through the trash for

Words by Hana Kolar Content warning: mentions of violence and murder   Hana Kolar is a 4th year law (honours)/science student at Monash University, Australia. She has just completed a Law School exchange at Sciences Po Paris last semester and continues to explore her interests in global legal and political spheres. She is a Junior Legal Officer to the International Institute IFIMES.    The political uproar of France in the first half of 2023 was at the face of the media, with articles and news outlets covering the anger of citizens. From the 19th of January 2023, protests began all

Words by A. Sultani Art by H. Hidai   Maybe it has happened to you that you are uncertain about accepting and following what your head or your heart is saying. But this story is a more complex conflict between these two. If you have chosen to read this piece of writing, welcome to my world. A lot of people all over the world may not have the passion to continue their education without many facilities, family support and encouragement, but the story is different here inside Afghan borders, especially for women. Although they are passionate, and have overcome many