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18-year-old viral Indonesian rapper, Brian Imanuel, known by his stage name ‘Rich Chigga,’ is releasing his debut album soon, but has so far shown no intentions of dropping his racist stage name — a blatant play on the n-slur which he has long been criticised for. Imanuel had previously stated in a Fader interview in 2016
Just like periods, dark skin and a career in the arts, mental health issues are just another one of those subjects that live in a perpetual cloud of stigma within Indian society. According to Art with Impact, at least 60 million Indians struggle daily with mental illness — but only one in 10 receive treatment. A
Warning: Sense8 spoilers ahead! It’s not every day you find a brown woman portrayed with actual nuance on mainstream television. This is part of a representation problem encountered by almost every ethnic/marginalised minority on-screen – a problem steeped in incompleteness, narrowness and stereotypes. But the recently-cancelled (alas!) Netflix show Sense8, a series that has been
The date 19th of April 2017 is a released date for ‘Kartini’, an Indonesian movie about a woman named R.A. Kartini, a daughter from a noble family. But, who is she and why Indonesian women should watch it? Who is Kartini? The date 21st of April always on the back of every Indonesian women’s mind.
When I read about someone doing a Death Note live action remake last year, I was afraid. I never had much confidence in remakes of my favorite animes and cartoons, especially after the disaster that was the Last Airbender. As I was reading the article, I was confused when I read that Light Yagami (now
