February 13, 2019By Sumaiya Fazal
It’s been a couple months since the last episode of Patriot Act and I have to say, I’ve missed Hasan Minhaj’s liveliness onstage and the way the jokes almost tell themselves. The previous volume covered issues such as the oil crisis, Supreme and the murder of Jamal Khashoggi (that got taken down in Saudi Arabia),
February 7, 2019By Sumaiya Fazal
You probably remember the movie Groundhog Day, in which Phil (Bill Murray) is stuck in a loop of living the same day over and over again. It’s what many have likened the Netflix original Russian Doll, and honestly, I can see why. Russian Doll, in many ways, is almost a 2019 reboot of the family classic but much
February 1, 2019By Sumaiya Fazal
Marina Diamandis, formerly known as Marina and the Diamonds is finally returning to music. According to the singer-songwriter’s Instagram and Twitter, she will be returning in eight days. After three years away from her music career and a change of names, she plans to return to the music industry mononymously as Marina. https://www.instagram.com/p/BtTs0J1hUTv/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet In 2016, Marina told
January 8, 2019By Sumaiya Fazal
Tidying up with Marie Kondo was released on the first of January, just in time for all of our resolutions of getting organized and sorting our homes and lives out. As a follow up from her New York Times bestseller, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing, Marie teams up with Netflix
December 7, 2018By Sumaiya Fazal
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from episode 7 of Netflix’s “Patriot Act”. This week’s episode begins with a commentary on the way society has moved on from television to web series and how pretty much Minhaj’s entire audience has grown up with the internet, a stark contrast to last week’s dark and depressing episode.
November 30, 2018By Sumaiya Fazal
This week, Minhaj explores the harrowing dystopia made up of America’s immigration problems, a topic that hits home to many members of the live audience and at home. Rather than beginning the show with a funny and relatable introduction like he has done previously, Minhaj jumps straight into the facts and details of the Trump
November 20, 2018By Sumaiya Fazal
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers for Episode 5 of ‘Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj’. The latest episode in the political comedy opens with Minhaj showing off his Air Jordan 3’s and a joke at his own show’s expense, not unlike the past five openings. This week, he discusses the evolution of Supreme, the streetwear brand and
November 13, 2018By Sumaiya Fazal
Editor’s Note: This article contains spoilers from Episode 4 of “Patriot Act”. On this week’s episode of the critically acclaimed Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj, the former Daily Show correspondent talks about oil and what happens when oil spills go unreported. The episode begins with a news story on the Taylor Energy oil spill which has been leaking
November 6, 2018By Sumaiya Fazal
Ah, the world of fashion photography, known for decades as the home of willowy white models and a rampant fetish of ‘heroin chic’. With the rise of social media came the expansion of what was once the fashion industry’s narrow image of the world. It isn’t as difficult today to see models who aren’t white
November 4, 2018By Sumaiya Fazal
A couple of months ago, I came across a song by the Korean Indie band Wetter. The song was ‘Lucy,’ from their 2017 album, Romance in a Weird World and it wasn’t what I expected. In such an oversaturated genre, you would expect the usual low-fi beats, the mournful lyrics about a girl or a cigarette
October 16, 2018By Sumaiya Fazal
BBC One, known for shows such as Doctor Who and Sherlock (both of which have predominantly white main characters and diversity problems) is debuting a new counter-terrorism spy thriller, Informer on the 16th of October except this time starring debut actor, Nabhaan Rizwan as Raza Shar. Though no episodes have been released yet, this show seems perfect
September 27, 2018By Sumaiya Fazal
We all heard about the backlash that the casting of Johnny Depp in the new instalment of the Fantastic Beasts franchise, The Crimes of Grindelwald, but it seems Rowling has one-upped herself. With the release of the new trailer comes inevitable online backlash which, to be honest, seems warranted. https://twitter.com/KendraJames_/status/938834124696981504 The reveal of Nagini (Voldemort’s