colonialism

Royal Amnesia: “The Crown” Dresses Up Brutal Colonialism

Olivia Colman, an aging white woman with short brown hair in pin curls and looks outside the car window, plays Queen Elizabeth II in The Crown
by Sohel Sarkar
December 23, 2020 at 9:47am
When stories of the colonies are not sandwiched between royal affairs and domestic politics, they appear as royal vacation spots. 
a collage of hikers in colorful gear walking on top of prayer flags toward a mountain

Climbing Everest Isn’t a Bucket List Dream—It’s a Crisis of Overtourism

by Bani Amor
October 1, 2019 at 7:55am
How much more life, both human and environmental, must be sacrificed to satiate the Western adventurer’s unending thirst to check another box on a bucket list? Read more »
Aisling Franciosi, a white teenager with short, brown hair who's covered in blood and standing next to a brown horse, plays Clare in The Nightingale

In “The Nightingale,” Rape is a Tool of Colonialism

by Jourdain Searles
August 20, 2019 at 1:25pm
The horror depicted in The Nightingale is that of colonial violence’s endlessness, a war for power designed to go on forever. Read more »