It feels like we’ve reached peak social media. And somewhere while scrolling the #feminist hashtag was when I first saw TV presenter, actress and model Jameela Jamil. It was a viral video of her interview in a podcast...
Marj Ostani
Marj Ostani
“What Will People Say:” Shattering Walls
What Will People Say (Hva Vi Folk Si) is a terrifying film based on and inspired by the horror of the life of Iram Haq, its director. The film follows main character Nisha (Maria Mozhdah), a 16-year-old Pakistani...
[review] Tidying Up With Marie Kondo: Does This Spark Joy?
Though the book came out in 2011, it was in 2014 with the english translation of The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up that Marie Kondo’s stardom exploded with the most un-celebrity-like title: an organizing...
Top 2018 Music by Asian Female Artists
Ah, time flies and we’ve already bid goodbye to 2018! A mad year for Asian actors and celebrities in Hollywood, but what about our artists, bands, and musicians on this side of the Pacific? For the past 12 months it’s...
Mercy Mistress: life through a queer and kinky lens
Mercy Mistress, coming out in early 2019, is one of the most highly anticipated web series for the Asian Femme. Based on the memoirs of a queer Chinese-American dominatrix in New York City, this dramatic dark comedy is...
Spirited Away enchantingly captures life’s imperfections
Life is simple. Humans make it complicated. Or at least that’s how I perceive things over time. Spirited Away, one of Hayao Miyazaki’s masterpieces, is one of the few anime features I’ve seen to accurately take a...