..when the New begins to Start. Like this quick sketch, I am trying to empower myself for a better change. I may be inspired and want to reconnect and reinvigorate my creative self for a lasting change and a new [better] future. But I must first realise that I am unrepairable torn for the time-being, [...]
Author: mkauser
Doctoral researcher looking into inter-connected lifeworlds and the continuation of inequalities. Those deep-seated, historical traumas and injustices that are woven more subtely here in the Imperial Metropole of the UK.
Day Two/To/Too
(An old scrap. From the sky-high bed of my dreams. High aloft in the smoggy eaves) In flowing verses I write in gnarled woodlands I bite Crooked false is all around Armed knotted barks a-bound Am I to the deep clearing within where of / wherefore I sit [he sits] contemplate mine sins [?]
First day of MA Gender Studies at University of Leeds
I'm dog-gone tired and out of my mind, These phrases shouldn't even rhyme. I'm a steaming mess, sniffling and sick, Oxy-Moronically crying with a Grin. Learnt, Discuss, Led and was Let-down, Leaving the warmth of home my sickness abounds. But I did see this architectural gem, Clean lined staircase; To attain higher virtues on it [...]
An Open Letter to Naz Shah
Dear Naz Shah, I don't know you, but I'm glad you have won. You have risen up through the sexist, derogatory campaign ran by many, to be democratically elected in Bradford. In doing so, you have given me renewed hope for a better Bradford. A Bradford built on free discourse and open to all. Regardless [...]
FemGenSex: Logo update
So I'm trying to perfect and change the original logo I had created for the FemGenSex research network that I help out with/am a part of. My initial thoughts for a logo that would encompass the ideals of 'Feminism, Gender and Sexuality', was to have interlocking gender symbol vectors (example to right) with a prism [...]
2015: Back to Anime?
With the advent of streaming technologies, like Netflix, Google Chromecast, Blinkbox etc. I've been meaning to get some all important quality viewing done. All for the purposes of reflection and advancing media criticism of course. I'm the first to hold my hand up high to say I have nigh-on almost all the best streaming systems, thanks [...]
Harry Potter Visit: Being a Big Kid time!
I never thought I would be such a huge fan of Harry Potter, turning into a tourist as soon as I entered the lobby of the Warner Bros Studio. Here's a tantalizing glimpse of what I saw.
‘Does Page 3 Make the World a Better Place?’
I found myself rushing from the Spirit Level of the Southbank Centre on the second day of their WOW - Women of the World Festival 2014 to make the Page 3 panel talk. Slightly annoyed that I would be missing out on the 'Art Will Change the World' talk, but boy was I glad that [...]
MDX LGBT Society Talk About their Film Awareness Video
Collating my work for the blog. It seems so long ago that I was at Middlesex with a entire gang of guys, gals and in-betweens who enjoyed engaging with the university life. As well as having a sense of ownership of the atrium spaces in the Grove. Beautiful place to film within, it really should [...]
Middlesex University Students Blogging at WOW
I'm so excited that this year Middlesex University's Media department and by extension me have been approached to form the blogging team to cover the talks at this year's WOW - Women of the World Festival at the Southbank Center! Although the programme hasn't been finalised yet I do know that Yasmin Alibhai-Brown, a professor [...]
Mariam Kauser 