Category: The World

• Human?

  We’re all just trying to find the missing parts of ourselves on the journey through life. Whether we remain humans or become demons is up to us. This is the thought that went through my head after I finished watching the anime, Dororo. Humans seek completion, and we desperately search for it in so many…

  arifrenchie

  21/04/2020

  Anime/Manga, Lifestyle, Story Time, The World

  anime, Dororo, Fullmetal Alchemist, Human, Humanity, life

• Transcending Meaning – Why I Studied Translation

  I’ve always had a fondness for languages. I realised, when I was younger, that it always thrilled me when a movie in a foreign language was on the television. Subtitles have never deterred me, I loved nothing more than hearing people speak with different words and accents. I couldn’t agree more with what South Korean…

  arifrenchie

  09/01/2020

  Lifestyle, Story Time, The World

  foreign languages, languages, stories, translating, translation, words, writing

• Wanderlust and the Privilege of a Few

  With the current state of the world these days, notably, the prominence of migration crises, I wanted to explore the imbalance between those with the means and liberty to travel the world freely, and those with a far more restricted access to the world. It’s actually quite crazy if you think about it. We are…

  arifrenchie

  19/03/2019

  The World

  migration, overtourism, travel, wanderlust

• Thoughts on the Windrush Scandal

  When I was an undergraduate majoring in European Studies, I did a research project for a seminar class on the subject of migration. Being from the West Indies myself, I decided to focus on the Windrush; a period of migration of people from British West Indian colonies to Great Britain. Considering the recent Windrush scandal,…

  arifrenchie

  18/07/2018

  The World

  Britain, Caribbean, history, migration, politics, UK, West Indies, Windrush, Windrush Scandal, xenophobia

• Cultural Imperialism?

  The world is such a vast and diverse place that, unavoidably, there are countless ways in which perception can vary. The way we perceive is coloured by such things as culture, history, religion, and societal mores. Travelling and seeing the world is a great way to alter and widen perception. You learn that not everyone…

  arifrenchie

  28/09/2017

  Art/Culture, The World

  americanisms, culture, history, imperialism, language