Shaoor Ahmad

Shaoor Ahmad is a 15-year-old writer from Britain who likes to keep up with current affairs and loved break down social constructs.

The Rape Culture We Accept but Shouldn’t

“Rape is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused.” The above quote is by Freda Adler, now it doesn’t matter who she is, but it does matter about what she said. Let’s look at our first case. Filipino maid dies after pointing a finger to her boss when asked who raped her.  Imra Edloy, a 35-year-old died on 13th August. It is unclear as of now if her death correlated with her wounds due to maltreatment. Reading …

The Hairy controversy gripping the U.S.

Being an adolescent, I’ve seen quite a few number of “distracting” hairstyles from fellow classmates. Needless to say none of those were natural hairstyles. In the state of Kentucky which recently just abolished unnecessary regulations for hair braiders, there is a high school that just banned natural hairstyles mostly worn by black students. Louisville’s Butler Traditional High School rolled out the new rules on registration day. Attica Scott, a female African-American legislature, had a daughter who returned home with a …