Beyond the pitch

 Are languages as neutral as they are claimed to be? Do languages reflect the cultural and behavioural patterns of the people who use them? Read this article to explore the relationship between power and language. The 'Dictation Test' referred to in this article is a textbook example of Linguistic Imperialism and how languages are used as a means of hegemonizing power and hierarchy. Enjoy this article! https://www.sundaytimes.lk/220925/plus/the-call-of-australia-from-early-cingalese-to-recent-migration-496622.html

 This article begs the question: Is Academia a Toxic Place for Creative, Passionate Women?  https://www.sundayobserver.lk/2022/05/22/impact/dr-diana-beresford-kroeger-forest-woman

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 Does  our environments affect the quality of what we are writing? Are you empowered or more concentrated on your writing when you  distance yourself from your loved ones or comfort zones? What does it mean to write something in a space you are not comfortable.

Feminism is a critical theory that critically evaluate patriarchal values and how patriarchy functions in society. This essay aims to critically evaluate observances, beliefs and customs revolve on women and female condition from a feminist theoretical perspective. 

 Sri Lankan students are supposed to write 10 15 page assignments when they write assignments. Does this make sense? Does the lengthy assignments put them off? Did it affect the quality of their writing or their engagement with the task at hand? How have the teachers/lecturers justified the number of words or the quantity of the word? As an ESL practioner, I think these questions need to bs answered as soon as possible.

 The panopticon is concpet initially founded by English philosopher Jeremy Bentham and developed by French philosopher Michel Foucault. The panopticon consitutes a rigid vigilance of inmates of a particular establishment or an institution. The constant surveilance dictates that the subjects are under the illusion that they are constantly monitored and hence need to follow the rules or the given guidelines. Sri Lankans are no strangers to the panopticon frameowork. From the birth, from more personal spaces like families to public spaces likes schools, universities and even the corporate institutes function under the panopticon framework in which the employees or whoever is supposed to adhere to a rigid frame of conduct under the psychological assumption that they are watched or monitored throughout the clock. Can people be productive in a panopticon? NO. One of the most detrimental traits of a panopticon is the trauma that it gives to a subject with the distortion of sense between p...