The Depoliticization of Rave Culture
On memory, erasure and the commercialization of Toronto’s underground scene.
Mariam’s Substack
A personal archive of feminist expression, creative resistance, poetic memory and stories that refuse to disappear.
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Before the Binary...
From Mughal courts to my father's cologne...we were taught to forget.
I'm Spinning Around...
Dizziness, disorientation, and building a life around neurological instability and chronic pain.
Nothing Ends Here
Imagining legacy, continuity and contribution beyond bloodlines.
Main Character Energy
Turning forty looks like: Lights! Camera! Action!
The Engagement Contract
A reckoning with social media, and the cost of online visibility.
The Power of Being Consistently Inconsistent
On winding roads, and the audacity to keep dreaming at any age.
Rising in love.
Intercultural relationships and the courage it takes to build a life together.
The struggle against spiritual lethargy...
Exploring the liminal space between tawakkul and passivity.
The Flag in the Frame
Influencer culture as a proxy for ideological agendas.