Archives - Sunahra Tanvir
Mental Health
Scars, romance, and the minds of youth
I was a Tumblr tween. And unfortunately, I was one of the many, many children who fell victim to the aestheticization of self-harm.
Games and Quizzes
Quiz: Should you chop your hair off?
Has your mother hung up on you in the middle of you saying "I love you?"
friends
The cost of kindness
It is so much easier to be nice when you are rich because you have so much less to lose. Poverty creates need, and need creates desperation.
camila mendes
‘Do Revenge’: an homage to the enraged teenage girl
Both female leads of "Do Revenge" were rage-filled, unhinged young women. And I loved them for that. Finally, I saw myself on screen.
nostalgia
I want to be obsessed again
I desperately miss teenage obsession. There is something so exhilarating and precious about our deepest infatuations from when we were young teenagers.
drama
Please worry, darling
People do love drama. Especially when they can pit women against each other!
marriage
Wealth, suffering, and child marriage
There’s always something so shameful about acknowledging your privilege. But I know I am lucky. I am a part of Bangladesh’s minority.
breakup
TikTok psychics and the commodification of denial
The circumstances of our breakup were messy and toxic. But denial was comfortable. So I kept on liking, sharing, and following.
jennifer lopez
Marry Me: the return of the rom-com
No one is going to see a romantic comedy to be surprised by the plot. On Valentine's Day, I went to see "Marry Me" with the lowest of expectations. I anticipated a movie that was so-bad-it’s-good, but it was actually good. It was incredibly fun and charming, and I left the theater beaming.