We have names for Romance, Sci-Fi, and Horror because naming genres helps audiences find what they want and avoid what they don’t. But two of the most common content categories in film, television, and marketing have no names yet. This post proposes two: Genderfi and Racialfi. Not as criticism, not as culture war, just as […]

This blog reflects on the shift in tone around DEI on social media over the past few years. Where there was once confident, moralizing pressure to prioritize identity-driven outcomes, the conversation now appears more defensive. I recount a recent exchange arguing that DEI faltered not because it “wasn’t in the DNA,” but because the case […]

I examine a viral exchange between two political commentators over whether newly-naturalized American citizens are “every bit as American” as someone whose family has lived here for centuries. Legally, citizenship is binary and equal. Culturally, identity is layered, inherited, and shaped by time. Drawing on my own decades living in India, I argue that denying […]

After living abroad, many Americans notice a global double standard. U.S. politics are treated as a public spectacle, while Americans overseas are expected to remain quiet, deferential guests. At home, non-citizens often assert entitlement and political influence, while objections are dismissed through historical guilt narratives. This unresolved asymmetry has bred visible resentment, especially among younger […]

I describe a conversation with an Indian friend who adopted a U.S. media narrative that illegal immigrants have a right to remain. Instead of debating policy, I reversed the frame using my own visa compliance in India. I asked him to imagine illegal overstays gaining rights, benefits, and political power. The thought experiment exposed how […]

The debate in my family chat about Scouts highlighted a larger problem. Boys are losing the few spaces where they can develop as boys without being judged through modern sensitivities. Society increasingly labels normal male bonding, banter, and competition as toxic, even though these behaviors are well-documented forms of male development. When every environment becomes […]