Meet Arwa Mahdawi: The Guardian columnist who has was a joke

History turns into legend, legends turn into delusion. So goes the favored saying by literary legend JRR Tolkien. In the world of the mainstream media, with the passage of time, reality turns into lies, fiction turns into reality, journalists turn into a joke and when sufficient time has handed, ‘legendary’ journalists flip into one thing extra. They turn into a meme. Such is the story of The Guardian columnist Arwa Mahdawi.
According to her bio on The Guardian, Arwa Mahdawi is a “Guardian columnist and brand strategist based in New York.” In addition to those, she can be a gargantuan hypocrite and the stereotypical media hack whose sole goal is to hawk propaganda. The headlines of her column which have gone viral on social media lately illustrate it fantastically.
On the sixteenth of May 2020, one in all her columns was printed with the headline, ‘Men are less likely to wear masks – another sign that toxic masculinity kills’. She mentioned within the column, “A number of men (including Trump) think masks make them look weak – a reminder of how damaging gender stereotypes are”. A few months later, she printed one other column, this time with the headline, ‘Shaming people who refuse to wear face masks isn’t an excellent look’. And no, this isn’t a joke.
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It will not be a one-off incident. It is a constant function of her columns. In September 2019, Arwa Mahdawi printed a column with the headline, ‘Why Ivanka Trump’s new haircut ought to make us very afraid’. Apparently, “Her (Ivanka Trump’s) political bob (pob) may be an attempt to get us to take her ambitions more seriously”.
Less than 30 days later, Arwa Mahdawi printed a column with the headline that mentioned, ‘The uproar over AOC’s hair is a reminder that girls can’t win below the patriarchy’. One can’t make these things up.
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Arwa Mahdawi has different hits to her credit score as properly. During the Antifa riots within the USA within the aftermath of the demise of George Floyd, she explicitly defend the rioting and instructed that violence is the one solution to finish police brutality and ‘systemic racism’. In her column titled, ‘If violence isn’t the best way to finish racism in America, then what’s?’, she said, “The uncomfortable truth is that, sometimes, violence is the only answer left.”
Mahdawi additional argued within the article, “But if violent unrest isn’t the answer then what is? How exactly do you go about ending police brutality and systemic racism in America? Should protesters go home and write sternly worded letters to their representative? Should they emulate Madonna and post videos of their kids dancing in protest? Should they peacefully take a knee? Should Americans simply vote Trump out and vote Joe Biden in instead? You know, the guy whose 1994 crime bill significantly contributed to mass incarceration in America? Should people patiently wait for incremental change?”
The Guardian column
Another of her stellar hits was on air-con. Arwa Mahdawi wrote in a November 2019 column titled, ‘Is your home constantly set to a ‘sexist’ temperature? You’re not alone’, “A new study finds men tend to get their way in household temperature discussions while women must compromise”.
She said, “Are you a victim of thermal bullying? Does your partner or roommate always get their way when it comes to how hot your house is? If you answered “yes” then keep robust – you’re not alone. According to a brand new research, carried out by researchers from Ohio State University, a whole lot of households include a “thermostat dictator” who guidelines the temperature dial with an iron fist. As it turns on the market’s a gendered nature to this – the thermostat dictator is often a person.”
“The thermostat dictator is normally a man.”-Arwa Mahdawi
In June 2019, Arwa Mahdawi had a novel advise for males: Wear Skirts! That explicit column titled, ‘Masculinity is a trap – which is why more men should wear skirts’, she argued, “Clothes traditionally worn by women are becoming part of the mainstream of men’s fashion and helping break the straitjacket of prescribed roles”.
She argued within the column, “It is sad that so many men are petrified about seeming effeminate. It is sad that it is not socially acceptable for men to experiment with fashion in the same way women can. Happily, however, things are changing gradually.”
The Guardian columnist’s novel advise for males
Her columns have made Arwa Mahdawi a joke on the web and lots of people are having enjoyable at her expense. However, it does reveal rather a lot concerning the requirements of the mainstream media that such rubbish commentary is printed as Vedic knowledge. But then once more, it’s one thing that individuals throughout the political spectrum have come to count on from the media.