Avantika (Avi) Mishra

Top Chef: You can never have TOO MUCH dessert! Presenting to you cupcake basket

I love to eat desserts. I’ve been baking since I was a kid, not much of a story there. My main inspiration has to be MasterChef Australia (I took the “dream big or go home” thing to heart). I am a super fan without a doubt, but the twist is, I don’t want to be there as a contestant. I want to be the judge. Maybe somewhere in my subconscious I feel like baking will help me replace a judge some day? :P

Now You See Me, Now You Don’t

The “male gaze”, often referred to when women are visually positioned as an “object” to satisfy the heterosexual male desire, also signifies the inferiority of women being oppressed by the hegemonic patriarchy. And it applies to most pornographic content today. Unfortunately, the male gaze goes further beyond flat-screens. Yet, how is this fair? …

MONGA 2021 S1 Old is Gold out now!!

We’re please to announce the release of MONGA 2021 S1 Magazine! Take our hand (or this magazine), turn up Claire de Lune on your speaker as you travel through time with us. We hope you enjoy reading this semester’s issue as much as we loved creating and curating it!

Drag 101 Pt.3 – Celebrating Drag

For a lot of people today, RuPaul’s game-changing show was their initiation into the drag world. But as pride month wraps up (which it never should, honestly), we’re here to talk about another show today that has made quite a mark in popular media – it’s revolutionary and a shining ray of hope for mainstream…