Shrek
Hot-take: Shrek is anti-ogre
Peak Web June 25, 2025By: Zainab Salam, Opinions Editor Let’s get this out of the swamp: Shrek is not the ogre ally you think he is. Sure, he’s an ogre. Sure, he lives in a swamp, eats eyeballs like olives, and has a roar that can clear out an entire Disney knock-off kingdom. But let’s not confuse identity with ideology. I am here to make a bold, probably an obvious claim: Shrek hates ogres, including himself, especially himself. You may be thinking, “But wait! Shrek taught us it’s OK to be different, that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that ogres…
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Unpeeling the Layers of Self-Acceptance
Peak Web October 24, 2023By: Tas S So far, 2023 has been a great year for movies. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, Oppenheimer, Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One, and how could I ever forget sweet ol’ Barbie…
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