Shloak Shah

reader, student, artist

Pride, Shame, and National Identity in Liberal Democracies

Written for the 2025 John Locke Global Essay Competition in History, this essay explores the social utility and ideological subtext of national shame and pride for modern liberal democracies. It received a "Very High Commendation" from the John Locke Institute

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"Untitled" (Portrait of an English 300 Student at PA)

This personal essay, written as my final assignment for 11th-grade English in May 2025, recounts my development throughout the year by tracing my evolving understanding of art and Roland Barthes' theory of the "Death of the Author"

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Journalism from The Phillipian

Standout opinion articles written for my school newspaper

author's page climate optimism after the world's hottest year "impartial" media is hiding a dangerous bias where we go from here

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