GLOSS Volume 1, Issue 2 - 2017 | Page 38

CELEBRITY

Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

Text By Sadaf Hassan

A phone camera may be all that you need to break stereotypes , cross boundaries and

open up topics for discussion . Produced through her phone and hosted on Facebook ,
Faiza Saleem started off with the determination to stir the waters while keeping the
environment light with her comedy . The comedienne is responsible for Pakistan ’ s first allgirls comedy troupe , The Khawatoons , which she says is a first-hand course on sexism and gender stereotyping . Tackling subjects like body shaming and the “ dress code ” that women are expected to live by , Saleem is trying to push the Pakistani mindset on women into the 21st century .