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Education, menstruation, humiliation, restriction – In this edition, we bring you stories from different parts of the world.
“How do you define ‘beautiful’? And how is it different from ‘very beautiful’? What about ‘fair’ and ‘very fair’? And what exactly constitutes ‘respectable’?” – Ranjani examines gender bias inherent in the Indian society through the lens of matrimonial advertisements.
A compelling post on why men should also consider feminism from Sakhi, who believes that “feminism isn’t only about women trying to step ‘out’ and prove their place in the world, or ‘show’ men how they can do everything men do, it is about men accepting the feminine within themselves, and not being afraid to express it!”
Be it recent Gurgaon rape, or Jo Chandler in the 90s – the verdict has always been to curtail a woman’s freedom. But, this writer will not relinquish her right to move singly and freely.
In this penal institution, women visitors are shorn of all dignity.
Domestic violence begins with a single slap.
Far away from the madding crowds, in an art village, feminism is a way of life and livelihood.
‘Napkin‘ is a poignant tale of a woman’s harrowing menstruation experience. Without the luxury of sanitary napkins! The writer Sankari moves you with her account – “I was completely unaware of the idea of use-and-throw. And the price of one day’s freedom was a several-kilometer-long walk! Even today when I think of it, it hurts.”
This NGO has been changing the lives of women in rural Africa through education. Three cheers and hip hip hurray to girl power!
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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