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Women's Web in association with JustBooks announces Book Talk, a monthly writing theme to get readers to write about the books that inspire them.
Women’s Web in association with JustBooks announces Book Talk, a monthly writing theme to get readers to write about the books that inspire them. If you are passionate about books, love talking about your favourite authors and discussing your best reading memories, then our monthly theme is perfect for you!
Each month, we feature a theme centred on books and reading. We ask our readers to take cues from these themes and to write about their adventures in reading. For October, our theme is:
Does Lizzie Bennett’s free spirit inspire you to pull up your petticoat and stomp across puddles? Do you get all riled up when the brilliant Hermione Granger is called bossy? Does Rahel Kochamma, with her explosive imagination, fill you with awe? Do you love complex characters like the eccentric genius computer hacker Lisbeth Salander? We all have our favourite female characters from fiction and for different reasons. Which female character has had the most impact on your life and why?
Send in your entries by the 16th of October. Entries can be anywhere between 250 and 800 words in length. They can be emailed to [email protected]. The 3 winning posts will be published on our web site on the 20th, 22nd and 24th of October and each winner will receive a Rs.500 gift voucher from JustBooks.
JustBooksclc is India’s First & Largest Community Library Chain, provides a unique reading experience to book lovers with a wide range of books for every type of reader from Toddlers to Teens, Dabblers to Bookworms. One membership works for the entire family. Looking for your next read? Get started with their great reading list for women!
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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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