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“Women and girls aren’t the problem. They’re the solution” says Cheryl WuDunn in her TED talk on the greatest injustice of our century.
Nilanjana S Roy writes to reassure us that Indian women bloggers find their voice, in their own language.
Here’s an interview with the chic, talented and enterprising Chiki Sarkar of Penguin Books, India.
Checkout this blog which features loads of reviews on feminist classics.
“Are fashion and feminism ever compatible?” Barbara Kelly has some questions and food for thought too in her post Feminist in high heels at Undecided.
Helga from Hey Arnold? Eliza from The Wild Thornberries? Yes! If you ever loved these cartoons you must check out this super blog post, Classic cartoons teach feminism at Bloody Shrubbery.
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Aishwarya Rajamani is an undergraduate student by day and a writer otherwise. She reads passionately and dreams like an utopian idealist. And she wishes for a world where women can walk free in the true read more...
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Falling in love, marriage, a hidden secret, divorce. Despite all this, Vinita noticed her life was full of love that came in various unexpected shades!
“Aap jinke kareeb hotey hain, woh badey kush naseeb hotey hain…”
Just as Vinita was settling down into the cab seat, the driver put on music and the song started to play. It took her back immediately to that evening ten years ago, when Gautam had sung that very same song to her on the first evening they had met. She could remember every single detail of that evening so very clearly.
The driver obliged and immediately stopped the bus for them. Many men got down. They shamelessly lined up just by the side of the bus and peed on the other side of the road.
I work in Pune. My family lives far away from me in a small town along the coast of Konkan. I get to meet them once every fortnight for which I have to take a nine-hour long overnight bus journey.
The scary thing about Chetan Bhagat's One Indian Girl that claims to be feminist, is that those who read it will end up with a skewed perspective of feminism.
The scary thing about Chetan Bhagat’s One Indian Girl that claims to be feminist, is that those who read it will end up with a skewed perspective of feminism.
Some filmmakers aspire to change the world with what they consider meaningful cinema. Others make unapologetically silly and senseless movies that are meant just for entertainment. At least the latter know their product well. But what happens when an author (whose books are like reading a Bollywood movie) “believes that he has tried to hold a ‘mirror to the society’ and those who have criticized him for his views on women, don’t get ‘what real feminism is’?”
Feminism has garnered a lot of hate - both online and offline. Is this hate justified? What exactly is Feminism, after all? This post has the answers!
Feminism has garnered a lot of hate – both online and offline. Is this hate justified? What exactly is Feminism, after all? This post has the answers!
Some words are crystal clear. “Rape,” “violence,” and “abuse” are some words that have it “easy” as compared to their counterparts. They are definite. They are an entity within themselves. They convey without hesitation, and haunt without restriction. Then come the words that, at a meagre glance, would seem absolute but dwell deep within, and suddenly you are caught off guard, in an ocean of contempt, hatred, and power, but at its root is a word misplaced.