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As women, why is our identity related only to our looks and our body? Why not our achievements and degrees?
At every step of my life, I have seen this game Because I am a woman I am easy to tame.
My identity is restricted to my breasts and vagina. I am not allowed to live happily in this world of hyenas.
Living ones dreams and seeking opportunities, Are these only for males in this world?
Why is my body my identity? But why not my capabilities?
Why my complexion is my identity? And why not my degrees?
Why do I need to prove my worth time and again? I can see reasons that need to be changed.
Picture credits: Still from Netflix movie Lipstick Under My Burkha
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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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