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Ever been annoyed by women who moral police other women? This poem is for you!
Hey auntie, Good morning, how do you do? Had breakfast, did you? And at breakfast when your daughter ate cheese You said, “You’ll grow fat, stop it please!” Let her eat what she likes And stop expecting her to impress guys.
Hey auntie, Period blood is not gross It doesn’t add to your list of my flaws During periods, I’ll run, sit, eat and pray Your comments won’t change me anyway.
Hey auntie, I didn’t learn to cook and bake No, that’s not my mom’s mistake She told me to study and do something good Apart from cooking my in-laws’ favourite food
Hey auntie, You saw me with a guy, You make a fuss, I don’t know why He was only a friend, I am not in love, If that’s also a problem, tell me how.
Hey auntie, I can’t give your family a son It’s nature’s choice and can be changed by none Motherhood is not your card game Children of any gender should be loved the same
Hey auntie Thanks for the suggestions that I’ll ignore Find yourself a better chore Let me live the life I choose I’ve got no time for baseless rules.
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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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