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A lovely poem about how women never take credit for their work and how it is important that they do.
We are taught to be silent; invisible. “How does it matter who gets credit”, we are told, “as long as the job gets done.”
And so, we soldier on. Doing things while others stand up to make the speeches and soak up the applause.
But it does matter. Credit, validation, acknowledgement. All of it matters.
Maybe not to us, but to those who come after us. We owe it to them to demonstrate it can be done. By us.
For too long have we shied away from seeking our due. It is now time to demand that we be seen.
Image credits: Julia Volk, Pexels
Natasha works in the development sector, where most of her experience has been in Education and Livelihoods. She is passionate about working towards gender equity, sustainability and positive climate action. And avid reader and occasional read more...
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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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