Indian schools often take active part in moral policing/ honour-based abuse, especially of girls who are not just shamed for their dressing choices, but can also be in real danger for talking to boys and 'falling in love'.
Kangana Ranaut called Urmila Matondkar a 'soft porn star' - but hey, so many women, a whole, beautiful, inspiring tribe of them stood up in her defence!
Shame is an emotion we are never able to fully understand or come to terms with since we have constantly been told to accept or even submit to it.
Gold smuggling accused from Kerala Swapna Suresh may or may not be guilty, but it just isn't Ok that as a woman, she's been trolled and called a slut and linked to many men.
Trolls slut shaming under-custody Safoora Zargar for her pregnancy have no business doing it; whether she is married or not while being pregnant is nobody's business.
“Can I hug you?” I whispered. She nodded, and I held her. Burying her face in my shoulder, she wept. When she looked up again, I slipped her a brand new tube of red lipstick.
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