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Christine Blasey Ford, Tanushree Dutta, and the Future of #MeToo

Tanushree Dutta’s allegations of sexual harassment are eerily similar to Christine Blasey Ford’s, who testified at a US Supreme Court hearing yesterday. Does this mean that India’s #MeToo reckoning has begun? Because the movement’s progress in the US nearly one year on, is a sign that little has changed.

Kahini Iyer May 1, 2016

Pop Culture

20 Years of Fight Club: How David Fincher Takes a Sharp Jab at the Male Ego in This Nihilistic Film

Fight Club is not meant to be the Gospel of the “modern man”. Instead, it does the complete opposite: it takes a sharp jab at the male ego and its heroic pomposity.

The Faunlet April 22, 2016

Pop Culture

Koffee With Karan: Hardik Pandya Isn’t a “Brat”, He is an Outright Misogynist

There’s no denying that the old relationship between cricket and courteousness had become archaic. But after the latest Koffee with Karan episode, which featured Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul on the couch, it might have finally died for good.

Kahini Iyer April 7, 2016

Pop Culture

Blueprint of a Bully: The Ugly Truth Behind Sidharth Shukla’s Bigg Boss Season 13 Win

From body-shaming fellow contestants to making fun of the #MeToo movement, as well as getting physically violent with contestants both male and female, Sidharth Shukla seems to have done it all while on Bigg Boss Season 13.

Ananya N April 1, 2016

Gender

“You’re One of the Boys!” How My Tomboy Status Made Me Sexist

When you hear the word sexist, you probably don’t picture a 24-year-old girl who aced her gender studies assignments. But I recently came to the realisation that I have all the traits of a stereotypical toxic launda, except my truth was veiled within my 5’4” stature and penchant for skater skirts.

Swarnim Jain March 31, 2016

Pop Culture

Pushpa, KGF and How Massive Beards Came to Replace Hairy Chests as a Sign of Masculinity

There was time a when our heroes carried hair on their chest as a sign of restrained heroism. It’s absurd really, but films like Pushpa and KGF imply the arrival of the most explicit and visible evidence yet of a man’s virility, troublingly told through violence – his overgrown beard.

Manik Sharma March 30, 2016

Gender

Why We Should Retire the Phrase “Girls Mature Faster than Boys”

When we tell little girls that they mature faster than their male counterparts, we’re indirectly teaching them that the onus of being the “bigger person” will always be on them. This is how we create a society where women are forced to look after the men in their lives in a way that will never be reciprocated.

Sanjukta Bose March 23, 2016

Pop Culture

In The Age of Peak Prestige TV, the Endless Joy of Watching Queer Eye

Queer Eye is about bringing the best tenets of queer culture into the mainstream: The values that come from people who don’t fit the rigid expectations of society, and who understand that, regardless of orientation, no one does. Beyond the trappings of chic wardrobes and tasteful decor, this is what makes the show binge-worthy even in Season 4.

Kahini Iyer March 10, 2016