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Why Harvey Weinstein’s Sentencing Needs to Be Celebrated

Consequences for sexual predators even after the revelations of #MeToo are in short supply. But Harvey Weinstein’s conviction gives us hope; it marks a collective, cathartic exhale, both for his victims, for journalists, and for women around the world.

Kahini Iyer June 2, 2016

Gender

Harvey Weinstein’s Rant Before His Sentencing Tells You that He is a Man With No Remorse

Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to prison for 23 years for rape and criminal sexual assault. You’d think the barrage of accusations which led to a global #MeToo movement, would push a man to reflect upon his actions. However, his final statement portrays him as a man living in denial.

Arré Bench May 25, 2016

Gender

Why Are We Not Outraging Over the Pollachi Sex Abuse Scandal?

Police in Tamil Nadu say that more than 50 women have been sexually abused by a four-member gang in Pollachi. Yet the plight of the survivors has gone unnoticed and reported sparingly by the mainstream media.

Kahini Iyer May 17, 2016

Gender

The Cost of Creep-Proofing My Career

As women, we learn to develop a kind of “minority report” attitude to men who enter our stratosphere, judging them for their future predatory potential before we allow ourselves to feel safe in their presence. How many missed opportunities are there to account for?

Samina Motlekar May 12, 2016

POV

First Unnao Rape, Now Murder Charge: What’s Stopping the BJP from Expelling MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar?

A collision with a speeding truck with a blacked-out licence plate is the third time the Unnao rape victim has emerged as a survivor. A murder case has now been filed against the accused, BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar. But what’s stopping the party from expelling him?

Kahini Iyer May 4, 2016

Gender

One Year of #MeToo: Do Men and Women Understand Consent Differently?

For many men, consent is a boundary that has to be challenged, rather than respected: Whether it’s Nana Patekar, who insisted there was a “misunderstanding” between him and Tanushree Dutta, or the allegations against Aziz Ansari that were chalked up to a bad date.

Kahini Iyer April 26, 2016

Pop Culture

Big Little Lies and the Violence in Women’s Lives

Golden Globe-winner Big Little Lies starts as a show about women of privilege, but pivots into one about the interior lives of women whose lives are invariably marked by violence.

Sharan Saikumar April 18, 2016

Gender

I’m Not Nirbhaya. Or Shakti. I’m Just Scared

Each time I find myself on a deserted road, my mind goes into overdrive. I think of objects I have that could be used as weapons such as the handle of my bag or the cord of my phone charger with which I could strangle a potential assailant. But that’s not just me. That’s every woman in India.

Maitreyee Upadhyay April 16, 2016

POV

Why Has #MeToo Scared Every Man

Instead of looking at the positives of the #MeToo movement, I actively tried to pinpoint its imperfections – by focussing on legal loopholes or that one woman who made a false accusation on Twitter. I started finding reasons to convince myself that there was something wrong with the movement. But why was I making excuses for sexual harassers?

Hardik Rajgor April 14, 2016

POV

The Rise of Communal Porn: What the Kathua Girl Search Says About Us

The eight-year-old who was gang-raped in a Kathua temple, today became the top trending search on a popular porn website. But we’ve been purveyors of “Hindu-Muslim” porn for a while now. It is easier to blame Sanji Ram for the perversion, but the real perversion lies in our minds.

Aakash Ahuja April 7, 2016