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At Home in My Panties
I didn’t move out of my parent’s house to party hard. I just wanted to watch Romedy Now and eat chips in my underwear.
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How I Have Shamefully Benefitted from Patriarchy
Patriarchy benefits me in the tiny ways that it can benefit only upper-class, upper-caste Hindu women in India. I hate that most workplaces won’t treat me as equal, but I have to admit that it’s a relief to have the freedom to fail professionally, or even choose to have a career at all.
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The Decline of “Aunty Feminists”: Why Feminism Needs an Update in a Post-Me Too World
The rage-fuelled few weeks of India’s #MeToo moment, are the cathartic blowing of the lid of collective pent-up aggression. Now that we’ve examined male behaviour across the spectrum of awfulness, where do we go from here?
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Sexist Kitchens: Why We Indian Men Rarely Make For Good Home Cooks
A sexist kitchen is not some overbearing patriarchs keeping women downtrodden with the backbreaking labour of roti making. It’s a much more innocent situation that you might have even experienced at your own home.
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The View at 40 | Why We’re Silent About Rajkumar Hirani & Outraged Over Gillette’s Advertising
The View at 40 is a weekly column about ageing disgracefully. This week we try not to outrage at razors that piss us off.
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The Problem with Aladdin’s “Feminist” Princess Jasmine
In Guy Ritchie's Aladdin, we look at Princess Jasmine through the prism of a feminist gaze: The Sultan’s daughter isn't ready to accept that she can never claim the throne. Yet, the problem is that the reimagination of Jasmine, exists in the film to convey just one thing: Disney’s earnest attempts at a progressive rebranding
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Why Do Men Spread Their Legs and Women Cross Theirs?
In India, years of conditioning demand women to be submissive and almost invisible in public, while boys are rarely made conscious of their bodies. As a result, young boys grow up to become adults who don’t think twice before taking up extra space even at the cost of someone else’s inconvenience.
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How the Mumbai Local Liberated Women Like Me
Cities can be unforgiving spaces for young women who want to step out and make a life of their own. Given the circumstances Mumbai’s trains are heaven sent, for women like me.
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Ladies Never Get the Leg Piece
As a child, what I hated most about hosting, was having to wait until I got to eat. At first, I thought we let the men eat first because they’re older than us. I realised the practice had everything to do with my gender when I had to serve delicious saalan to my much younger male cousin.
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Why Women Like Tavleen Singh Choose Not to be a Part of #MeToo
Journalist Tavleen Singh has reduced #MeToo to a bunch of well-heeled urban women complaining over a bit of workplace harassment. But it is actually Singh and her ilk’s privilege that has helped them rise above the rampant sexism, which held back so many of their peers. That continues to be an obstacle for younger women.
