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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

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

Gender

Sorry, Tanushree Dutta. This is Bollywood and It Lives in Denial

No matter how hard you scream about sexual harassment within the industry, Bollywood does not want to know. This is a machinery oiled by collective denial, which makes A-listers like Amitabh Bachchan refuse to take a stand against a male oppressor. Denial explains the flourishing careers of Salman Khan and Sanjay Dutt.

Poulomi Das March 12, 2016