oscars 2019 Archives

Oscars 2019: Will Films Like Period. End of Sentence. Rid Us of Taboos Around Menstruation?

Periods are used as convenient tools to dismiss and overpower women. This experience is so common to patriarchal societies that frankly, I was baffled that a documentary as simplistic as Period. End Of Sentence. was considered insightful enough to earn an Oscar. Perhaps that’s what makes it relevant.

Sonali Kokra May 12, 2016

Pop Culture

What’s Not to Love about Olivia Colman, the Queen of Everydayness?

The wondrous bit about Oscar-winner Olivia Colman is that she fits in as easily as an everyday person as she does as a royal. She is an unlikely hero, who has, through her performances, turned the non-glamorous parts of humanity, the usual disgruntlement of our existences, into art.

Runa Mukherjee May 8, 2016