{"id":6948,"date":"2016-03-13T13:36:16","date_gmt":"2016-03-13T08:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/13.201.39.237\/?p=6948"},"modified":"2016-03-13T13:36:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-13T08:06:16","slug":"kangana-ranaut-bikini-photo-internet-trolls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/13.207.105.184\/?p=6948","title":{"rendered":"Misogyny Spares No Woman. Not Even Right-Wing Queen Kangana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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hat\u2019s the one thing that unites all trolls on social media? No, not their political views \u2013 that\u2019s a different subject entirely \u2013 but a common trait they seem to share is misogyny. Women are at the receiving end of abuse that is far more vulgar and frequent than men on social media. One favourite pastime of these trolls is to police what women are wearing in their photos. Even the slightest hint of skin can invite their unsolicited input, and it doesn\u2019t matter who the target is. Kangana Ranaut learned that this week, when instead of Bollywood or Punjabi celebrities, she found herself in a social media spat with internet commenters who took offence to a swimsuit photo she posted.\n\nRanaut had shared a throwback photo of a visit to Mexico, where she is on the beach wearing a bikini. But it didn\u2019t go over too well with some of her followers who look up to her for her outspoken right-wing, pro-government, conservative values. \u201cBut why would you put this kind of photo on Twitter today? Indians are calling you a Hindu lioness, what about them?\u201d one commenter asked. He wasn\u2019t alone, as others joined in, upset with their favourite champion of patriotism for wearing something as foreign as a two-piece swimsuit.\n\n

As most of Twitter already knows, Ranaut rarely lets any criticism of herself go unchallenged.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\nIn the past, Ranaut herself has been guilty of making character judgements of her fellow women on the basis of what they wore or the projects they participated in. Earlier this year, Ranaut was at the centre of a controversy after she called actress-turned-politician Urmila Matondkar a \u201csoft porn star\u201d for her bold roles in the \u201990s. Now, that very same judgemental, patriarchal way of thinking came home to roost for Ranaut as the same people who cheered her on against Matondkar rebuked her for her own bikini photo.\n\nAs most of Twitter already knows, Ranaut rarely lets any criticism of herself go unchallenged. The same treatment was meted out to the trolls who tried to control what she wore and posted on the internet. In her rebuttal, Ranaut drew a parallel to the nude form of the Goddess Bhairavi, saying, \u201cWhat will happen to you if Goddess Bhairavi come at you with her hair loose, without clothes, drinking blood? You will be scared. And call yourself a devotee? Don\u2019t pretend to be authority on religion.\u201d Making a loose comparison between herself and a literal deity might be a touch egotistical, but being humble was never one of Ranaut\u2019s strong traits. And there was no reason at all for her to be apologetic to the trolls to begin with.\n\nInternet trolls seem almost compelled to target women online. Even if the woman is one of their own idols, the urge to put their misogyny on display is too strong to resist.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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