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Indian Women Are Dismantling Patriarchy With Daily Acts Of Microfeminism
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (133+ words) Women are breaking gender disparity through small acts of resistance. From going on solo trips to taking the debate stage, these women refuse to stay silent. | Opinion, Interviews, Feminism...
Choice Feminism Is Comfortable; But It Demands No Change
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (292+ words) Choice feminism is built on a simple and appealing idea: any choice a woman makes is feminist, as long as she chooses it. Whether it is wearing makeup or rejecting it, being a homemaker or a CEO, embracing traditional roles…...
Extreme Workouts, Abuse, Forced Abortion: UP Man's Bid To Make Wife Resemble Celeb
8+ mon, 1+ week ago (596+ words) representative image only | credit: gawrav, istock This case of gender violence is not an isolated incident. In July, a Haryana man shot his daughter, a budding tennis player, for being mocked about living off her money. Elsewhere, an 18-year-old was…...
Choice Feminism: Is It Hindering Our Path To Equality?
10+ mon, 6+ day ago (598+ words) This isn't about blaming women'but about reckoning with how our choices are shaped by systems we didn't build, yet sometimes uphold. A call to pause, reflect, and resist. To acknowledge patriarchy as a system that both men and women support…...
'More Than Tokenism': Sulagna Chatterjee On Crowdfunding Her Feminist Food Film
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (512+ words) The first time Sulagna understood cinema's magic, she was six years old, watching The Sound of Music on a pirated DVD in Kolkata. But it was Titanic's grandeur that sparked her curiosity about craft: "How did they build that ship?...
'Girl On Girl' Explores How Pop Culture Turned Feminism Into A Commodity
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (1096+ words) Images used for representation only The book is a useful primer on how largely white, American-centric popular culture makes women's exploitation commonplace. It moves swiftly between examples, which could be confusing for readers unfamiliar with the different worlds inhabited by…...
Can't A Feminist Love Lipstick?
11+ mon, 1+ week ago (685+ words) For the longest time, women have been schooled on what to wear, how to sit, talk, walk, and behave. We have been taught how to be desirable to the male gaze, and yes, makeup has been construed as a part…...
'Mean Girls' Was About High-School Teens; But The Workplace Has Its Own Biases
11+ mon, 2+ week ago (464+ words) From passive aggression to favouritism, my experience with all-women teams at the workplace has not exactly been the 'feminist utopia' I thought it would be. | Opinion, STP Voices This is coming from a person who is a feminist and shouldn…...