Posted inModern Family
My Runaway Mother
After my parents parted ways, my mother moved to Spain. The world around me erupted in the sound of an angry sizzle. How could she abandon a teenage daughter?
Posted inBollywood
Sridevi: The Goddess Who Reigned Supreme in the Age of Overstatement
In the late ’80s and ’90s, Bollywood witnessed the Age of Overstatement and Sridevi was its leading light: A classy embodiment of this period dominated by mismatched outfits, bouncy hair, and pelvic thrusts.
Posted inBollywood
15 years after its release, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna feels more of an opportunity missed to debate infidelity
Karan Johar’s film was ahead of its time in terms of context, but conservative, ultimately in its tropes and education. It could have been so much more had the director not felt apologetic for broaching the topic in the first place.
Posted inGender
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.
Posted inModern Family
How My Baby Stepbrother Saved Me and My Not So Evil Stepmother
My stepmom was family-oriented and I was aloof. We didn’t know each other well enough to let our differences be. But what saved us in the end, oddly, was my baby stepbrother.
Posted inPop Culture
No Sex Please, We’re Superheroes
June was quite a month for superheroes (and supervillains). Loki, the smooth-talking god of mischief officially announced himself as bisexual, a day after it was revealed that Batman got flak from DC bosses for going down on Catwoman in the animated series Harley Quinn.
Posted inLove and Sex
Dear 30-Something Woman, Dare to Dildo
I know what you’re thinking. I don’t do dildos! I’m not that woman. May I assure you that you are?