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How to Spot a Faux Feminist

The highly educated, the upper-middle-class millennial... no one is free from stereotyping gender. Best described as faux feminists, they are concentrated mostly in the metros. You’ll hear them say something completely “harmless”, for instance, “Girls LOVE shopping!” or “ Women CAN’T drive.”

Devrupa Rakshit June 7, 2016

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Sexual Harassment and the Culture of Silence

An insistence on a drink? Repeated phonecalls? Personal questions? What is sexual harassment – especially in a digital workplace – and how do you know when to speak up?

Aditi Dharmadhikari June 6, 2016

Gender

What an MRI Scan Taught Me About the Lifelong Burden of Sexual Abuse and Trauma

When I was five, my friend’s grandfather forced himself on me. I called for help repeatedly but none came. In that moment, inside that MRI machine, I was that little girl whose almost lifeless body was on the floor, being violated.

Manjiri Indurkar June 5, 2016

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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.

Tia Basu June 5, 2016

Gender

From the Dadis of Shaheen Bagh to the Mothers of Manipur: The Strength of Women Protesters

When women are in the street, the State better sit up and listen. So when a JNU student leader refuses to back down despite being beaten up, and when grandmothers and mothers in Shaheen Bagh gaze into the camera and demand answers of the PM, there is only so long he can hide behind silence and platitudes.

Sreemoyee Mukherjee June 5, 2016

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The Girl Without the Red Lipstick: Why I Keep Saying No To Make-Up

As our bodies began to transform when we turned teens, the girls in my class started to get little makeovers. Many started waxing, some got their noses pierced, and almost everyone started applying kajal and lip balm. I resisted them all, convinced that giving in to make-up would suggest that I wasn’t enough the way I was; that I needed fixing to fit in.

Meghalee Mitra June 4, 2016

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Pati, Patni, Aur Main: The Difficulty of Dating Married Men as a Single Gay Man

Social networks for homosexual people are filled with married men. Many want the “best of both the worlds”, some feel suffocated in their marriages. What’s common among them, however, is the belief that dating men is not equal to cheating on their wives.

Lightbug June 4, 2016

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Dear SRK, I was Molested outside Mannat. On Your Birthday

We’ve all heard the familiar condescending voice of a female Bombay-ite telling a Dilliwali, “Oh please, at least in my city, I am safe.” I have been that person. That changed on Shah Rukh Khan's birthday, after I was molested by a mob outside his house.

Lavanya Jayashankar June 4, 2016

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Welcome, “Corona Kumar”: An Upgraded Version of Masculinity for the Post-Pandemic Age

Thanks to Covid-19 and spending “quality time” playing Rummy with their wives or taking over the responsibility of dish-washing, I see our fathers and uncles trying to be more pati and less parmeshwar. Not to be left behind, single men in their 20s and 30s are also reading the room. I call these men “Corona Kumars”.

Pragya Lal June 3, 2016

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“Beti, Tumse Na Ho Payega”: Why Girls Tend to Believe They Can’t Excel in Maths & Science

The US has got a woman vice-president; during the pandemic, women across the world have proved they are better at handling the crisis. Then what’s keeping them from taking over the fields of maths, science, and technology?

Shivangi Singh June 2, 2016