Gender Archives

The Future is Female: The Ladies Who Took Centre Stage at Joe Biden’s Presidential Inauguration

No matter where you look, there is no dearth of powerful women in and around the Biden administration. It's fitting that these capable women have come to the fore to clean up the mess of an outgoing government that will go down in history for its widespread incompetence.

Kahini Iyer May 7, 2016

Gender

We’ve All Come Across Women Like Bombay HC’s Justice Pushpa Ganediwala Who Make Excuses for Men

It’s not news that this is no country for women and girls, and Bombay High Court’s Justice Pushpa Ganediwala who recently gave the two infamous rulings in sexual assault cases serves to remind us exactly how it got that way. Her views on sexual abuse and harassment are bafflingly archaic, allowing her to set damaging precedents for women and children’s safety.

Kahini Iyer May 6, 2016

Gender

Yes, We “Curly Girlies” Make Our Hair Our Whole Personality. Here’s Why

After two decades of trying to tame my curly hair, I let it breathe. With time, the comfort of not having hickey-looking burn marks on my neck and forehead from the straightening iron became something I looked forward to. Embracing my curly hair has been synonymous with embracing my person.

Sahej Marwah May 6, 2016

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The NCW is a Repeat Offender and Does More Harm than Good. India’s Women Really Deserve Better

The job of India’s National Commission for Women is to protect the country’s women and fight for their rights. Instead, its members continue to blame victims for rape and endorse “love jihad”. The latest shocker comes from NCW representative Chandramukhi Devi who said the Badaun victim shouldn’t have gone out alone.

Arré Bench May 6, 2016

Gender

Why the World Needs More “Difficult Women” Like Tanushree Dutta

Before we turn to Amitabh Bachchan to speak out against sexual harassment in Bollywood, we might want to tackle mindsets where we women actually have some influence. With the men in our lives. Let’s all lose our sense of humour when the jokes are on us. Let us be difficult women.

Samina Motlekar May 4, 2016

Gender

3 Suicides and a Surgery: My Journey of Coming Out as a Transperson in India

The scars across my chest are badges of my victory. They are the marks of my mother’s endless support and my father’s struggle to understand me. After years of self-doubt and breakdowns, unwanted discomfort and dysphoria, and rejection from society for who I was, I could finally learn to love myself and my body. I made it.

Alvin Dsouza May 3, 2016

Gender

“Ban the Burqa, No Ripped Jeans”: When Will We Stop Telling Women What They Can or Cannot Wear?

If you support the ban of a piece of clothing – a burqa, ghunghat, or a skirt – you’re still supporting the idea that women’s bodies, and what they put on them, can and should be subjected to regulation. Why should the world decide whether a woman should be behind a veil or cover her legs?

Sonali Kokra May 2, 2016

Gender

Priya Ramani’s Victory Has Given Us Hope, But How Long Will Women Be Forced to Prove Their Innocence?

Priya Ramani’s victory has given us all hopes, but I cannot shake the feeling that she succeeded in proving herself innocent and the man who assaulted her still is free. So it seems there will be other times when women will be forced to prove their innocence.

Manjiri Indurkar May 2, 2016

Gender

Gift Wrap The Lovestick

Why are women okay with letting their man stick his nanga peepee into their vajayjay? Why are they okay with just popping a pill the morning after?

Antara Telang May 2, 2016

Gender

Christine Blasey Ford, Tanushree Dutta, and the Future of #MeToo

Tanushree Dutta’s allegations of sexual harassment are eerily similar to Christine Blasey Ford’s, who testified at a US Supreme Court hearing yesterday. Does this mean that India’s #MeToo reckoning has begun? Because the movement’s progress in the US nearly one year on, is a sign that little has changed.

Kahini Iyer May 1, 2016