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It’s Time For the Shy, “Sensitive” Men to Speak Up

A lot of the inappropriate behaviour we are seeing in this #MeToo era was dismissed as “boys being boys” when we were growing up. For years, “sissy/sensitive” guys cringed, but kept shut not wanting to be bullied or left out. Now is the time for them to speak up.

Aman Pandey March 1, 2016

Pop Culture

“Caution: White Men at Work”: What Game of Thrones Season 8 Writers Don’t Get about Powerful Women

Game of Thrones is like a relationship which starts with a very misleading Tinder profile. It rose to cultural supremacy by promising to “break the wheel”; now it’s just a mediocre attempt at celebrating a straight, white man’s newfound lineage, while undermining its powerful women characters.

Ujjainee Roy March 1, 2016

First Person

You Can’t Handle the Tooth: How I Learned to Love My Buck-Teeth

In the words of the first orthodontist I visited, I had “very big teeth for such a little girl.” I did well at school, I was a dancer and an athlete, there was so much more to me as a person, yet I was reduced to the girl who needed to get her teeth fixed.

Shreya Rajagopal March 1, 2016

Gender

My Bai, My Bae

Lalita isn’t my bai; she is my bae. Women like Lalita empower privileged women like us by taking over domestic responsibilities and cutting out all the scutwork we should be doing.

Deborah Grey March 1, 2016

Features

A Meerkat Just Challenged Tiger Shroff To a Fight on Twitter: Here’s What You’ve Missed

As the rest of the world was recovering from last week’s major sporting events, a Meerkat somehow found its way onto Twitter and picked a fight with Tiger Shroff. Here’s what we can expect as these two ferocious fighters get into the ring.

Arré Bench March 1, 2016

Gender

There’s No Such Thing as “Too Feminist”

The authorities of the city of Paris were fined for employing too many women in senior positions. To impose such ridiculous fines is to imply the existence of an imaginary “reverse inequality”.

Sahej Marwah March 1, 2016

Pop Culture

A review of the Fast and Furious franchise by someone who hates driving and cars

I’ve never been comfortable admitting that I despise driving and lack the enthusiasm most share around automobiles in general. It has made witnessing and understanding the fandom behind the Fast and Furious franchise all the more fascinating.

Manik Sharma March 1, 2016

Pop Culture

Killing Me Softly with a Smiley

The smiley is a wily one. It is truly a tool of subversion. If deployed effectively, it is the magic wand that has the power to circumvent.

Johan Dsouza March 1, 2016

POV

Waking Up in a World Where Morgan Freeman is Not God

How did it come to pass that we fell asleep one day and woke up the next day in a world where Morgan Freeman has molested a bunch of women?

Damian D'souza March 1, 2016

Pop Culture

Guardians of the Comic Book Legacy

The plot of Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2 is a testament to how superhero films work better when they are real films, instead of the usual campy OTT spectacle.

Poulomi Das March 1, 2016