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Predators, Prey-shamers & the Jungle Book of Sexual Harassment

Harvey Weinstein and his brand of predators are everywhere and every woman has encountered them. And each woman has been implicated by their harasser, has been mired in self-doubt and felt guilty.

Antara Telang May 16, 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

Gender

Open Letter to the Man Who Sexually Abused Me. And Never Got Reported

Think long and hard about the way you – all of you, men – have abused, harassed, molested, and hounded women. The floodgates have opened. India’s #MeToo moment has arrived. There’s no going back from here.

Ayushi Murli April 27, 2016

Gender

#MeToo: Why Women Refuse to Believe Other Women

India’s #MeToo moment has been built entirely on the back and labour of its women. But the most dispiriting part has been the lack of support from some outliers – women who refuse to believe the testimonies of survivors.

Ayushi Murli April 27, 2016

Gender

#MeToo: How Does the World Judge the Wives, Daughters, and Sisters of Sexual Harassers?

As scores of working women accuse, name and shame their predators, quickly turning them into poster boys of hate for all of womankind, what happens to the wives, the sisters and the daughters?

Alka Shukla April 26, 2016

Gender

One Year of #MeToo: Do Men and Women Understand Consent Differently?

For many men, consent is a boundary that has to be challenged, rather than respected: Whether it’s Nana Patekar, who insisted there was a “misunderstanding” between him and Tanushree Dutta, or the allegations against Aziz Ansari that were chalked up to a bad date.

Kahini Iyer April 26, 2016

Pop Culture

Christopher Plummer Saves All the Money in the World

Ridley Scott’s gamble to replace Kevin Spacey in All the Money in the World in the wake of sexual assault allegations, pays off. Christopher Plummer is unforgettable as the icy-cold oil baron J Paul Getty.

Poulomi Das April 20, 2016

POV

Why All of Us Need to Start Considering Politics As a Career Option

We, the woke and the liberal, are politically and socially conscious, and have an opinion on everything – from the Congress’s failing fortunes to the future of democracy. We are out on the streets, protesting against hate crime and the unlawful chopping of forests, but why does politics not feature as a career choice for most of us?

Kavya J April 16, 2016

Gender

Beware of the Brocialist

In the wake of the Harvey Weinstein scandal, there is a new species of men to study: Brocial-ists. Dudes who are supposedly woke and espouse the right kind of politics, but are utter douchebags to women.

Apoorva Sripathi April 11, 2016

Gender

Will #MeToo Help Us Become Better Men?

Most heterosexual men are woefully inept at formulating their views about #MeToo. But discomfort is the beginning of introspection. One hopes this phase will lead to stock-taking, and provide men the opportunity to self-reform and become new, more attractive men.

Rahul Jayaram April 8, 2016