In Books, Friday Feminist Reviews, Movies

7 Fictional Characters Who Inspired My Feminist Beliefs

By Srishti Nair 18th January, 2021

“It’s my choice to be beautiful, it’s my choice to be ugly. And it’s my choice to decide what those words actually mean.” – Virginia Petrucci...

In The Breakthrough Voice, हिंदी

नारीवादी होना क्या होता है?

By Imran Khan 22nd October, 2020

मैंने बचपन से यही देखा है कि महिलाओं को दोयम दर्जे का माना जाता है। यह बात मुझे बचपन से ही बुरी लगती थी। मेरी माँ हमेशा से पुरुषवादी समाज की पीड़िता...

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6 Spoken Word Performances That Challenged The Patriarchy

By Leandra Pedretti 15th June, 2020

“They told us to be careful. To be safe. Then told our brothers to go out and play.” - Blythe Baird

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How I Came To Identify As A Feminist – A Personal Journey

By Neelam 21st February, 2020

"When you educate a man - you educate a person; when you educate a woman - you educate a family." - Ruby Manikan

In The Breakthrough Voice

A ‘Golden Cage’: How Women Are Kept Caged In The Garb Of ‘Protection’

By Anuradha Thiagarajan 30th August, 2019

A parrot feels cherished and loved because its cage is made of gold. But the poor bird doesn’t know that a cage is a cage even if it made of gold. ...

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Why Pop Culture Is A Force To Be Reckoned With | 20 Years Of BT

By Breakthrough Team 13th August, 2019

There is an assumption about popular culture as ‘mindless’, which begs the question – then why is pop culture so widely consumed and enjoyed? After...

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Babasaheb Ambedkar: How Come His Feminism Is So Unacknowledged?

By Prakshi Saha 17th April, 2019

Babasaheb Ambedkar has not only been responsible for mobilising the anti-caste movement for abolishing inequality, discrimination and exploitation ...

In In Focus, हिंदी

‘औरत सिर्फ कलेश करती है’: सत्य वचन या पितृसत्ता का कथन?

By Shubhika 13th December, 2018

अपने परिवार में इकलौती लड़की होने के कारण बचपन में, मैं घर से बाहर हमेशा एक महिला, दीदी या सहेली की संगत के लिए मनोरथ रहती थी। मेरा स्कूल सेक्सिस्ट ...

In Editorial, The Breakthrough Voice

So When Will We Start Talking About Me Too In Our Schools?

By Diya Chordia 1st November, 2018

In the past few weeks, there has been a tremendous change in this country. With the #MeToo movement claiming its spot in Indian society, women have...

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Ten Thoughts After Your First Love Ends

By Himel Sarkar 5th April, 2018

In the month of November, 2017, a two-day “Media for Social Change” workshop focused on blog writing was presented by YES FOUNDATION, o...