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Given Its Vast Popularity, Does Anime Have Feminist Potential?

By Shivanshu Awasthi 5th November, 2019

Like TV shows, anime also encompasses incredible storytelling coupled with compelling graphics and animation and a soundtrack that is out of this w...

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The Representation Of Stalking, I Mean ‘Love’, In Bollywood

By Orpheus Sen 15th October, 2019

Several movies in the early 1990s and 2000s were based on stories of assiduous stalking, which were portrayed as buoyant acts to win over the roman...

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How Barbie Violated Body Image, Self-Esteem And Consent

By Prageet Goel 26th September, 2019

The dolls have immensely unrealistic body proportions when compared to an average woman’s body. 

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The Ghoul Series Proved Just How Strong Women Characters Can Be

By Shivanshu Awasthi 19th September, 2019

The show also indicates that women can excel in stereotypically non-masculine activities - such as combat and analytical abilities.

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Still A Whisper: The Guest Appearance Of Periods In Pop Culture

By Dr Michelle Frank 19th September, 2019

While pregnancy has been shown time and time again, depicting women as fertile beings, periods - the baseline for fertility - is scarcely discussed.

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What The Two Main Characters Of Pride And Prejudice Taught Me

By Afrin Shakeel 12th September, 2019

Pride and Prejudice is the first Jane Austen novel that I read after having watched the movie version. I loved the movie and that persuaded me to r...

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Kahaani Review: The Woman-Centered Action Film We Need

By Riya Joshi 26th August, 2019

DIRECTOR: Sujoy Ghosh CAST: Vidya Balan, Parambrata Chatterjee, Nawazuddin Siddiqui CINEMATOGRAPHY: Setu After a long time (or should we say finall...

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Why Pop Culture Is A Force To Be Reckoned With – Part 2

By Daivik Chatterjee 13th August, 2019

In this day and age, pop culture and its influence are at their peak. Primarily because of the reach of social media. Pop culture is immensely ente...

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

By Breakthrough 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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8 Examples Of Nerve-Wracking Misogynist Dialogues In Bollywood

By Daivik Chatterjee 9th July, 2019

While there has been criticism, let us not forget that on-screen misogyny sells and is widely enjoyed, setting a very dangerous precedent.