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Looking Back At Pop Culture That Influenced Me: Million Dollar Baby

By Mehar Kaul 5th March, 2020

Whatever society expects from you, to be a certain someone at a certain age, especially when you are a woman - none of it matters when you have big...

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Bakor Putek Film Review: How Norms Can Ruin Lives

By Subhalaxmi Borah 3rd March, 2020

Set up in a relatively isolated village in Assam, the 2012 film Bakor Putek (directed by Chandra Mudoi) vividly portrays the grappling issues of so...

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How Indian Pop Culture Pigeonholes Women | #ViolenceIsNotFilmy

By Archita Joshi 2nd March, 2020

If we reinforce cultural stereotypes in films, advertisements and various forms of pop culture, we should not be surprised if they play out in real...

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5 Feminist Songs For The Weekend (Or Everyday!) – Part 2

By Drishti Chikhal 9th January, 2020

In my previous blog, I established how important music was in our lives and mentioned my top six favourite Indian feminist songs. But even though t...

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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...