Month: June 2018

I Know It’s Pride Month But I Hate Strangelove | GaysiFamily

June 25, 2018July 16, 2023

I called rainbowwashing in pride month. Alex Strangelove is narcissistic and an insulting representation of queer people.

Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

6 Bollywood Characters You Didn’t Know Were Feminist | FeminismInIndia

June 19, 2018December 16, 2023

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Can on-screen feminism go beyond the samajh-sudharak, abla naari turned Kali maa & speech spouting devi? Let’s meet some of the subtler on-screen feminists.

Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

Lust Stories: Wham, Bam And A Thankless Ma’am

June 16, 2018March 31, 2023

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This weekend saw the Netflix Originals premier of ‘Lust Stories‘ – a format repeat from the 2013 anthology ‘Bombay Talkies’, with the same four directors, each contributing one story. Let me pause a minute to CRINGE at that name so you can understand why I was expecting something along on…

Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

Judgements In June

June 10, 2018March 31, 2023

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Is your first thought of a stranger an uncharitable one? What do your judgements say about you?

Books | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

If You Won’t Let Us Laugh, Someday We’ll Make You Cry

June 4, 2018March 31, 2023

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‘Veere Di Wedding’ caused an uproar. Why? Because Indian audiences find it intolerable for women to laugh, much less laugh together.

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