Male Feminist – Do I Still Think That’s A Thing?
A decade I ago I pondered the question, “Can a man be a feminist?”. Has my answer changed since then?
Commentary on current social affairs. Intersectional feminism examining questions of gender, sex, sexuality, caste, class, race, religion & other discriminators.
A decade I ago I pondered the question, “Can a man be a feminist?”. Has my answer changed since then?
Indu Sundaresan’s ‘The Mountain of Light’ left me unimpressed. The Kohinoor diamond is a sore spot for people of the Indian subcontinent.
In India, you’re not allowed to be a woman who can’t cook. The pandemic brought me ways to navigate this and a new appreciation of food.
FLAMINGOS is the story of two realities (flight & bondage) juxtaposed in a corner of Mumbai’s forgotten history.
What does Benazir Bhutto have to do with me? We women of the subcontinent. My sisters, my friends.
We treat infidelity differently depending upon the gender of the cheater. How can we hold a uniform idea of justice across genders then?
The friendzone assumes that women owe men sex for nice behaviour. This mindset is part of rape culture, whose other manifestations are incels and acid attacks.
My journey through Valentine’s Days is full of bloody warfare, dangerous laughter, cold money and seething rage. What was it like today?
Our value as human beings is determined by our use. What happens to the things that make us human in this capitalist world? Mental health suffers.
Why does a woman have to earn a life of dignity through abuse & assault when men receive it as birthright?