Sindhu-Bhairavi‘s Male Gaze & Strong Woman Tropes
The 1985 Tamil film ‘Sindhu-Bhairavi’ under a feminist lens shows a nuanced male storyteller gaze and some strong woman tropes. Does that make it feminist?
Infidelity
Infidelity & The Good Places It Takes Us
What are the consequences of cheating? What does infidelity do to us and where do we go from there?
Should We Judge Infidelity By Who Cheats?
We treat infidelity differently depending upon the gender of the cheater. How can we hold a uniform idea of justice across genders then?
Why People Cheat
The thrill of it. The validation. Why do people cheat?
I’m Calling Bullshit on Wokebro Fuckbois
The wokebro is just a guy using the feminism fad for personal gain. I call bullshit.
Polyamory: In The Name Of Love (For Many)
Millennial Free Love Or Old Cheating With A New Name? I’ve written about polyamory before. I’ve known polyamorous people. I’ve been out with some. I have felt a deep connection, even great affection for a polyamorous person. But I’ve also known a lot of men who use polyamory as license…
When Did ‘I’m Married’ Become A Pick-Up Line?
Why are married men openly partaking of mating rituals? And why are women falling for them?
Closure Begins With An End
An email from out of the blue, reminded of odd feelings I’d forgotten and an end I hadn’t had.
Indian Relationships: A State Of Anarchy
Don’t we all know a guy who promises the world to every second girl, believing correctly that she’ll keep it to herself because, it still isn’t done for a girl to admit that she’s been with a guy? There is nothing to check him from repeating the same over and over again in future relationships.
The Married Male Friend
It is a fact that the social environment is very different today than the one in which my parents met and started their relationship. Neither mum nor dad really have independent friend circles, let alone know too many single people of their generation. I belong to several social circuits that…