BOOK REVIEW: Shrayana Bhattacharya – Reluctantly Seeking SRK Fans
I did not expect to find feminism in a book about Shah Rukh Khan. But reading Shrayana Bhattacharya’s book on the gender wage gap made me rethink.
The Sisterhood
Gehraiyaan: Good Galentine’s Release & Okay Solo Date Watch
Gehraiyaan isn’t a great Valentine’s Day release. But it does make for some rich girltalk fodder.
Self-Love For Girls 🤹♀️🤸🏽♀️
Girl, love yourself though it be hard.
Is This Feminism? – Visibility & Erasure
When a group of people say Stop erasing us, they are saying that they exist, they are not abnormal, not deserving of less.
A New Solidarity
Solidarity is seen as a quality used to protect wrongdoers from consequences. Everyone is made to participate as a virtue.
I Wear: Saree Sisterhood
When a wave of stories about men’s atrocities began coming out a couple of years ago, she and I found ourselves shoulder to shoulder and talking. And we also discovered a mutual love of sarees, especially when personalised to our contemporary lifestyles.
Women Walking
The bonds between women are downplayed, disrupted and even villified.
One Of The Girls
I thought of myself as ‘one of the boys’ because I didn’t identify with how femininity was practised around me. I’ve come a long way. I may even be one of the girls.
No Games, Only Equals
It’s housekeeping time in the relationships corner of my life. That means letting go of people who don’t behave like my equals.
Shame In My Belly: Body Image & The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
Of the many wars a woman fights, body image issues are some of the hardest to tackle. Because they’re always fought by an army of one against the whole world inside the dark battlefield of one’s mind. Shame is a powerful adversary.