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Tarar Square | 7-minute read
There are many women who do bad things, and there is no question about that. This is not a man versus woman debate.
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The Castaways | 7-minute read
Designer uses Miss Havisham, Charles Dickens' 'Great Expectations' character, to say women who are overdressed and 'caked with makeup' are 'wounded' and 'bleeding inside'. That's bosh.
Men need to understand that being told no can be handled with maturity and moving on. It does not have to involve violence on women, sheer anger and acid attacks.
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Below The Belt | 6-minute read
Shahid Kapoor-starrer 'Kabir Singh' highlights toxic masculinity. It is a big hit. It was liked not just by men, but by women too, many of whom are comfortable with the Kabir Singhs in real life.
Thank you, Priyanka, for teaching us to be your kind of badass!
Once upon a time, we had to search hard for tales of women warriors who wielded weapons with ruthless pizzazz. Those days are fading and not a moment too fast!
Society piles on the pressure upon women to look great, thin, fashionable, perfectly made-up, with fabulous hair and terrific figures. Those who don't meet these standards feel thrust aside. Often, brutally
The two flicks are about upper-caste, upper-class, urban, privileged women, distant from the reality of a large part of India. But they do hold important feminist lessons.
Will I be still be 'woke' if I accept or give a rose? Or, can I, as a straight woman, gift a rose to another girl?
The series is a celebration of female bonding. And while it deals with life's hardships, it's far from being a sob story!
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