October, 2015

• 31 October

  Feminism in the 21st Century: Does being a feminist make me cool?

  

  I read this somewhere: in a room full of feminists, when asked what have we achieved in the past ten years, the room fell silent. Is it that hard to name a couple of successes? We have come a long way since the feminist movement began but have we come …
• 30 October

  The Elusive Solution: Where did Feminism go wrong?

  

  Maria died due to complications in her pregnancy, the desire for pink curtains or the blue quilt remained incomplete. He loved her till infinity; he too was dead with the grief.  There were screams and horrific sounds coming from his heart, ripping apart every emotion he had, but to the …
• 29 October

  The Price of Ignorance: What are we thinking when we say “Feminism”?

  

  If the things that concern you as a modern woman are the bewildering rise in anxiety regarding early marriage and the constant pressure to have a baby then start your feminism there! Because yes, ignorance may charge you heavy. But where does this ignorance come from? Women may be entangled …
• 29 October

  The Sword in the Dark: The Rise of Feminism

  

  Today he wore the pink shirt that I gifted him and we went for a long drive. It was I who drove across the highways and he rejoiced sitting beside me. Now my house doesn’t echo with my anklets, it’s my laughter that fills its halls. The artificial smile no longer …
• 28 October

  Power Structures in Gender: Where did the superiority complex come from?

  

  I wanted to play with his car, and he too wanted to play with my doll. Our game would have been amazing if my doll drove his car, we would have wandered over the streets all around. But there was something that limited him on the roads and for me …
• 28 October

  The Soul is Genderless

  

  I wear a decent saree  but my soul is naked, scarred by the knives of your ignorance, my wings torn off by malevolent hands, my blood drunk in fancy glasses. Mixed with beer, I float in the foam. You ingest me, You take over my identity; and my bangles ring like …
• 27 October

  Gender: The Stealthy Tool of Control

  

  Our society is a packaging factory, keen on classifying humanity in Definite boxes and labeling them. The very minute a baby is born, its gender carves out half of its future out on the side of its crib. Commandments are handed out at every stage of life. How the value …
• 27 October

  The Concept of Sex and Gender: Why being categorized comes naturally to us

  

  For the previous article, click here For the Christmas Eve, the tree is always very well decorated; the lights and candles adorn the house and its celebrations everywhere. Since my childhood, I was certain that Santa was real, because till I was fifteen he fulfilled all my wishes. The gifts …
• 26 October

  Gender Roles and Socialization: Choose Pink or Blue, but not “You”

  

  Maria was shopping for her first child to be delivered next month. As she reached out for pink colored curtains, the mother in law anxiously questioned “Are you expecting a baby girl?!” In the meantime Maria’s husband came up with a blue baby quilt and the mother in law took …
• 26 October

  Gender: Origins and Evolution- What’s all the Buzz about?

  

  What if after the rains it’s the white light making an arch and not the seven colors of the rainbow? What if the moon always appeared round and not in its different phases? What if all the flowers were roses? What if all the seasons were same and so were …