Following the LawSikho debacle, the writers set out to discover the shady workings of the Indian pick-up artist industry.
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What I Learned by Talking to Someone Accused of Online Sexual Harassment
Apparently, there are "worse guys out there". But not being bad doesn’t automatically make you good.
Will the ‘Locker Room Talk’ Ever End?
How can we guarantee safety for girls and women who’ve often been made to feel unsafe and vulnerable by the system itself?
Thoughts on My Now-Reformed-Previously-Abusive-Ex-Boyfriend
How to cope with your abuser making amends and why progress cannot demand forgiveness.
Another Boys Locker Room? How ‘Harmless Banter’ Led to a Google Drive Full of Nudes at Kolkata
An abuser is neither an anomaly in the system, nor an outlier. They're just men who were reassured that the system would always let them get away with anything.
Grieving Those We Cancel: A Call For Restorative Culture
Cancel culture makes us fight the battle of patriarchy with the same weapons that created the battlefield in the first place. In this reality of a lose-lose situation, it …
Masculinity in Pop Culture: The Rise of Feminist Fathers and Conversations We Need
While the oppressive father is alive and kicking in Bollywood, a slow counter-narrative is emerging – of a more empathetic version of a father, willing to introspect and question …
Gurgaon: 17-Year-Old Dies By Suicide After Being Accused of Molestation
On Monday, the girl had posted a story on Instagram saying #MeToo and naming the teenager. The boy's sister later took to the social media site to rubbish the …
The #MeTwo Movement: Notes on (Cyber) Crime, Mental Well-Being and PTSD in 2020
What is the solution to behaviour like the 'Bois Locker Room'? Is it predatory, or is it just bad parenting? Who do I hold accountable?
Meet the Young ‘Cybercop’ Working on the ‘Bois Locker Room’ Case
Shubham Singh, 25, has been working as a cyber cell assistant with the Mumbai police for the past few years and has helped them solve several complex cyber crime …