A poem which attempts to delineate the dominant (mis)representations of women in society that often spell doom for the healthy development of a female individual's identity.
Tag: feminism
Girl With a Gajra
'I am the girl with a gajra, who wants people to unlearn the archaic definition of equality.'
Book Review: An Assertion of Sisterhood Through Poetry
The 135 poems in Sanjukta Dasgupta’s latest collection constitute a bold social commentary on the hypocrisy, fanaticism and decadent morality of our times.
How bell hooks Theorised ‘Love’
By theorising love, bell hooks brought forth its centrality to almost every political question, and presented it to us as an ever present, overwhelmingly obvious answer.
bell hooks’ Death Feels Like a Personal Loss
Remembering the brilliant feminist author and thinker who felt like a friend, philosopher, and guide.
Pubic Hair, Nudism and the Censor: The Story of the Photographic Battle To Depict the Naked Body
A century ago, early British nudists had to fight for the right to publish naked photos – the similarities with social media today are striking.
Romanticising Loneliness and the Odds
A poem on the forced idea of marriage and companionship, and how happiness is largely subjective.
My Daughter’s Wedding
A poem on how a mother worries about how her daughter, who is about to tie the knot, will deal with life after marriage and its myriad complexities.
Ursula Le Guin’s Radical Utopias Still Resonate Today
Le Guin used science fiction to explore the failures of capitalist society — and the alternative worlds we could build in its place.
Inside the Warped World of Incel Extremists
Jake Davison, the gunman in the UK’s worst mass shooting in a decade, has been linked to the ‘Incel’ movement.