What the incident of a 19-year-old girl being asked to wrap curtains around her legs for wearing shorts to the exam tells about the rampant culture of moral policing …
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(S)Pacing Space: On Moral Policing and a Potential Solution
The Samyuktha Hegde incident makes a good case for just why women just should loiter and renegotiate their fissured relationship with public spaces.
Don’t Tell Her to Behave ‘Like a Girl’
A poem about bringing up a girl child.
Lunar Cycles
A poem on the fear of harassment that women and girls routinely encounter in cities and society's tendency to blame victims.
To Kiss or Not to Kiss
In a country where a man and a woman simply waiting at a bus stand is enough to enrage a group of people, where does the average couple go?
How Social Media Responded to a Woman Shaming Another For Wearing a Short Dress
While what the woman said is completely unacceptable, the sordid tale highlights the pitfalls of naming and shaming on social media.
A Woman in the US Wants to Ban Leggings, Says They Distract Male Students
In response, women in Notre Dam and those around the world posted pictures wearing leggings with hashtag #leggingsdayND.
Schools Need to Stop Shaming Girls for the Length of Their Skirts
When a girl is shamed for the length of her skirt, both boys and girls grow up thinking that a girl's character is tied to her clothing.
Love at the Edge of the City
Nobody loves Mumbai's Marine Drive as much as young lovers with a need for space and no money for cafes or hotels.