A lot of things must have happened last year that made every feminist bone in my body want to yell. After all, starting Sa, was a response to the several times I had come home and ranted about all that was anti-feminist about life. So, here’s the list. Do feel free to suggest any incidents [...]
Archive for the ‘Women and the Media’ Category
The Year in Recap
Posted in Women and the Media, Women and the society, tagged 2008, abortion, Domestic Abuse, feminism, Harassment, Pornography, Rape, Women India on December 28, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Pati, Patni aur Ego
Posted in Women and the Media, Women and the society, tagged Insecurities in marriage, Marriage, movies and marriage, professional success and marraige on October 8, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Talk Abhimaan, and lilting tunes come to mind. But wound to the unforgettable tunes, is the poignant story of two singers –husband and wife. For those who do not know, this 1973 classic by Hrishikesh Mukherjee, tells the distressing role that ego plays in a marriage. For Subhir and Uma Kumar, marriage is a song [...]
The Media’s “little” mess up.
Posted in Violence against Women, Women and the Media, Women and the society, tagged children media, children sexuality, sexualization, Violence against Women, women media on September 30, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I played obsessively with Barbie when I was a child. However growing up took me away from the dollhouses and I encountered Barbie yesterday again, nearly ten years since I last played. However, our reunion was anything but pleasant as I read about the new Barbie in fishnet stockings. Disbelieving, I decided to check it [...]
The Pin-up Girl
Posted in Women and the Media, tagged magazines, sexual objectification of woman, The Week on September 25, 2008 | 6 Comments »
My mother picks The WEEK (Sept 7th, 2008) from the magazine rack at home and settles down on the couch. I peer over her shoulder at the face of ‘The New Raunch- Culture’ -a woman in black striking a ‘sexy’ pose. The title reads “Who is afraid of Sex?” and a small tag below says [...]
The Fairer Sex
Posted in Women and the Media, tagged Advertisements, Beauty, Fair and Lovely, Ponds White Beauty, Self-Image, Skin Colour on September 15, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The heavily made up former Miss World plays “girl-next-door” and makes Bambi just-dumped eyes at her boyfriend who sails past her nonchalantly on the arm of a fair-skinned woman. The camera pans to her now-empty world. Empty? Not if Ponds White Beauty can help it. Two weeks of skin-lightening later, Lover Boy is back. The [...]
Thus spake Eve
Posted in Women and the Media, tagged Eve Teasing, Films, Sexual Harassment, Women and the Media on September 10, 2008 | 4 Comments »
Stalking women is a disease in Indian Cinema. The “heroes” of our films do not merely pursue the objects of their affections – they stalk them. It’s almost formulaic. He chases her from place to place, singing songs and passing comments, even groping her. She purses her lips, furrows appear between her brows, she walks [...]
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