Gendering and Democratizing Indian Cinema
Besides being renowned artists, French Actress Sarah Bernhardt and American actress Eartha Kitt have something in common. They were victims of sexual abuse and harassment at work. Their lived experiences…
MeToo
Three UK Ministers Face Allegations Of Sexual Misconduct
Three members of Boris Johnson's team and two from Sir Keir Starmer's have been referred to the new parliamentary watchdog set up amid the #MeToo scandal, The Sunday Times reports. The UK…
Some Years after #MeToo
We are aware of how the #MeToo movement began in 2017, in the United States of America, and spread to other parts of the world. I will not go into…
2 years of India’s #MeToo movement and its outcomes: Realities of Power or Patriarchy
The court’s verdict in favour of Priya Ramani who was acquitted of defamation in #MeToo case must be acknowledged as a strong salutatory effect rather than a victory for India’s…
#MeToo-The Widening Discourse
The # MeToo movement may have started out in the West but in the true spirit of ‘ sisterhood’ it has managed to draw in women set apart at least…
MeToo India: A Small Step For A Long Way Ahead
While sifting through my Instagram feeds, I accidently stumbled upon a weird video of the actress Rakhi Sawant in which she wears a chain and a lock around her waist.…
Will #MeToo call Vice-President Venkaiah Naidu?
The courageous all-India Me-too campaign has nailed powerful male personalities ranging from film directors and actors to media journalists and political leaders. I expect the veteran Congress politician Renuka Chowdhury …
Kerala’s #MeToo Moment
The ongoing #MeToo revelations have rattled the Kerala society and taken down some names with it. Prominent among them are veteran journalist and resident of The Hindu in Kerala, C.Gouridasan…
Will Metoo movement in India challenge brahmanical patriarchy
The Minister has spoken about her #metoo. Yes, in 2004 it was the two female ministers who did a #metoo when they thought that Mrs Sonia Gandhi might become the…
#MeToo In India Is Just A Tip Of An Iceberg And It Has Shaken The Patriarchy To Its Core
India is witnessing the crucial change where a few women courageously came out with their experience of sexual harrassment they have faced at their work placeand shared with the hastag…
India’s #MeToo Moment
Last year when more than 70 women came out with allegations of sexual harassment against celebrated movie producer Harvey Weinstein, the #MeToo Movement originally started by Tarana Burke succeeded in…
Why I say Indian #MeToo Movement is just a hip adjustment in “Status Quo” ?
Before we talk and discuss these perceivably status quo challenging movements, we are loud and clear that we have no contention in expressing full sympathies for every woman on the…
#Me Too
Not a single one of us can’t say Me Too. Not once, twice or thrice, Each of us were several times. I was a little girl of seven, buying…
#TheyToo
The persistence of ‘Me Too’ as used by Tarana Burke in 2006, was to endow women through empathy, mainly young and helpless women. In October 2017, Alyssa Milano refreshed using…
Some Thoughts on Sorting Out the Controversy Around Aziz Ansari, Sexual Relations, and Getting Beyond Both Patriarchy and Revenge
Recent months have seen a righteous outpouring against the pervasive abuse, harassment, sexual assault, discrimination, humiliation, and degradation women are forced to endure in every realm of life. This…
On The Controversy Over Matt Damon’s Comments About the #MeToo Movement
Are we going for retribution or transformation? In the last two weeks, there has been a great deal of controversy and commentary on recent comments from the actor Matt…
Who’s Really Tone Deaf?
The recent controversy over Jimmy Choo’s advertisement that critics are calling tone-deaf has me wondering who indeed is above reproach here. No doubt, such ads are incredibly demeaning to women…
The “Me Too Movement”, Sexual Politics And Unnatural Justice
The overthrow of iniquitous power relations is a point many would celebrate. But such overthrows are themselves marked by the contradiction of their origins. Any revolution must, by its very…
Harvey Weinstein is Only the Tip of the Iceberg: What Could Be Done?
Rats fleeing a sinking ship – the ship of white male privilege The floodgates have opened. All the disgusting, depraved details are surfacing. Now the “public” is learning what the…
#Metoo Breaking The Culture Of Silence
The social media is flooding with #metoo (me too) hashtags. Sexual assault survivors are using this hashtag to call out on the cancer-like spread of sexual crime in our society.…
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