Missing Intersectionality in Sex Positive Feminism: The Unaddressed Racism in Porn
Feminists, both for porn and against it, hardly ever address the many ways in which racism, classism, ableism, etc...
Monthly Archives: May 2012
Abortion Rights: The Gender and Disability Dichotomy
The feminist position of supporting the ban on sex selective abortion but permitting abortion of a foetus with genetic...
Muslim Women’s Rights: Artificial Concern?
Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan, one of the largest Muslim women’s groups in India questions the credibility of Jamiat Ulama-I-Hind’s...
In Memoriam: Prof. Leela Dube (1923-2012)
Renowned anthropologist and feminist scholar Leela Dube passed away at her residence in Delhi on 20 th May. She...
Siddharth Mallya Served Notice for Defamatory Tweets
Mallya has 48 hours to apologise or face legal action from Zohal Hamid, who was subjected to character assassination...
Cartoon Controversy: Partisan Censorship?
Is self-serving political correctness making us ignore the larger political context of the debate about the Ambedkar-Nehru cartoon and...
Let Humour Remain in Indian Public Life: PUCL
PUCL (Rajasthan) protests against the removal of the Nehru-Ambedkar cartoon from the textbook stating that it is not objectionable by...
Cartoon Controversy: Who’s laughing?
The country needs several years of cartooning by Dalits to be ready for Shankar’s cartoons on Ambedkar. NCERT should...
Satyamev Jayate: Girls Are Allowed!
The first episode of the show Satyamev Jayate on sex-selective abortion has struck an emotional chord with the average...