Society, caste and identity
Caste, ethnicity, gender, family and community.
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Made in Bangladesh
An extract on the controversy over an American Apparel ad featuring a former-Muslim Bangladeshi model, with the poster arguing that showcasing women’s liberation answers conservatives better than anything, and that…
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The (Lady) Enforcer
A profile of 27-year-old Manju Bhatia, joint MD of the all-female loan recovery agency Vasuli Recovery, with the poster’s comment that India needs more women leaders in fields seen as…
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Belly Dancing, Clickbait and Censorship on Salon.com
The poster discusses Randa Jarrar’s Salon piece arguing that white women appropriate belly dancing from Arab women, quoting her conclusion and questioning the clickbait and censorship around it.
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“I prefer the company of women while drinking”
A piece on the South Indian actress Shakeela and her autobiographer Surayya Bhanu, with the poster’s comment that it confirms unpleasant stereotypes about family greed and the exploitation of women.
