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Feminism By Thoughtful Omission In Sci-Fi & Fantasy

When I started showing an interest in science-fiction and fantasy, my mom—herself a lifelong fan of the genre—put stack after stack of books in front of me. The...

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Kaleidoscope

Kaleidoscope - Of Human Bondage

In India, where a large section of the population is vegetarian, the hullabaloo over a women refusing to eat meat would seem excessive, but in, South Korean writer Han Kang...

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Gender

Feminisney: When Disney Meets Feminism

Disney’s animated theatrical feature films may be the most important battleground for gender/sexual equal representation in media.
If you spend time on social me...

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Human Rights

How Rural Women Are Challenging Gender-Based Exclusion From Land Ownership In India

A rural women’s movement in north India has played a significant role in dismantling the existing power structures and overcoming gender-based exclusion from ownershi...

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Bollywood

From Akshay Kumar To Ranveer Singh: Men In Bollywood Talk About Featuring In Woman-Centric Films

Whether it’s Fashion, Kahaani, Queen, NH10 or Neerja, Bollywood heroines have made the inevitable happen. They have not only shouldered women-centric subjects to succ...

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Hollywood

Anne Hathaway Is UN Women's Goodwill Ambassador

Oscar-winning actress Anne Hathaway is the latest Hollywood figure to be appointed by the United Nations as a global goodwill ambassador to promote gender equality and wome...

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Gender

The Feminist Art Movement: Empowerment, Creativity AND Power

The Feminist Art Movement emerged in the late 1960s in an attempt to change the status of women around the world using art as the medium of expression. Since then, the move...

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Hollywood

Gloria Steinem Looks At Gender-Based Violence In El Salvador

Gloria Steinem, in a new episode of the Viceland TV series “WOMAN” to be broadcast on 14 June (10pm ET/9pm CT), takes an unflinching look at gender-based violen...

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Gender

The Gender Gap Nobody’s Talking About

According to the writer Malcolm Gladwell, 10,000 hours of practice is what it takes to become world class at most things. Part of the reason the Beatles were the Beatles, h...

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Human Rights

UGC Notifies India’s First Gender Neutral Regulations On Sexual Harassment

The University Grants Commission has notified India’s first gender-neutral Regulations relating to Sexual harassment. New UGC regulations on Sexual harassment prevent...

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