Feeling the “Power Cuts” in Delhi
Who am I? It’s a question I find myself asking more and more these days. Am I British? An “Overseas Citizen of India (OCI)?” A “trailing spouse?” Perhaps I should explain: I was born and brought up in England, the daughter of Punjabi parents who emigrated to the UK in the 1960s. I moved to [...]
The Youngest Feminist: Riley in a Toy Store
This past weekend, The Huffington Post put up a video of an enlightened little girl criticizing manufacturers for gendering toys and pushing pink stuff on her while the boys get superheroes. Take a look below: Kudos to her parents for clearly doing something right!
Q&A with Writer Hugo Schwyzer
Hugo Schwyzer is a writer, activist and professor who regularly covers issues of gender, sexuality and rights. He’s taught history and gender studies at Pasadena City College in California since 1993, where he developed the college’s first courses on Men and Masculinity and Beauty and Body Image. He serves as co-director of the Perfectly Unperfected Project, a campaign to transform [...]
Is Ignorance Really Bliss? A Female Perspective on Sexual Education in India
My decision to conduct a research study on HIV and female sex workers (FSWs) for my dissertation in Delhi two years ago provided me with some unforgettable experiences. These experiences taught me so much about ignorance, not just others but also my own. Having completed my MA degree in social work, I got the [...]
The Ticker 12.19.11
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: How Are Vaginas Doing Fifteen Years After “The Vagina Monologues?” 12.14.11, Huffington Post Globalization: Has it Helped or Hurt Women? 12.16.11, Huffington Post To say emotional abuse is as bad as violence insults every battered wife 12.15.11, Daily Mail
Let’s Write a Better Beginning For Our Children
The earliest memory I have of my childhood is probably from when I was about two. I was standing on a stool and trying to reach for an egg on a shelf and in the process I broke it in two. Some people claim having a memory as early as nine months old. This was [...]
Name It, Change It, Flip It, Quip It
By Nell Scovell and Gloria Steinem Women hold only 3% of clout positions in the mainstream media. ~ Annenberg Public Policy Center, “The Glass Ceiling Persists” Here are 15 ways the media would be different if it were run by 97% women and only 3% men: 60 Minutes would be 30 Minutes because, frankly, who has the time? The [...]
Why Does India Hate Women?
By Tripti Lahiri So, which countries in the world boast — though I suspect that’s not quite the right word — the highest rates of pregnancy among teenage girls? If you were to pick one of the nations of the supposedly sexually precocious West, you’d be quite wrong. The latest United Nations human development report shows that [...]
Global News Roundup 11.7.11
Here’s a weekly digest of important news stories from around the world: The Best (And Worst) Countries For Women 11.2.11, Huffington Post India Journal: Why Does India Hate Women? 11.6.11. The Wall Street Journal The Birth Control Solution 11.2.11, International Herald Tribune Women Own 1% of the World’s Property — Occupy That 11.4.11, Huffington Post #NoShaveNovember Raises Hairy Gender Questions 11.2.11, Ms. blog
‘Give Me Sexy’ – Media Friend or Foe?
There is no doubt that the media, and its images of women, impacts girls and women of all ages. But this influence is especially dangerous when it comes to young girls who are in a continuous state of learning from others and the images they see how they should act themselves. Children are influenced by [...]
