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 [...]
Entertaining Ourselves to Sexist Death
By Soraya Chemaly According to the USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism study released today, a survey of the top 100 grossing movies of 2009 reveals that 67.8% of all speaking characters (in excess of 5000) were male. In addition, female characters, usually isolated by virtue of there just being one speaking role, were consistently depicted [...]
No Country for Women – That’s Bollywood!
By Renu Pokharna Much like the Indian government with its five-year plans, I have a five-year cycle, too, when it comes to Indian cinema: Every five years, something happens that reinvigorates my eternal frustration with Bollywood. Five years ago it was over too many rip-offs: “Black” from “The Miracle Worker,” “Koi Mil Gaya” from “E.T: [...]
‘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 [...]
Tale From a Male: The Accidental Rapist
By Hugo Schwyzer Note: As with many articles about sexual violence, particularly those that include anecdotes, this may prove triggering for some. “Sometimes I say ‘yes’ when I’d rather say ‘no.’” It’s been nearly 25 years, but I can still remember the beautiful Berkeley fall afternoon when I heard those shattering words. Katie and I [...]
Of Scantily Clad 'Women' and 'Cement'
Find out, what’s in an ad?
mother beyond gender…
This man defines the meaning of motherhood beyond genderhood in this heartfelt poem.
'Marching on a Mission' – A Photo Essay on Delhi Queer Pride Parade 2010
Keeping in with the tradition of IST (Indian Stretched Time), the march started at 4 when it was scheduled for 3 in the Sunday afternoon of 28th November, 2010. Feathery masks, banners, whistles, rainbow flags and scarves and lollipops consoled our punctuality and patience. The march began in great splendour and the aura of excitement [...]
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned
“You think you can touch wherever you want.
You think you can get away ,even when you taunt.”
Read the strong sentiments of a poet in her call for social justice for women!
