Category: Lifestyle

Queer Desire and Female Friendship in Simone de Beauvoi...

'The Inseparables' becomes a fertile ground to dig for resonances of ambiguity and ambivalence between queer friendships, lesbian ...

The Cost Of “Exposure”: Navigating A Patriarchal Workpl...

As a young, unpaid intern in a patriarchal workplace, I found out that "exposure" is just another word for "compromise". The post ...

The Last Mile Home: Nights Shifts And The Crisis Of Urb...

Urban development policies have failed to factor in women’s night time commuting. The post The Last Mile Home: Nights Shifts And T...

The Female Consciousness In Virginia Woolf And Jean Rhy...

Where does the female consciousness exist in modernist literature? The idea of ‘space’ as a metaphysical concept manifests in mani...

Acting “Legally” Grown-Up: What The Judiciary’s Old-Fas...

Instead of starting conversations on consent, SRHR and sex education, Y.K. versus Government of NCT of Delhi perpetuated rigid soc...

The ‘Perfect Period’ Myth: How Social Media Is Monetizi...

Menstrual wellness is not just health awareness anymore but has become a monetised lifestyle category. The post The ‘Perfect Perio...

Anger, Laughter And Survival: A Dalit feminist Reading ...

'Karukku' demonstrates that survival itself can be a political action through the means of memory, anger, humour, and resistance. ...

The Small, Everyday Acts Of Living In Agreement With My...

My most feminist acts demand introspecting the self and suspending indifference, both towards the internal dialogue and the extern...

Is The Gig Economy Empowering Indian Women Or Just Repa...

An increasing number of Indian women have been seeking the wage work over the last few decades. The post Is The Gig Economy Empowe...

My Feminist Joy: Unlearning Body Shame In A Girls’ Coll...

My feminist joy is the peace I felt when I finally said no.  The post My Feminist Joy: Unlearning Body Shame In A Girls’ College  ...

Your Guide to Galentine’s Day

Ah, Valentine’s Day—a holiday characterized by love, romance and boxes of chocolate filled with more flavors than anyone could nam...

10 Forgotten Realities of Early Live Television Broadca...

Early television was an experimental medium that required crews to invent solutions for problems that no longer exist in the digit...

10 New Shark Secrets That Recently Dropped

Sharks have a lot of curious eyes upon them. Scientists love to follow and film these animals wherever they go, making fascinating...

Top 10 Historical Disasters Caused by Someone Calling i...

We all know the feeling: your alarm doesn’t go off, your boss is breathing down your neck, and you suddenly wonder if calling in s...

10 Everyday Activities That Secretly Alter Consciousnes...

Altered states of consciousness are often linked to drugs and shamans, but the truth is that the mind can be changed by lots of th...

10 “Modern” Problems with Surprising Historical Analogs

Many of the challenges we face today feel entirely unprecedented, driven by digital technology and a hyper-connected world. Howeve...

10 Extreme Laws That Tried to Engineer Society

Governments often view the law not just as a set of rules, but as a tool for radical social engineering. History is filled with in...

10 Box Office Bombs That We Should Have Predicted in 20...

It’s always tragic when a movie loses money. The event can lead to industry workers losing jobs, projects being shelved, and studi...

The Animal Kingdom’s 10 Greatest Dance Moves

As far as human history is concerned, no one knows exactly how far back the practice of dancing goes. However, the Bhimbetka rock ...

10 Dark Details of the “Bodies in the Barrels” Murders

In the quiet northern suburbs of Adelaide, a group of men led by the charismatic yet deeply disturbed John Bunting spent much of t...