Gender Portrayals
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Women are as capable of terrible atrocities – but gender stereotypes help them get away in trials
If women are treated as less capable in one regard – even one that involves horrible atrocities – it could extend to other realms, too.
Jessica Trisko Darden, The Conversation & Izabela Steflja, The Conversation
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Punjab: Rapper Honey Singh booked for objectionable lyrics in his song ‘Makhna’
The Punjab Women Commission had filed a complaint against the singer for allegedly using ‘vulgar lyrics against women’.
Scroll Staff
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This Women’s Day, let us retire phrases like ‘I’m not like other girls’
Tara Anand and Ellie Lee’s Instagram project helps women stop criticising members of their own gender.
Zinnia Ray Chaudhuri
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Questions arise when police arrest Mohammed Zubair, but not Nupur Sharma, says retired SC judge
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A remarkably opulent country: Observations of the first American to write a book on India
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India’s mass closure of schools is leaving lakhs of students stranded
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‘Dr. Arora’ trailer: Web series takes a humorous look at sexual problems
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The big news: Mahua Moitra booked for comments on Hindu deity Kaali, and nine other top stories
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Why are women accused of witchcraft? A study in rural China provides some clue
Most anthropologists believe witch labelling has evolved to get people to conform. But new research suggests an alternative explanation.
Ruth Mace, The Conversation
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Video: This is how Meghan Markle became a champion for gender equality at the age of 11
Even as a young girl in school, the American TV and film actress refused to accept the notion that a woman’s place is in the kitchen.
Scroll Staff
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The first rule of a female character’s entry into the movie frame: she must be second to the male
Men stride into the scene, while women are either already there or come in as an afterthought.
Damini Kulkarni
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Watch: Car stuck precariously over crevasse near Manali rescued to safety by other travellers
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Watch: Drivers play football on highway as protests against high fuel prices block traffic
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Watch: Fan celebrates cricketer Dinesh Karthik’s captaincy with portrait made of 600 Rubik’s cubes
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Paris: Protestors demonstrate against US Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe vs Wade
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Watch: This cable TV channel only dubs Korean shows in Kannada for local audiences
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Bengali hit ‘Praktan’ valourises the past while ignoring the excesses of the present
The regressive portrayal of Rituparna Sengupta’s character makes for difficult viewing.
Chandrima Pal
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Witches of Westeros: using and subverting the witch trope in Game of Thrones
While Game of Thrones author George RR Martin openly draws on medieval and early modern history, his subversive depictions of witchcraft make his female characters both intriguing and powerful.
Sheilagh O\'Brien, The Conversation