The Woman Condition
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It's not cool to say the F-word anymore. And feminists, you're to blame for it
In 2016, we’re still wondering why feminists hate men, want to be un-feminine.
Genesia Alves
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Why can't women be like men (especially when it helps them reclaim public spaces)?
Women should mimic the way men use space rather than accommodate their usurping of it.
Genesia Alves
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There is no winning the Objectification Olympics. Sexual rivalry is a lose-lose situation, ladies
Seeding sexual rivalry amongst women has been pure gold for the double standards of the patriarchy.
Genesia Alves
Trending
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A journalist examines the similarities and the differences between Indians and Pakistanis today
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Does India really benefit from NRIs heading the world’s new-age empires?
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The unsolved mystery of the fake PMO officer in Kashmir
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Court rejects plea seeking FIR against Rahul Gandhi’s Cambridge University speech
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Calls for an environment-friendly Ramzan revive Islam’s long tradition of caring for the planet
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The sisterhood of the secret stash: Indian women are scrambling to salvage their savings
Watching women walk on eggshells after confessing to the existence of their hidden stashes is infuriating.
Genesia Alves
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Wanted: A film star to help change the average Indian male’s attitude to women
For a role model can help influence how young men and boys behave towards women.
Genesia Alves
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How to approach a woman: Be cool, Indian dude bros, be cool
Why do Indian men come across as arrogant or smarmy or gauche and just not equipped how to talk to women they find attractive?
Genesia Alves
Video
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Watch: SUV is stranded in the middle of a river, passengers have to be rescued
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‘Can you feel it?’ Watch Jennifer Aniston and Jimmy Fallon guess what’s inside mystery box
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Watch: Massive fire breaks out in a factory in Gujarat’s Valsad, huge plume of smoke covers the sky
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Caught on camera: The moment when a train collided with a bus at a railway crossing in Bangladesh
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‘A reporter is arrested under a law meant for terrorists...’: A newspaper editor on press freedom
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Celebrating sisterhood: A strong network of women is good for society as a whole
For such are the women who breed, bolster and rely on powerful men as equals in their everyday lives.
Genesia Alves
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Why are housewives so undervalued (even by other women)?
When art and literature turn their lens on the drudgery of housewifery, it can be elevating.
Genesia Alves
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SlutWalks and short skirts: When (and how) a woman’s modesty became linked to her clothes
Any enforcement of women’s modesty is proof of the failure of that culture.
Genesia Alves
The Reel
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‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ review: Even higher stakes and crazier action
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Watch: Oppression and rebellion in Independence-era drama ‘August 16 1947’
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‘Gumraah’ trailer: Crime thriller stars Aditya Roy Kapur in a double role, Mrunal Thakur as a cop
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How OP Nayyar was one of the original disruptors of Hindi film music
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Watch: The blunder years in ‘School College Ani Life’ starring Tejasswi Prakash, Karan Parab
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Boobjectification: A few things Indian men really must learn about breasts
Lesson No. 1: Buying a bra comes with its own learning curve.
Genesia Alves
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Blame it on the Brazilian: Why do Indians attach such a premium to hairlessness?
In her new column, Genesia Alves considers our obsession with depilation down there.
Genesia Alves