Safecity Monthly Updates – December 2021
Safecity is committed to creating safer communities for everyone. Our goal is to empower citizens by helping them understand the potential risks they could face in different neighbourhoods. We can do this by sharing our experiences or others anonymously and make these stories [...]Read more
Fatphobia as a Gendered Issue: How Fatphobia Affects Women Disproportionately
By Disha Sarna Fatphobia can be defined as the fear of fatness, but in a more colloquial sense, it is the prejudice held against fat people simply because of their weight. Although society has always had perceptions of an ideal body type, the notion of fatphobia has [...]Read more
Does Sexism obstruct Brain Research?
By Nidhi Bajpai One of the challenges of studying gender differences has been accounting for the role of culture. Women, even today, are expected to remain confined to the four walls of the house. Working outside home is considered a highway road for them. If one chooses [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Updates – November 2021
Safecity is committed to creating safer communities for everyone. Our goal is to empower citizens by helping them understand the potential risks they could face in different neighbourhoods. We can do this by sharing our experiences or others anonymously and make these stories [...]Read more
Social Causes of The Declining Mental Health of Indian Women
By Akanksha Pandey Samdosha, Samagnischa, Samadhatumalkriya; Prasannatmendriyamanah, Swastha iti abhidhiyate (Sushrut [...]Read more
Gender Politics in Gaming: The Othering of Women in a Male-Dominated Space
By Imaan Haque In recent years, the gaming industry has seen an exponential boom. Video games are becoming exceedingly popular, even more so with the release of free to play massively multiplayer online role-playing games (MMORPGs) and battle royale games for easily [...]Read more
Afghan women and the advent of Taliban
By Akanksha Pandey TW// Mention of death “One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roof, or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.” Afghan-American novelist Khaled Hosseini’s poignant ode to the conflict-ravaged nation, translated from Saib-e-Tabrizi’s [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Updates – October 2021
Safecity is committed to creating safer communities for everyone. Our goal is to empower citizens by helping them understand the potential risks they could face in different neighbourhoods. We can do this by sharing our experiences or others anonymously and make these stories [...]Read more
A Feminist Perspective on the Olympics
By Disha Sarna Olympics are important in feminist discourse because they challenge the ideas of traditional femininity, showcase women’s strength and highlight key ideas in feminism like intersectionality and inclusion. Surprisingly, when the Olympics started in 1894, only [...]Read more
The Portrayal of Women, Gender and Sexuality in Disney Movies
By Disha Sarna Disney is a staple in the media that children have devoured for a very long time. Children with access to television, phone or a storybook are very well-versed with the stories of Cinderella (1950), Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Snow White (1937). The fact [...]Read more