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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
Women as Entrepreneurs and Small Business Owners
By Disha Sarna Over the past few decades, the rise of women entrepreneurs has been exponential, with women owning 37% of the enterprises globally, according to Harvard Business Review. It also reports that more than 200 million women have been actively participating in [...]Read more
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities
By Nivea Jain While the social dimensions of gender inequality are well documented and analyzed, its spatial dimension, i.e., how gender inequality shapes our physical spaces, remains largely unexplored. The generations of patriarchal and misogynistic outlook about gender [...]Read more
The Indian Red-Letter Days
By Akanksha Pandey Menstruation, while the dictionary defines it as, “a cyclical discharging of blood secretions, and tissue debris from the uterus that recurs in non-pregnant breeding-age primate females”, its societal definition has little to do with these complex [...]Read more
The Matilda Effect in Academia and STEM
The Matilda Effect is essentially the consistent underrepresentation of women scientists due to incongruence between gender roles and scientific roles. The term was coined in the 19th century when Matilda J Gage, a feminist activist, talked about the constant lack of recognition [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Updates – June 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 neighborhoods. We can do this by sharing data about the experiences of others and making these stories [...]Read more
The Pride Month Golden Narrative: The Madras HC Judgement By Justice Venkatesh Instills Hope Among The LGBTQIA+ Community
Sushama and Another v. Commissioner of Police and others is a case that is drawing our attention and that too for all the right reasons. A briefing of the case: The solicitors were a lesbian couple who fled from their respective homes after their parents rejected their [...]Read more
Societal notions of motherhood and its impact on women
The experience of childbearing is often described as amazing and joyous, going as far as labeling it the heyday for women. It is of course a moment of elation to finally see their baby, after carrying the child for nine months in their womb. While the prospect of being a new [...]Read more
Safecity Monthly Updates – May 2021
Safecity Monthly Updates – May 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 neighborhoods. We can do this by sharing data about the experiences of [...]Read more