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Social Media Influencers: Serving Classism, Selective Feminism & Monolithic Nationalism
Why do social media influencers fail to use their influence to challenge structures of caste, class, and gender, and often continue to perpetuate existing power structures that they benefit from.
Sumangali Prarthanai: Where Patriarchy Meets Tradition
Sumangali Prarthanai is a ritual performed in South Indian Brahmin homes before ceremonious occasions like a marriage, thread ceremony, or a women’s death before her husband.
The ‘Aunty’ Body And All That Follows
In the Indian imagination, an ‘Aunty’ is a middle-aged, usually fat woman who is married and has children. Young women, especially unmarried ones, either do not want to associate with the term or are expected to steer clear of it.