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Manifestation of Internalized Misogyny – The “Pick Me” and NLOGs

The world has always been and still is hell bent upon pitting women against each other. From representation in pop culture to day to day conversations that we have, misogyny  is so ingrained in us that we often fail to recognize when we are being unreasonable. That it is self deprecating and toxic to women all around the world. That it sets back women’s rights further back. That we are part of the problem. Internalized misogyny manifests itself in multiple forms. We will talk about some of them. Continue reading Manifestation of Internalized Misogyny – The “Pick Me” and NLOGs

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Periods – To Leave or Not To Leave ?

Recently, Zomato introduced period leaves in the workplace. Now this is not something novel and there have been many companies who have done this in the past. But since people are spending too much time on social media due to the lock down, the topic gained traction like wildfire. People of all genders have expressed their opinion on the topic. A lot of them have … Continue reading Periods – To Leave or Not To Leave ?

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COVID – 19 will come to an end but will our madness ever?

Amidst the lockdown, quarantine and pandemic fears, I’ve had a lot of time to reflect and think about life in general. One thing that has been itching inside of me is what I have chosen to write about today. Each one of us has at some point or the other had this thought, “This is important, I can do other things later” for their work, … Continue reading COVID – 19 will come to an end but will our madness ever?

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Bullying : Facts, Identification and How to deal with it

I recently came across the word “Bullycide”. It is a very interesting term used to describe suicides that are caused due to bullying. Now here is a statement that really hit me- “The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) states that almost 45,000 deaths occur from suicide each year. There are about 100 attempts of suicide to every 1 successful suicide” – Bullying Statistics So, if … Continue reading Bullying : Facts, Identification and How to deal with it

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#MeToo, but why the frenzy?

Tanushree Dutta spoke up against Nana Patekar in the year 2008. She was attacked by local people for walking out of a scene she was not comfortable with. Cut to today, she spoke again and this time (thanks to social media and an ongoing contemporary movement) it stirred up a movement called #MeToo. The rightful objective of this movement is to provide survivors (men, women, … Continue reading #MeToo, but why the frenzy?

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Another Feminism 101 (There will be more until you get it right)

  You must have read a million pieces about feminism. I have too. But I feel there is still a HUGE amount of debate over the word being feminism and a lot of people still shy away from identifying themselves as feminists. I can’t imagine why would an educated person say that they believe in equality but they are not feminists. Maybe they are unaware … Continue reading Another Feminism 101 (There will be more until you get it right)

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