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PadMan, Patriarchy and the Poor Man’s Innovation: Tannistha Samantha and Mukta Gundi

28/02/2018 J Devika 3 Comments

This is a guest post by TANNISTHA SAMAMTHA and MUKTA GUNDI

 

With the success of “PadMan”, Akshay Kumar has established himself to be a bleeding-heart ‘feminist’. News channels are pouring praises for a film that introduces a ‘bold’ topic while regurgitating the crucial link between safe menstrual practices and women’s health. While the message is old (and important), the euphoria around it is new. Continue reading PadMan, Patriarchy and the Poor Man’s Innovation: Tannistha Samantha and Mukta Gundi →

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RSS KAFILA – COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006

  • SIR must be stopped until reconsidered and reworked – Jury report on public hearing in Delhi
  • Deal With the Problem, Not the Activists; Control Polluters, Not Those Demanding Accountability! – NACEJ
  • India Under Modi: Shrinking Democracy, Growing Inequalities – Professor Atul Kohli
  • Crime Foretold? Part 2 – Dileep Movies and the Normalisation of Putrid Jokes: Gayatri Devi
  • Crime Foretold? Part 1 – Dileep Movies, Conspiracies, “Quotation Rapes”, and Rape Culture
  • Delhi Declaration: Reject SIR, Reclaim Universal Adult Franchise
  • An Open Letter to Bhavana and Some Reflections on the Hostile Responses to it: Althea Women’s Friendship
  • “SIR” Is a Process of Mass Disenfranchisement
  • The Elite Criminal Man and the Self-Curated Criminal Man: Criminality and Misogyny in the Dileep Case
  • Beware of Aadhaar – A Warning on India’s Biometric Identity Model: Statement by Organizations and Concerned Individuals

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RSS KAFILA – COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006

  • SIR must be stopped until reconsidered and reworked – Jury report on public hearing in Delhi
  • Deal With the Problem, Not the Activists; Control Polluters, Not Those Demanding Accountability! – NACEJ
  • India Under Modi: Shrinking Democracy, Growing Inequalities – Professor Atul Kohli
  • Crime Foretold? Part 2 – Dileep Movies and the Normalisation of Putrid Jokes: Gayatri Devi
  • Crime Foretold? Part 1 – Dileep Movies, Conspiracies, “Quotation Rapes”, and Rape Culture
  • Delhi Declaration: Reject SIR, Reclaim Universal Adult Franchise
  • An Open Letter to Bhavana and Some Reflections on the Hostile Responses to it: Althea Women’s Friendship
  • “SIR” Is a Process of Mass Disenfranchisement
  • The Elite Criminal Man and the Self-Curated Criminal Man: Criminality and Misogyny in the Dileep Case
  • Beware of Aadhaar – A Warning on India’s Biometric Identity Model: Statement by Organizations and Concerned Individuals

RSS KAFILA – COLLECTIVE EXPLORATIONS SINCE 2006

  • SIR must be stopped until reconsidered and reworked – Jury report on public hearing in Delhi
  • Deal With the Problem, Not the Activists; Control Polluters, Not Those Demanding Accountability! – NACEJ
  • India Under Modi: Shrinking Democracy, Growing Inequalities – Professor Atul Kohli
  • Crime Foretold? Part 2 – Dileep Movies and the Normalisation of Putrid Jokes: Gayatri Devi
  • Crime Foretold? Part 1 – Dileep Movies, Conspiracies, “Quotation Rapes”, and Rape Culture
  • Delhi Declaration: Reject SIR, Reclaim Universal Adult Franchise
  • An Open Letter to Bhavana and Some Reflections on the Hostile Responses to it: Althea Women’s Friendship
  • “SIR” Is a Process of Mass Disenfranchisement
  • The Elite Criminal Man and the Self-Curated Criminal Man: Criminality and Misogyny in the Dileep Case
  • Beware of Aadhaar – A Warning on India’s Biometric Identity Model: Statement by Organizations and Concerned Individuals
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