You Are Not A Feminist If You Expect Women To Be “Perfect”

Feminism isn’t about judging women who do not fit into our idea of perfection. It is about celebrating every woman just the way she is.
Feminism isn’t about judging women who do not fit into our idea of perfection. It is about celebrating every woman just the way she is.
There is no escape for women from being judged for their life decisions- be it something as trivial as their clothes to the important ones as marriage or career.
Society loves to police the way a woman sits, and when and whose presence. But why is that so?
When it comes to the pressure to socialise, women have it worse than men.
For conservative individuals, feminism is acceptable when it advocates women empowerment within the constraints of patriarchy.
Incidences of violence in which husbands have allegedly killed their wives over social media usage, tell us the same old tale of male entitlement, toxic masculinity and stereotyping which we are yet to tackle effectively.
If you’re an Indian and a girl, you would very well know how opinionated this society is. The cherry on the cake is that the self-appointed caretakers of the society would share their opinions, suggestions, or more correctly, taunts, even when you don’t ask for them. And what a girl is wearing is one of […]
Nighties have gradually risen to be the clothing of choice for women, especially among middle-class women from small towns, where pyjamas and shorts are still a big no-no. For these women, a nightie or gown or maxi is a symbol of personal freedom, within their constrained existence in the society or their own house. A nighty therefore […]
In Nairobi, smoking zones are seeing an absence of women. The five smoking zones that are present in the city centre are all are filled with men puffing away. Women in Nairobi find it uncomfortable to go into the smoking zones – they feel that it isn’t safe to do so. Women also get these ‘looks’ […]