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Activism

Staying Vigilant As Women Being Persecuted For Peaceful Dissent In India

In targeted attacks on activists, Indian authorities have been trying to strategically erase any space for dissent, primarily through the oppressive sedition and anti-terror laws. A staggering number of women are being framed in trumped up charges and even being jailed.

by Akshi Singh

7 min read

Politics

What Kind Of Vice President Will Harris Be In The Eyes Of Feminists?

Kamala Harris is the second-in-command of the world’s most powerful nation with immense influence to attenuate the racial, gender, and economic inequalities of the present and potentially, herald a just and fair future for all. How should feminists respond to Harris taking over as VIce President?

by Sanjana Pegu

5 min read

Legal

The Historical Baggage Of ‘Due Process’

The rule of law is not an egalitarian concept and its history demonstrates that it not underlain by gender neutrality.

by Nandita Saikia

5 min read

Satire

A Step by Step Guide On How to Discredit a Protest

"This is not a work of fiction. Any similarities to persons living or dead, or actual events is purely intentional. However, this is sarcasm and is not to be taken literally as accusations against anybody."

by Joyona Medhi

5 min read

Technology

How Online Exam Surveillance Exposes Students to Predatory Proctors and Heightened Anxiety

With pandemic stress already taking a heavy toll on students' mental health, why were they obliged to use a technology that hadn't gone through adequate testing and exposed them to predatory proctors during exams?

by Mythily Nair

5 min read

intimate partner violence

My Abuser is Still Out There Basking in the Glory of His Fake Image

Narcissists always seek relationships with a power imbalance in their favour. They create an illusion of equality and free choice when all the while, they are really controlling their victims, grooming them to make choices that are essentially the narcissist’s own.

by Dyuti Sudipta

7 min read

Emotional Abuse

Being My Mother’s Therapist Ruined My Childhood

In this emotional role reversal, I had to keep sacrificing my own childhood needs for attention, comfort, and guidance so that I could accommodate and care for my mother’s emotional needs. This is nothing short of emotional abuse.

by Smashboard Admin

5 min read

Podcast

Therapy Tuesday- Podcast

Listen to our fortnightly podcast for conversations about mental health from a feminist perspective.

by Smashboard Admin

1 min read

Interview

Fat Women Should Not Have To Shrink Themselves Or Their Bodies To Be Loved

"Growing up, I actually believed I had to lose weight to find someone and I honestly did put out a lot of energy in trying to lose weight. And I think that was the biggest mistake I made."~ Amena Aziz, Plus Size Fashion Blogger in an interview to Smashboard.

by Smashboard Admin

5 min read

Friendships

How Can We Foster Friendships Between Girls And Women Without Falling For Sexist Stereotypes?

Patriarchy is constantly creating new ideals for girls/women to live up to and then pushing us to shame each other for not fitting the moulds perfectly or for rejecting them altogether. Ejecting these toxic ideals can make our friendships flourish!

by Smashboard Admin

2 min read

Bodily Autonomy

Raising Women's Minimum Marriage Age Is A Harmful Patriarchal Non-solution To Some Real Problems

Increased access to education, better nutrition, and greater access to family planning services are more likely to tackle the problem than increasing the age of marriage.

by Akshi Singh

3 min read

Surveillance

The Cost of Safety. Surveillance Will Not Keep Women Safe

Sanctions for surveillance of women’s bodies are often rationalised as being for their own safety and well-being, such as in this case. But surveillance not only fails to keep women safe, it produces its own kind of violence.

by Radhika Radhakrishnan

6 min read

Sex

Why We Need To Stop Overrating Penetrative Sex.

Overrating penetrative sex (coitus/intercourse) contributes to a culture that invalidates all kinds of extremely pleasurable and perfectly normal ways of having sex.

by Noopur Tiwari

1 min read

Social Media

What Can We Learn From The Social Media Outrage Over 'Madam Chief Minister'?

When Richa Chadha, the leading actor of the film 'Madam Chief Minister' tweeted to reveal the poster of the film, it made many furious. But Chadha felt she was being targeted for no reason.

by Noopur Tiwari

3 min read

Feminist praxis

What Kind Of Power Do Feminists Want?

Feminists do not fight for patriarchal domination nor for the reversal of any kind of corrupt power. Feminist power is not authoritarian. It is regenerative.

by Noopur Tiwari

3 min read