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February 11 was the 60th death anniversary of Sylvia Plath, one of the most admired and influential poets of the 20th century, who, through her poems, short stories and sole novel, The Bell…

On the current New York Times best sellers list is a book by Tori Dunlap titled Financial Feminist: Overcome the Patriarchy’s Patriarchy’s Bullsh*t to Master Your Money and Build a Life You Love. It has…

The brouhaha over the colour of the bikini worn in a song from an upcoming film, misses the more important issue of the way a woman is made to look…

December 16 happens to be the birth anniversary of Jane Austen, one of the most famous writers of her time. She died at the age of 41, leaving six full-length…

As the country watches the ghoulish drama of a man, who killed and dismembered his girlfriend, issues of domestic violence and society’s lack of awareness and support come up again.…

Five years ago, reporters from the New York Times dropped a bombshell by exposing sexual harassment in Hollywood, with Harvey Weinstein’s misconduct being just a tip of the deeply misogynistic iceberg. The difficult…

In 1958, when ordinary women were not expected or encouraged to have adventures, American novelist Paul Gallico created the character of a London cleaning woman, Ada Harris—or ‘Arris in Cockney lingo–who…

Angela Lansbury passed away at the age of 97, in October, after a prolific career in films, television and the stage, studded with awards and accolades. Active to the very…

The culture, evolution, values, social attitudes of a society so often rest on the clothes people—particularly women—wear. In Iran, people are out in the streets protesting the hijab forced on…

There are two minor miracles here: one that The Woman King, a film with a predominantly Black female cast was greenlit by a Hollywood studio, and two that it has opened to terrific box-office response.…