Feministaah

  At some point in the march of the women’s movement, the word ‘housewife’ became politically incorrect and was replaced by ‘homemaker’. Women who did not have careers, or rather,…

The first collection of humour by women that came out in 1976 was called Titters. Because well-bred women did not laugh loudly in polite company, they put their hands over their…

“I do not wish women to have power over men; but over themselves.” Mary Wollstonecraft encapsulated the essence of feminism in these words, before the term was even coined. The…

No matter how many times you see it, the scene when a green Thunderbird soars into a canyon taking the two women in it to certain death, the eyes mist…

When asked about feminism, Dolly Parton said to a TV show host, that she was the first woman to burn her bra, and it took the fire department three days…

While the world hunkered down and prayed for relief from the pandemic, Isabel Allende wrote a slim book titled, The Soul Of A Woman, which encapsulates her experiences and observations…

The suburban housing society where I grew up was cosmopolitan, populated by young couples with children around the same age, so when we were not at school or playing outside,…

Oscar history has been made this year, when two women, Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell, have been nominated in the Best Director Category; Zhao also being the first non white…

Walk into a toy shop and most will have his and hers toys for kids, starting gender conditioning young. Among the pink-wrapped packages for girls, there will be a kitchen…

Men win glory in the march of history, and the contribution of women is often forgotten. Whether it is India’s struggle for Independence or the World Wars, women not just…