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How Not To Talk About ‘Women’s Safety’ In Public Spaces

·April 15, 2020
·Curated Content

The only thing this language achieves (and maybe it is also the goal), is to create enough panic so that women themselves police and restrict their own mobility and whereabouts, and keep themselves away from public spaces whenever possible.

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Why We Still Need Campaigns Like The 16 Days of Activism

·December 2, 2019
·Elsa Marie D'Silva

Every year we participate in an international campaign known as “The 16 Days Campaign” which runs from 25 November (International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women) to 10 December (Human Rights Day). It is an organising strategy by individuals and organisations around the world to call for the prevention and elimination of violence against women and girls.

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Review: Unbelievable

·October 15, 2019
·Elsa Marie D'Silva

I believe that such mini-series as “Unbelievable” will help people have a better understanding of what women go through when they experience a horrific incident like rape or sexual assault.

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Against a grey background, little thought bubbles that talk about poential risks one can encounter on a blind date

Brushstrokes: Risky Date

·March 5, 2019
·Curated Content

First dates can be a source of both excitement and anxiety – the possibility of finding a connection someone new is endlessly exhilarating, but the uncertainty around what to expect can be unnerving

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Illustration of a woman dressed in black, holding her hand up in a gesture of protest

Women were being locked into a sexual conformity in a sly way.

Why We Don’t Get Consent

·November 15, 2018
·Curated Content

But here is the thing. In heterosexual relationships, how are women and men going to learn to see women’s desires if the world does not see them? If the world is shaped to conform to a certain type of man’s desires only? Where is consent without a diversity of desires and a galaxy of desirability?

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What History And Fiction Teach Us About Women And Power

·July 16, 2018
·Curated Content

This article was originally published in the NPR. January 8, 2018; TANIA LOMBROZO Two recent books, one a manifesto by British classicist and Cambridge professor Mary Beard, the other a work of fiction by novelist and game designer Naomi Alderman, address — in different ways — the difficult relationship between women and power. When are women's…

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a collage of black and white photos of women smeared in red paint who seem to be screaming metoo

How #MeToo Revealed the Central Rift Within Feminism Today

·July 16, 2018
·Curated Content

In the media and in private life, conversations about consent, hostile environments and power began, and there was a growing acknowledgment that a man’s unwanted sexual overtures were a symptom of broader social and political forces.

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Trigger Warnings and the Subversive Potential of Uncomfortable Conversations

·July 2, 2018
·Arpita Das

Giving a trigger warning helps to somewhat flatten that hierarchy by making sure the audience is okay with the content. It can also shift power to the audience who may now decide what they would like to do with that information – to stay put and listen, or to walk out.

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