Not Just a ‘Kink’, Here’s The Feminist Side of BDSM!

Pop culture can be both a positive and negative influence on public perception — and in the case of BDSM, it has been the latter. In the wake of (the baffling) success of the 50 Shades of Grey series, the act of BDSM, of sexual kinks, has…

How Bollywood’s Representation Of Transgender People Is Downright Horrifying

As an Indian kid, and a keen lover of popular culture, growing up in the late 1990s and 2000s was a perplexing time — because the pop culture I consumed gave me some warped ideas in terms of gender…

‘Girls To The Front’: The ’90s Music Movement That Made Feminism Punk Rock

When members of Russian band Pussy Riot protested against President Vladimir Putin government at a Moscow church in 2012, it was as if time had folded back on itself, to the Riot Grrrl movement of the…

Vaginal Shaping Is Now A Thing, And It’s Getting Really Popular. But We Wonder Why

[envoke_twitter_link]Vontouring is the newest new thing on the market[/envoke_twitter_link]. And no, it’s not some exotic way to go mountain climbing, it stands for vaginal contouring, a…

Because There Is No One Way Of Being A ‘Girl’: 90s Cartoons That Taught Me Just That

Editor’s Note: Before TV-loving little girls got schooled in one-dimensional femininity from movies rated PG13 and up, male-centric cartoons like ‘TaleSpin’, ‘Dexter’s Laboratory’…

A Video Game Introduced A Trans Character And This Is The Shocking Response It Got

Privilege, thy name is entitled gamer.

With the gaming world coming perilously close to representing the real world with actual real people (and I’m not just…

From Queen Latifah to Spice Girls: How 90s Pop Music Talked Feminism

Editor’s Note: Before the 90s, women in music were either singing mostly about their heartbreak or longing surrounding men (like Whitney Houston or Joni Mitchell), or, became ‘sex symbols’ and essentially had to…

A ‘Manly’ Cream: The Hugely Problematic Way Skincare Products Are Sold Today

It’s ridiculous to think that so many things in the world have been divvied up between the sexes. In the Blue Corner — video games, sports, beers and the pure sciences. In the Pink Corner — clothes…