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Nearly half of the global population is of voting age, with women comprising half of the electorate, yet they remain underrepresented in political power at national and local levels.
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The world celebrates Women’s Day on March 8 every year. This issue of the magazine and the cover aren’t acts of tokenism. They are acts of resistance. Of mediation and meditation. We aren’t Cinderellas.
Being colourless became a way of life in a profession where words, law, logic, analytical thought, and articulation played an important role
Angelica Dass is the creator of the acclaimed Humanæ Project, a collection of portraits-in-progress that reveal the diversity in the beauty of human skin colour and stands as an extraordinary global anti-racist testimony.
Growing older gives you perspective and hindsight. You have a long trajectory to look back on and learn life lessons
Many ageing Bollywood actors get to play romantic leads and action heroes, but actresses still grapple with ageism and gender bias
It can be a threat. It can be almost impossible to find work, no matter how good your portfolio is
From young girls to aging women, the beauty imperative holds everyone in its thrall. If such conditions give rise to body anxieties in many women, it leads others toward body dysmorphia where they imagine that their bodies are in some way abnormal.
Billboards on ageing and ‘regaining’ youth are everywhere advertisements promise to turn back time. The message is loud and clear: ageing is a disaster that affects women far more than men. Wake up and panic, ladies. Or else, fade away into old age and oblivion.
In an ideal society, we will not need the freedom of extreme choice to change the way we look. There will be no pressure on us to look perfect.
The ubiquitousness of digital technology, deemed as a harbinger of newer communication technology and freedom of expression, has led to stricter regulation of women’s bodies and the singularisation of feminine beauty standards.
Criteria to determine beauty have been challenged by feminists across the world, but some feel it can be liberating.
The queer community is facing pressure to conform to cis-normative beauty standards established by patriarchal societies and the cosmetics industry
Despite gaunt bodies, sagging breasts and stomachs, goddesses present us with powerful images of old women
Beauty standards and emotional eating: much better tastes await us
There are product ranges to suit every pocket. No part of the ageing universe is neglected; no woman is meant to remain content with how she looks
The upheaval in Sandeshkhali has exposed Trinamool Congress’ continued trouble with corruption
How a writer rediscovered the power, movement and reimagination of language while translating her father’s biography of pop queen and singing legend Usha Uthup.
Beyond the philosophical interpretations of beauty, the conventional standard of measuring beauty by societal norms is just a myth
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The day-long conclave discussed challenges in the digital era, legal hurdles and funding for independent media among other pressing issues.
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