Deepa Gahlot

If a woman does not fit the groove society has set for her, she is demonised, like the real Hillary was, and continues to be.

The word 'Bobbitt' — today synonymous with penis removal — has its origin in the story of Lorena Bobbitt, who chopped the 'appendage' of ...Read More

V.I. Warshawsk and Kinsey Millhone (both created in 1982) were the first to not play second fiddle to male detectives. Difficult early li...Read More

The term ‘male gaze’ was coined by Laura Mulvey in her 1975 essay, Visual Pleasure and Narrative Cinema — which, to put it simply, meant ...Read More

On March 11, at his sentencing hearing, he was sentenced to 23 years in prison.

Another International Women’s Day whizzed past (the first was observed on March 8, in 1914 and in different forms in other countries befo...Read More

At the recently awarded Oscars, Renee Zellweger won Best Actress for the film Judy, in which she played to perfection the role of Ho...Read More

Every society, across time, sees a Hedda/Hardit － the maladjusted woman wilfully seeking self-identity

Pack Horse Library initiative was part of Roosevelt’s Works Progress Govt, created to help lift US out of Great Depression

Women filmmakers and talented actresses exist, what is lacking are the opportunities

Sona Mohapatra was furious because she found that female singers were not being invited to perform at music festivals, the excuse being –...Read More

Watching the film The Souvenir at the MAMI Film Festival by Joanna Hogg, about a woman unable to get out of a toxic relationshi...Read More

The British TV series, Fleabag, swept some major awards at the Emmys this year—the show about a thirty-something woman called F...Read More