Posts in Gender

Cover Up Kareena!

By Prerna on November 15, 2009
Cover Up Kareena!

Never one to be a Kareena Kapoor fan (let alone a Saifeena one), when the Shiv Sena took out a ‘morcha’ against the new poster of Kareena in Kurbaan, with her back in nude, I momentarily agreed to not just cover her back but the... [+]

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15Nov

House Passes BailOut of Insurance...

By Prerna on November 7, 2009
House Passes BailOut of Insurance Companies Bill

The House of Representatives passed H.R. 3962 (Affordable Health Care for America Act) known here as a bailout for private insurance companies, in what is lauded as a victory for Obama and health care in America. I’ll be damned. The only worthwhile compromise is that the... [+]

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07Nov

Short Story - Discovering Sex...

By Prerna on May 21, 2009
Short Story – Discovering Sex Through Crossword Puzzles

I have decided to share a short story from my life every week so that my readers and friends would get to know me better and get some insight on how I grew up. Maybe I should do a Videoblog, but I am camera shy. This... [+]

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21May

No on 8 - Taking to the Streets!...

By Prerna on November 6, 2008
No on 8 – Taking to the Streets! Viva La Revolution! The Second Stonewall is Underway.

First they came for the Communists, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn’t speak up, because I wasn’t a Jew. Then they came for the Catholics, ... [+]

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06Nov

This Gay Marriage (Proposition 8)...

By Prerna on November 1, 2008
This Gay Marriage (Proposition 8) Ban Better Not Pass

See your Halloween No on 8 pumpkin here! I am adamantly set against the idea of marriage. And the idea of my community co-opting the heteronormative institution of marriage and effectively saving it from ‘dying out,’ is a bit irritating. Let the straight people of the... [+]

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01Nov

Criminalizing HomoSexuality: The...

By Prerna on October 16, 2008
Criminalizing HomoSexuality: The Delhi High Court Gets it … When will 40% of California?

What do you expect when you openly put up a sign that screams ‘bigot?’ Well, it gets called what it is – (IT WASN’T ME, I CAN SPELL AND WON’T BE FOUND DEAD/ALIVE IN ORANGE COUNTY) While the battle is heating up in California, some mad props... [+]

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16Oct

Menstrual Blood Banks - Viable?

By Prerna on September 10, 2008
Menstrual Blood Banks – Viable?

It turns out that scientists, from a culture that derides the menstrual cycle of women, have discovered that ‘period blood’ is “a good source of stem cells…that can develop into any nine different types of cells, including heart, lung, nerve and muscles.” So now, there... [+]

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10Sep

EU putting an end to 'sexist...

By Prerna on September 7, 2008
EU putting an end to ’sexist adverts’

I don’t know how I feel about this. Are we going to get women bodybuilders as opposed to men, commercials about Viagra with women, and male models in facial cosmetic adverts? That would be a nice change, it may actually spark conversation about the social... [+]

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07Sep