Posts tagged gender inequality

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

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

Sarah Palin - Quite an Expected Pick...

By Prerna on August 29, 2008
Sarah Palin – Quite an Expected Pick but No Cracks in the Glass Ceiling

If you are like me and believe that politics is merely simulation, a female politician picked up for the McCain vice-presidential ticket should come as no surprise. Barack Obama gave John McCain an opening by not picking Hillary Clinton, and he expectedly capitalized... [+]

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29Aug

'Fair and Lovely' No More -...

By Prerna on August 27, 2008
‘Fair and Lovely’ No More – Bollywood Star blasts Fairness Products

Accolades for Akki – Bollywood star Akshay Kumar slams ‘fairness products’ and endorsers of such products at a news conference. Rani Mukerji, Priyanka Chopra, Bipasha Basu, Konkona Sen Sharma are all the dusky leading ladies of Bollywood that may have succumbed to the ‘Fair and Lovely’... [+]

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27Aug

Feminization of Migrant Labor -...

By Prerna on July 2, 2008
Feminization of Migrant Labor – Situating Migrant Women in a more Global Context

There is no doubt that women bear the brunt of the toughest and lowest-paying jobs (not to mention UNPAID housework). From sewing garments in sweltering factories to changing dirty diapers to wiping counters to doing the dishes to serving as “sex slaves” — the overwhelming... [+]

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02Jul