Nagaland’s Dog Meat Ban Is an Exercise in Bias, Not Animal Rights

The belief that some animals can be ethically consumed, while others can't, is an irrational, arbitrary feeling that is completely subject to a person's culture, upbringing and personal tastes.

By Rajvi Desai

Who Owns The Narrative

Halle Berry Should Not Play a Trans Man Until a Trans Man Can Play Halle Berry

Queer Beat

Netherlands Announces Country’s ID Cards Will No Longer Mention a Person’s Sex

Pretty Hurts

Pink Ice in the Alps Is Not a Natural Wonder, but an Environmental Danger

Who Owns The Narrative

Halle Berry Should Not Play a Trans Man Until a Trans Man Can Play Halle Berry

It matters who controls the narrative, and how that narrative gets showcased.

By Aditi Murti

Queer Beat

Netherlands Announces Country’s ID Cards Will No Longer Mention a Person’s Sex

LGBTQIA+ advocacy groups have welcomed the change, saying it will help people who get asked unnecessary and indiscreet questions.

By Devrupa Rakshit

Pretty Hurts

Pink Ice in the Alps Is Not a Natural Wonder, but an Environmental Danger

Pink snow, or snow infested with algae, absorbs more heat from the sun's rays, causing it to melt faster.

By Aditi Murti

Never Going Away

Bubonic Plague Case Suspected in China, Officials Issue Warning

Easily treatable by antibiotics, the bubonic plague is not a relic of the past, as commonly believed.

By Rajvi Desai

The Bed Needs A Break

It’s Okay: To Not Make Sex an Important Part of Your Life

Society pushes you to either be a prude or a slut; it's okay to be neither and be perfectly happy about it.

By Aditi Murti

Nocturnal Beings

Woe Is Me! “I Simply Cannot Sleep Before the Crack of Dawn”

A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore.

By The Swaddle Team

Music As Activism

Madame Gandhi on Fourth Wave Feminism, Queer Commodification, and Tenderness in Music

"I don’t care if I lose half my followers, it better be the truth I’m speaking."

By Rajvi Desai

Summertime Sadness

The Buzz Cut: Why People Got So Obsessed With the Horrifically Bad ‘365 Days’ Movie

Plus, the revelations within Meghan Markle’s lawsuit against British tabloid media.

By Rajvi Desai

Apocalypse Now

What Makes Doomsday Preppers Brace For The Apocalypse?

For some people, the predictability of imminent danger eliminates the anxiety caused by uncertainty.

By Devrupa Rakshit

Most Vulnerable

If Water Temperatures Continue to Rise, Habitats Will Be Unlivable for 60% of Fish Species by 2100: Study

Freshwater fish — an important source of protein in the global food supply — could find themselves struggling to procreate and survive.

By Rajvi Desai

Who Is The Boss

This Is My Family: A Boss And An Employee Living Together During Lockdown

"One day, I woke up to find my boss sweeping and doing the dishes."

By Anubhuti Matta

Who Wrecks The Home?

‘Rasbhari’ Is a Tongue‑In‑Cheek Look at How We Demonize, Justify Infidelity

The series explores infidelity as a woman's war, and monogamy as a woman's protectorate.

By Aditi Murti

What Is In A Jab

Waiting for a Vaccine Cannot Be Our Pandemic Response Strategy

By Akhila Vijayaraghavan

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Color Me Shocked

Electric Shock Treatment Is Still Controversial, But Not For the Reasons People Think

“The procedure has been so horrifically portrayed in media...showing it being used in mental facilities as punishment, not for its tremendous therapeutic effects,” one researcher said.

By Rajvi Desai

No More Fifty Shades

UK Announces Ban On “Rough Sex Gone Wrong” As A Defense to Murder

Kick It Out

Study Says Football Commentators Praise Black Players For Power, White Players for Work Ethic, Leadership

Conservation Disaster

350 Elephants in Botswana Found Dead Under Mysterious Circumstances

No More Fifty Shades

UK Announces Ban On “Rough Sex Gone Wrong” As A Defense to Murder

The defense has been increasingly used by men in court to claim that the fatal injuries they inflicted upon women were the result of consensual acts.

By Devrupa Rakshit

Kick It Out

Study Says Football Commentators Praise Black Players For Power, White Players for Work Ethic, Leadership

Hearing racist descriptors from commentators also greatly influences the way fans think about these players.

By Rajvi Desai

Conservation Disaster

350 Elephants in Botswana Found Dead Under Mysterious Circumstances

“If you look at the carcasses, some of them have fallen straight on their face, indicating they died very quickly."

By Aditi Murti

Damage Control

TV Shows Are Retrospectively Removing Blackface Scenes. It’s Not Solidarity, It’s a Ploy for Relevance.

How do we deal with the problematic pop culture of the past, especially when it has entrenched itself into the nostalgic crevices of our psyche?

By Rajvi Desai

Unequal Impact

ILO: Job Losses Due to Covid19 Have Already Disproportionately Hit Women

Previous crises have shown that when women lose their jobs, their engagement with unpaid care work increases, which then makes it harder for them to re-enter the workforce.

By Anubhuti Matta

Cheats Never Prosper

EU Bars Pakistan’s National Airline After Pilots Accused of Cheating on Exams

Cheating is all too common and normalized in academic environments, both in Pakistan and in India.

By Rajvi Desai

Many Pathways To Hate

Reddit Bans 2,000 Forums For Hate‑Speech, But Bans Don’t Stop Extremist Rhetoric

Previous bans have shown that extremists don't stop being extremists when their platforms are taken away.

By Aditi Murti

Cold But Hot

The South Pole Has Warmed 3 Times Faster Than the Rest of the Planet: Study

The Pole's warming has massive implications for coastal populations all over the world.

By Anubhuti Matta

A Form of Abuse

China Is Forcibly Sterilizing Muslim Uighur Women: Report

Reproductive rights advocates have been calling out state-sponsored sterilizations as covert forms of abuse for decades.

By Rajvi Desai

Never Rest Easy

Study: People Who Believe Workplace Gender Equality Exists Are the Most Biased

In the absence of constant vigilance, inherent workplace biases against women and other genders blossom.

By Rajvi Desai

Protecting Our Data

Covid19 Exposure Notification API by Apple, Google Helps Protect, Not Violate, User Privacy

As the API was rolled out in India, Whatsapp misinformation began to circulate about a Covid19 'sensor' being inserted into smartphones.

By Aditi Murti

Symptom Check

U.S. CDC Adds New Symptoms for Covid19 to Its Official List

Runny nose, nausea, and diarrhea are now on the CDC's official symptoms list.

By Anubhuti Matta

Grappling With Change

"Since I got diagnosed, I’ve had a very love-hate relationship with my body."

Vicarious Embarassment

"A cringe reaction became the gut-feeling equivalent of cultural arbitration"

Keep It Clean

As We Fight for Social Justice Online, We Have to Ensure Our Voices Don’t Become Noise

Having a voice involves backing opinion with action, showing up, engaging with research, and investing the time to learn.

By Pritika Rao

Leave Me Alone!

Woe Is Me! “I’m Always Tired and Irritable. How Do I Be More Amiable?”

A series in which The Swaddle team indulges your pity party with advice you'll probably ignore.

By The Swaddle Team

The Climb

The Buzz Cut: Miley Cyrus on What It Took to Get Sober

Plus, the controversy around Kim Kardashian's corset video.

By Rajvi Desai

Multiple Perspectives

Study: Women Journalists Have Produced More Credible, Trustworthy News on Covid19 Than Men

The study adds to the mountain of evidence that representation in the newsroom matters.

By Anubhuti Matta

Bolt Down

How Lightning Strikes Kill, Injure Thousands of People Every Year

The biggest danger, when lightning strikes, is the electricity that seeps into the ground and spreads out in the form of a deadly current.

By Rajvi Desai

The Reluctant Caretaker

‘Aarya’ Highlights the Impossible Choices Women Are Forced to Make

The new series explores how women's lives hang in precarious balance when the men in their lives choose crime.

By Aditi Murti

Beat The Virus

The Congo’s Tenth Ebola Outbreak Is Officially Over

Doctors effectively curtailed this outbreak with the help of new treatments and an effective vaccine.

By Aditi Murti

Skin Deep

HUL May Have Renamed Fair & Lovely, But It Is Still Selling Skin Whitening Cream

This semantic detail does not change the fact that the company is still selling a product promoting colorism.

By Devrupa Rakshit

Help at Hand

Assam Government Sets Up a Mental Health Program for Covid19 Patients

A team of professionals will call Covid19 patients to offer treatment and counseling instead of waiting for them to seek help.

By Anubhuti Matta

Band-Aid Solution

Chinese City to Let People Search Their Partner’s Domestic Violence History Before Marriage

The policy is a more a knee-jerk response to the domestic violence problem under lockdown than a viable long-term solution.

By Rajvi Desai

Invisible Pollutants

Plants Can Absorb Nanoplastics, Causing Adverse Effects for Ecology, Food Safety

Nanoplastics are easily absorbed by plants, which leads to stunted plant growth, low nutritional value, and health concerns for the whoever consumes the plants.

By Aditi Murti

Not My Yoni

Untrending: Please Don’t Stick a Jade Egg up Your Vagina

Putting pelvic muscles under the strain of constant contraction can lead to pain, bowel strain, and even discomfort during intercourse.

By Aditi Murti

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