Idolizing Predators‘The Idol’ Is Proof of Hollywood’s Anti‑MeToo Backslide The HBO show relishes in dismantling what it sees as the moral puritanism of MeToo, and framing exploitation as an exercise of agency. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Put A Ring On The RevolutionSame‑Sex Marriage Isn’t the Revolution We Asked For Revisiting the forgotten text, 'The F*ggots and Their Friends Between Revolutions,' ahead of the Supreme Court verdict on marriage equality. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Powersuit PromisesHow ‘Succession’ Ended the Girlboss Kendall and Roman have only ever had to prove themselves to their dad, the patriarch. Shiv had to prove herself to the patriarchy itself. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
The Trauma of CasteHealing the Trauma of Caste, With Thenmozhi Soundararajan The Swaddle's Rohitha Naraharisetty speaks to civil rights activist Thenmozhi Soundararajan about her book, 'The Trauma of Caste: A Dalit Feminist Meditation on Survivorship, Healing, and Abolition.' By Rohitha Naraharisetty
By a Hair's BreadthReclaiming Cringe: Were Bangs Always Cool? Even if they've evolved to become the epitome of the hapless sad girl, bangs never lost their characteristic feature of rebellion and change. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Pretty Privileged Of YouWords Mean Things: Privilege Where the idea of privilege was supposed to be enlightening and radicalizing, it's turned into a linguistic tool to keep the status quo intact. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Self AffirmationReclaiming Cringe: Selfies The essayist Teju Cole called selfies a “visual soliloquy." In the theater of our lives, selfies are an archive to affirm our existence -- and stories. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Talk Trauma to MeWords Mean Things: ‘Trauma’ The problem, it would seem, is the lack of sufficient vocabulary to simply encapsulate the struggles of living in a difficult world. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
A Good Morning to CringeReclaiming Cringe: Good Morning Messages Why are good morning messages cringe, when affirmations, pop astrology, and manifestation culture are not? By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Intersecting MeaningsWords Mean Things: ‘Intersectionality’ Intersectionality was a powerful concept to describe oppressive systems. Eventually, it became too encompassing to meaningfully critique anything. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
High CostsDecoding the Budget Through a Feminist Lens "The work women do, the care economy, is the backbone on which the mainstream economy rests." By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Historical BaggageVadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan From the Irula Tribe Won the Padma Shri. Only Calling Them ‘Snake Catchers’ Reinforces Caste Stereotypes. Many media headlines refer to the awardees solely as "snake-catchers" -- a practice that reinforces stereotypes about caste and labor. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Appreciate the ConcernWords Mean Things: ‘Appropriation’ The conversation about appropriation has been confined to individual white celebrities -- but this ignores the workings of power closer home. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Reality RoyaltyThe Royals Were Always a Soap Opera. ‘Spare’ Only Brings It to Light Bizarre revelations from Prince Harry's upcoming memoir show the mechanisms of the royals' celebrity. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Man Down Manosphere to GoAndrew Tate Was Detained, But the Manosphere Persists Individual accountability for its figureheads doesn't de-radicalize the manosphere or its dangerous influence. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Reparation RunBarbados Task Force Seeks Reparations From Families Who Owned Slave Plantations A task force from Barbados is considering demanding reparations from Benedict Cumberbatch’s family, among others -- marking a turning point in the global campaign for reparations. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Code Strings Over Our HeartsHow the Internet Ruined Our Passion for Politics — And How We Can Get It Back If we blame each other, we’re looking the wrong way. By Rohitha Naraharisetty
Nepo-lean ComplexThe Buzz Cut: Nepo Babies Advocate for Themselves Amid Marginalization by Magazine This week in The Buzz Cut: nepo babies fight back, the internet holds a man to beauty standards, and Indians selectively celebrate one movie over others. By Rohitha Naraharisetty