Uh... Minus!An Indian Woman Won ‘Mrs. World 2022.’ But Why Do We Still Have a Separate Beauty Pageant For Married Women?The separation of beauty pageants for married and unmarried women speaks to their role in maintaining heteronormativity.
"Main Apni Favorite Hoon"Can We Move On: From the Trope of the Woman Who Must Transform Her Looks to Win a Man’s LoveMovies relying on the trope also portray women who don’t dress a certain way, or seem conventionally alluring, as ‘undateable.
A Slap On Our ConscienceWill Smith’s Oscar ‘Smack’ Forces Us to Re‑examine the Kind of Humor We Find Acceptable
It's Not A CompetitionIndia’s Miss Universe Victory Shouldn’t Take Away Focus From Beauty Contests’ Toxic CultureCan we celebrate Indian representation while being aware of the harm beauty pageants have inflicted on cultural discourse?
