Sexism With A Silver SpoonCan We Move on? From the Posh Girl Trope That Uses Privilege to Justify Misogyny Silly, frivolous, and thoroughly misrepresented, the Posh Girl's persona needs a retelling. By Aditi Murti
Heirarchy of Self-PreservationElite Housing Complexes Are Increasingly Policing, Segregating Domestic Workers Amid the Pandemic The pandemic could be an opportunity to rethink class divides, but so far it's only making them wider. By Aishwarya Chandran
Refocusing“Sir” Joins Small Canon of Films Challenging Bollywood’s Classist, Formulaic Depiction of Domestic Workers Rohena Gera's film pushes the viewer to see a household helper as a human being with the same romantic and sexual desires as everyone else. By Poulomi Das
Unequal EducationDissecting the NEP: How the Policy Will Only Widen the Education Gap in India Certain aspects of NEP's implementation, in relation to language and caste, will deepen the societal divides in India. By Sanaya Patel
Essential ServiceSanitation Workers on the Frontlines of the Pandemic Are Overlooked, Unprotected “We are exposed to lethal bacteria and viruses on daily basis, and we need to take care of ourselves." By Varsha Torgalkar
ContaminatedThe Coronavirus Pandemic Holds a Mirror to Our Culture’s Shameless Classism While we rage against the system to protect us, how can we continue to ignore the plight of those who work for us? By Aditi Murti
Dressing UpExperiment: Economic Disadvantage Influences How Women Choose to Dress, Portray Themselves Financial inequality can lead women to maximize the limited tools at their disposal, including their looks, the researcher says. By Liesl Goecker
Oppression As IllnessWe Need to Reframe Mental Health as a Social Justice Issue, Not a Personal Problem Therapy that does not address root causes of social oppression is a band-aid solution. By Shreya Ila Anasuya
Mo Money Mo ProblemsHow Money Affects the Psychology of the Extremely Rich A constant pursuit of wealth produces a 'high' akin to that of a drug. By Rajvi Desai
Social ShameManners Don’t Encourage Good Behavior, Just Class Discrimination When we consider having manners a virtue, we exclude social classes that weren’t in on the arbitrary rule-making process. By Rajvi Desai
classPopping the Bubble of Privilege for Our Kids On their ride to school every morning, my children drive through a large slum. Even as poverty stares them in the face, they don’t seem particularly bothered by people sleeping on the streets or squatting by the roadside. They aren’t By Swati Apte