Crawling In My SkinTattoos Are a Political Act of Resistance in a Beauty Culture That Demands Conformity "The tattoos stand for the control and say I have over my own body; [they are] a manner in which I reinforce and often regain ownership of it." By Pallavi Prasad
Animal FarmThe Revolutionary Origins of the Term ‘Male Chauvinist Pig’ The term is the brainchild of the feminist, communist, and civil rights movements of the 60s. By Pallavi Prasad
You Call THIS Radical?Feminism That Excludes Trans Women Is Bigoted, Not Radical TERFs (Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminists) believe trans women want to replace them; trans women just want the right to be women. By Aditi Murti
Porn This WayFeminist Porn and the Glory of Ethical Sexual Representation When done ethically, porn can be liberating. By Rajvi Desai
For Worse Or WorseMarriage Is an Inherently Unfeminist Institution Marriages can be about love, but the gender roles entrenched in them are not. By Rajvi Desai
Public Service AnnouncementAll The Arguments You Need: To Convince Doubters of Feminism For the next time you hear, “If feminism is about gender equality why isn’t it called human-ism?" By Pallavi Prasad
Satanic PursesA to Z: A Concise Dictionary of Unfeminist Fashion Can women ever truly reclaim clothing as a means of self-expression, if the roots of fashion are embedded in patriarchal control? By Pallavi Prasad
Prose and ConsRevisiting ‘The Beauty Myth’: What Are the Ethics of Applying Bad Facts to a Good Cause? The message of oppressive beauty standards in Naomi Wolf's feminist classic remains relevant, though faulty statistics plague its credibility. By Aditi Murti
Scream QueensFeminist Filmmakers Are Reinventing Horror Cinema A spate of new "gynaehorror" films seeks to understand mental health -- strictly through the female eye. By Vaishnavi Sundar
A Mere SymbolDirty Rotten Remakes: Hollywood Fails Women With ‘The Hustle’ A shot-by-shot remake isn't feminist just because it now has female leads. By Akhila Vijaykumar
Eating My HatThe Feminist Revolution Can Happen in the Kitchen “Knowing how to cook and being a feminist do not have to be mutually exclusive.” By Adishi Gupta
A Different Lens‘Made In Heaven’ Shows the Calculated Compromises Women Make to Survive Its characters operate within the constraints of the traditional big, fat Indian wedding -- and of society. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
#Feminism?The Buzz Cut: Mattel’s Astrophysicist Barbie Feels Like a Marketing Ploy Plus, teenage girls are leading the biggest climate change movement in history. By The Swaddle Team
A Different LensNetflix’s ‘Sabrina’ is Not the Woke Feminist Show It Thinks It Is Its portrayal of 'strong female characters' might actually do more harm than good. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Thank You NextThe Feminist Evolution of Ariana Grande Is Immensely Satisfying to Watch Her donut-licking days feel far behind her. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Lipstick RevolutionsWomen In Korea Are Destroying Their Make‑Up To Protest Sexist Beauty Standards This is one K-beauty trend you don't have to shell out $$ to get behind. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Mic DropAll the Arguments You Need: To Convince Doubters of #MeToo Your guide to surviving any social gathering this week. By The Swaddle Team
What It Means To Be A ManChetan Bhagat’s Botched Flirtation Forces Us to Reckon With the Gray Areas of #MeToo Pursuit used to epitomize masculinity. No longer. By The Swaddle Team
