Overthinking ItWhy Don’t Indian Families Give Women Privacy? Aug 15, 2021Share This week, The Swaddle team explores why women are kept under constant surveillance.
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
A Death to Remember‘The Last of Us’ Does a Familiar Disservice to Women in Dystopias Tess's death deviates from the game version in troubling ways -- serving as a successor to the 'fridging' trope in sci-fi. By Akankshya Bahinipaty
Mainstreaming It AllSome Andaman and Nicobar Islands Are Now Named After Military Heroes. This Undermines Both Local Culture and Military Lives The bid to "unify" the country comes at the cost of erasing local, indigenous cultures -- and glorifying the narrative of sacrifice. By Devrupa Rakshit
Big Tech Big ConsequencesMassive, Impersonal Tech Layoffs Show How “Good Jobs” Need Unions Too The scale and manner of layoffs across big tech break the myth of the "good job" -- and shows the precarity of tech workers in a recession. By Akankshya Bahinipaty