Posts by R. Nithya
5 Ways to Fight Oppression and Create Harmony Between Different Cultures
Animosity over cultural differences can lead to anything from bully and stereotyping, to war and genocide. But it doesn’t have to be that way. We take in prejudice slowly and silently through socialization. But because we learn prejudice, we can also unlearn it. Here are a few ways you can fight oppression and practice communal harmony in your everyday life.
Read More4 Ways Pop Culture Villainizes Modern Women
Popular culture has a way of turning modern women into villains. It equates women’s independence with arrogance, and their modernity with shamelessness. It ends up strengthening the good woman/bad woman dichotomy – the dichotomy that pits women against women. Here are a few simple ways that a good girl/bad girl dichotomy is created in society and in pop culture, looking in particular at South Asian media.
Read More5 Ways to Stop Anger from Poisoning Your Inner Space
Sometimes the pleasure of being the one who has been wronged has no match. But soon this author realized that being angry had become a chore.
Read MoreGrowing Up Dark-Skinned in a Color-Conscious India
People in India fall within a broad color range – and colorism has created a hierarchy of beauty. These are the struggles this author has had to push through.
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