100 giggling women, all looking for a relaxing night with the girls. 85 mobile phones on silent mode. 62 cups of Diet Coke. 43 buckets of caramelized popcorn. 12 packets of tissues, for those with particularly high levels of internal emosonal attyachar. And 1 standard-issue chick flick, with correspondingly standard-issue character clichés, “funny enough” situations, [...]
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Bra burning, Indian-ishtyle
Posted in Feminism, tagged Feminism, Hindu Extremism, India, Pink Chaddi Campaign, Valentine's Day on February 13, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Remember that song by Aerosmith, Pink? As in, that which is the color of passion and today just goes with the fashion? Every word in that song rings true right now, given India’s latest hyper-publicized movement (crusade by modern “netizens” ?), the Pink Chaddi Campaign. Quick background, for those of you who (a) live in [...]
