The F-Word stage blog: May 2019
The F-Word’s round-up of what’s happening in the world of comedy and theatre this month
India
Ask me about ‘Indian rapes’ one more time
Ruchi Chaudhury has had enough of the incessant grilling she is subjected to by voyeuristic British people who perceive rape as unique to India
The F-Word stage blog: September 2017
The F-Word's round-up of what's happening in the world of comedy and theatre in September
The impressive tawa’if
Holly Black finds the stories of the tawa’if remarkable and worthwhile, though the presentation at the exhibition at the Royal Geographical Society is hard to follow
New review: India’s Daughters
Asiya Islam finds India's Daughter, The BBC documentary on the 2012 gang rape in Delhi, neither educational nor challenging and suggests we question its purpose
Indian women are not the world’s daughters
Asiya Islam finds India's Daughter, The BBC documentary on the 2012 gang rape in Delhi, neither educational nor challenging and suggests we question its purpose
New review: Sandcastle
Marta Owczarek, who has been contributing to our music reviews section recently, watched Sandcastle during recent London International...
Building castles in the sand
Marta Owczarek reviews Sandcastle by Shomshuklla and talks to the director about her film debut
Back in her own back yard
In her documentary about Tamil woman poet Salma, Kim Longinotto gives us a story of emancipation with an unexpected ending, says Sophie Mayer
India needs comprehensive reform, not death penalty, to deal with violence against women
This is a guest post by Dr Aisha K. Gill, Reader in Criminology at the University of Roehampton....
New review: India: A Dangerous Place to Be a Woman
The BBC's recent India: A Dangerous Place to Be a Woman documentary follows a familiar pattern when it comes to Western reporting on violence against women in India says Asiya Islam
India’s Western problem
The BBC's recent India: A Dangerous Place to Be a Woman documentary follows a familiar pattern when it comes to Western reporting on violence against women in India says Asiya Islam
Report back: Protest Against Sexual Violence in India
This post discusses a violent attack on and rape of a woman. My thoughts are with her loved...
“Asking for it”: Delhi police blame rape on the victims
Nanki Chawla discusses the comments made by leading police officials blaming rape on the victims in Delhi.
Take back the tech
In Cairo and New Dehli, smart phone apps are being used to map sexual harassment and report sexual assault. Farah Jassat reports
Interview with an activist: the fight to make widow agenda a priority
Dr Mohini Giri, India’s leading woman’s activist is determined to see a shift within the treatment of widows....
Quick shout out to Women’s Web, and other news
Feminist blogger Aparna V. Singh from Apu’s World has launched a magazine aimed at Indian women, Women’s Web....