Topic: Feminism

The feminist who gave women the voice & vocabulary for the fight, died Wednesday at the age of 92. Read excerpts of her 2014 Walk The Talk with ThePrint editor-in-chief Shekhar Gupta.

Rights can be taken away by hostile governments and courts. The political grammar that women have learned to fight with can’t be taken away by anybody. That is Gloria Steinem’s true legacy.

The poster-girl of second-wave feminism turned women’s private grievances into a movement that changed how generations understood equality — from abortions to MeToo.

Scholars described Churails as a landmark in Pakistani media for challenging heteronormative narratives while also showing the pressures that force queer expression to remain concealed.

Speaking at the Delhi event, Swara Bhaskar said that she doesn't think of herself as brave. She is protected enough to have “no right to be scared”.

Santishree Pandit calls Draupadi as India’s original feminist, attacks Left dominance and says the Right must learn proper institution-building from Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya.

In 'Bullet Nani', Jasreen Mayal Khanna documents the story of 12 early Indian feminists, who fought the most significant battles in their kitchens and colleges.

Introduced across six cities, Bihar’s Pink buses were meant to provide safer public transport for women. Yet a year later, the transport department has managed to recruit only six women drivers for 100 buses, most of which are still operated by men.

Mamata Banerjee built a politics of presence for women. But when it came to principle, that presence often rang hollow.

In 'The Girls Are Not Fine', Harnidh Kaur offers a vocabulary for the things all women carry but rarely get to name.