Books, TV serials and Movies – lists, reviews, opinions are all welcome in this category.
Please leave links to posts, that you think fit into this category – written anytime, by anyone. I hope this place to have a collection of relevant, related posts.
Not sure what kind of posts fit this category? Take a look at the posts below: -
Reading List for the Manly Feminists. (Books)
Apply this Test to Bollywood movies. (Movies)
Have you seen Khuda ke liye? (Movie)
So are the men offended? (TV Serial)
Sorry – should have left the comment here.
Mine to support Monika’s ‘Can the Gods go Wrong?’ post
http://lifeandtimesinbangalore.wordpress.com/2010/11/12/some-else-thinks-the-same-way/
Dear IHM,
This is a post that’s about gender stereotypes in popular cinema. It’s not exactly movies AGAINST gender bias…but thought it might be considered:
http://mediumboss.blogspot.com/2010/08/girlz.html
Thanks for sharing GB.
http://girlsguidetosurvival.wordpress.com/about/movies-desi-girl-likes/
http://wordsndreamz.wordpress.com/2009/12/06/soaps-and-real-life-is-there-any-real-difference/
http://neoindian.org/2009/12/07/25-ridiculously-cliched-hindi-film-dialogues-that-tell-you-the-even-more-cliched-story-of-an-indian-girl/
Hayao Miyazaki of Ghibli studios has made beautiful animation movies where you find strong heroines at the helm. You can watch ‘spirited away’ , ‘princess mononoke’, ‘Laputa :castle in the sky’ or in fact any other major works of miyazaki. For me, these are the best ‘feminist’ movies
IHM, am re-posting my blog here. Can it be deleted from the other category?
A blog post I wrote recently about sexist ads and how they reflect perceptions towards women in our society.
Adding it in this category since am not sure where else it will fit:
http://dibblingdabbling.blogspot.com/2011/07/this-ad-set-my-blood-boiling.html
http://yuvikachaube.blogspot.com/2010/11/secondshaadicom.html
http://yuvikachaube.blogspot.com/2010/11/my-feudal-lord.html
http://yuvikachaube.blogspot.com/2010/10/inside-kingdom.html
http://yuvikachaube.blogspot.com/2011/07/wtf-series-episode-03-stud-farm.html
http://yuvikachaube.blogspot.com/2009/07/behave-like-woman-will-ya.html
http://yuvikachaube.blogspot.com/2009/04/princess-i-dont-envy.html
http://yuvikachaube.blogspot.com/2009/03/its-womans-world-after-all.html
http://jiamata.blogspot.com/2011/07/more-pernicious-ads.html
A post I wrote a while ago, on the damage Indian TV serials are doing :
http://www.fridaynirvana.com/fiction/2010/01/indian-television-and-women.html
I nominate Sandhya’s post on a book on the effect on women from the partition and how this feminist view evolved from interviewing people….oh, please read on in her words.
http://arightowrite.blogspot.com/2011/08/book-review-other-side-of-silence.html
http://thirtysixandcounting.wordpress.com/2011/08/17/all-it-takes-to-be-a-doormat-eat-kelloggs/
1. http://carelesschronicles.blogspot.com/2011/01/prototype-indian-family.html
2. http://nitawriter.wordpress.com/2006/10/17/media-portrayal-of-women/
http://sunitakurup.blogspot.com/2011/09/sexist-ads.html
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This one’s about being stalked, and what to do if you are. Hope I’ve chosen the correct category http://kalpanawrites.blogspot.com/2011/03/stalkers-of-delhi.html. It’s helpful.
Bollywood doesn’t portray women favorably, but then there are films which glorify a docile, muted woman – like Vivah.I found it regressive in the way it portrayed women – here’s a link to my review :
http://www.fridaynirvana.com/film/2007/01/review-vivah-2.html
On the other hand, here are two films which had shades of feminism in them – a very rare thing for Hindi movies :
Dor – http://www.fridaynirvana.com/film/2006/11/review-dor-2.html
Hari-bhari – http://www.fridaynirvana.com/film/2005/03/review-hari-bhari-2.html
A post about “Bad Ads” which advocate that women need to be “beautiful” (read: fair, hairless and long-lashed) to be happy :
http://www.fridaynirvana.com/fiction/2009/10/the-bad-ad-project-2.html
http://prathama-raghavan.blogspot.com/2011/08/where-are-girls.html
My post about girls in bollywood movies… I just read that you wrote a post on the bechdel test. I talk about it in my post too. Had not read your post before if not would have linked it to mine.
A book about Real Boys for little kids http://starsinmeyes.wordpress.com/2009/12/14/what-are-real-boys-made-of/
http://lifeandtimesinbangalore.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/300-and-a-review/
Real Boys by William Pollack
http://agelessbonding.blogspot.com/2008/03/stri.html
http://kinminsworld.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/the-truth-behind-mona-lisas-smile/
http://kinminsworld.wordpress.com/2011/03/21/gender-bias/
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http://mytake-charakan.blogspot.com/2011/09/untold-stories-of-antharjanams.html
This is about a book dealing with the patriarchal practises that was prevalent in Namboodiri families in Kerala
http://nmagesh.blogspot.com/2005/10/north-country-movie-review.html
For the category: Relationships gyaan
Something to ponder: http://www.rachnaparmar.com/2011/08/something-to-ponder.html
Expectations http://www.rachnaparmar.com/2011/02/expectations.html
A special Day, a special Post http://www.rachnaparmar.com/2011/12/special-day-special-post.html
For relationships gyaan, my submissions are :
http://thisandthatmomentsoflife.wordpress.com/2011/03/06/on-being-asked/
http://thisandthatmomentsoflife.wordpress.com/2011/12/14/eve-was-the-luckiest-female-on-earthshe-had-no-mil/
http://rinzurajan.blogspot.in/2012/06/marriage-indian-consumers-favorite.html