Lyari Girls Cafe making dreams come true By: Seerat Shehzad on March 30, 2019Lyari has been notorious because of the fights between different ethnic groups. With very less check and balance by the law enforcing agencies, the crime rate in this area was at the peak. Lyari is an area where even men were terrified to move from one place to another but these girls came out as […]
Revisiting Bollywood’s notion of love and romance By: Maria Arshad on March 22, 2019Growing up in Pakistan, Bollywood was one of the most influential sources of entertainment we had access to. One idea was a constant presence in films: hyper-feminine, coy and helpless women in colourful outfits were contrasted by the dashing, strong men who were their only knights in shining armour. The sight of both dancing together […]
The Runaway Bride By: Maria Arshad on March 20, 2019Our society’s worst nightmare of seeing divorced women happy (well, God forbid) wasn’t over yet that a billboard, featuring a sassy bride wearing dabang goggles “happily” running away from her marriage, comes to haunt. This ad came as a part of wide marketing campaign of bike services of leading ride-hailing app in Pakistan with diverse […]
Bistar khud garam karlo; Appraising Marital Rape in Pakistan By: Ikra Saleem Khan on March 18, 2019No slogan at the Aurat March bore the brunt of Pakistani male rebuke more than the one on a placard declaring “khana garam kardoongi, bistar khud garam karlo” (I will warm your food, but warm the bed yourself). Whilst last year’s “apna khana khud garam karlo” received similar backlash and outrage for challenging rigid and […]
When the past backfires By: Zaresh Ernest on March 13, 2019It is not the first time that Shaan has shown us a glimpse of his misogynistic side. His very critical nature has made waves over the internet many times before. No wonder his Twitter account looks more like a battle ground some days. His careless tweet in 2015 to ban Marwa Hoccaine created a lot […]
Why MEN need gender equality? By: Fatimah Mehr on March 12, 2019Generally, the call for gender equality is made by women, for women. The crux of the feminist struggle is raising women’s status to that of men’s, demanding the same rights and privileges that men enjoy so that women’s plight can be improved. But here is the corollary: gender equality will not improve women’s condition alone; […]