“You know how it is with young people-- they’re on the internet and sometimes receive hate mail and offensive messages. We’re concerned about them. We don’t want them to get bullied; we want…
Art by @shirtshanks on instagram
Due process, as raised in the context of #MeToo, often speaks to a broader conception of fairness, not just a legal one. The common argument is that due…
(Trigger warning: Descriptions of rape/sexual assault as reflected in the judicial record.)
Earlier this year, Tarun Tejpal, the former Tehelka Editor-in-Chief, was acquitted of all charges related to the alleged rape of…
"Another 3 minutes, baby"
This was the response of the proctor when a student at Christ University, Bengaluru asked if she could end the examination after having submitted her document. When the screenshot…
"I am terrified of this virus as I have to go home to my nine-month-old baby and my ever anxious wife. Who knows, one day I might just carry the virus along.”
- Nilan,…
TW: Sexual Harassment of Students and Minors
Continued from: PUNISHING PERPETRATORS AND THE ILLUSION OF JUSTICE
Society’s “morality” and how it seeps into education institutes
As we look through some of the disturbing…
TW: Sexual Harassment of Students and Minors
How the student-teacher power dynamic makes students vulnerable to harassment
Schools are ripe grounds for persistent harassment and grooming of minors. In a student-teacher relationship, there…
Pronouns are assumed and taken for granted. Most people may not even have to worry about this as they may identify with the gender they have been assigned at birth. But you come…
What is demisexuality?
According to Healthline “Demisexuality is a sexual orientation where people only experience sexual attraction to folks that they have close emotional connections with.In other words, demisexual people only experience sexual…
People whose gender is not within a binary use many different terms to describe themselves, with non-binary being one of the most common. They speak to an experience of gender that goes beyond…