Dear Shahrukh Khan, You’re Breaking My Heart for All the Wrong Reasons
Dear Mr. Khan, I don’t know you at all, but I’m a fan of your films. I just returned from two and a half weeks … Read more
Why That @JoyceCarolOates Rant Was So Disappointing
https://twitter.com/AnitaFelicelli/status/353222891468365825 Last Friday, while most Americans were enjoying the long weekend, novelist Joyce Carol Oates tweeted the following question: “Where 99.3% of women report having … Read more
On Sex, Love & Erotica: Romance Writer Suleikha Snyder Schools You (And Us) On Countless Shades Of Brown (Romance)
Editor’s Note: Yesterday we featured a review of erotica anthology Alchemy that generated quite the online debate on the merits of erotic writing. In response, … Read more
Why RedOne, Will.I.Am, and Pitbull are All Betting on Priyanka Chopra
“Remember that it’s both possible and even necessary to simultaneously enjoy media while being critical of its more problematic or pernicious aspects.” — Anita Sarkeesian, … Read more
‘Alchemy’ Explores Erotica From a South Asian Perspective
“Just the sex. Lose the poetry,” demanded an anonymous erotica collector in the 1940s to novelists Anais Nin and Henry Miller after promising them $1 a … Read more
What Happens When Someone Vehemently Against Marrying Helps Fight for Marriage Equality?
For most people, the first marriage they get to witness is their own parents’ marriage. It becomes the relationship that we judge all our relationships … Read more
Kanye Goes to Bollywood?
“Yeezus,” the sixth solo album from the greatest artist in the history of everything ever (™Kanye West), dropped today and is already being showered with … Read more
Giving the Wrong Impression, or Showing My Pride?
A version of this post was previously published on the writer’s website, The World of Hina, According to Hina. Earlier this month, I marched in … Read more
In a Twisted Way, Garment Factories Benefit Bangladeshi Women
In the wake of the tragic April 24 factory collapse in Bangladesh, the garment industry has come under fire for lax safety standards and weak protection of … Read more
Worth a Watch: Nickelodeon’s ‘Sanjay and Craig’
I think it was the (thankfully) short-lived NBC sitcom, “Outsourced,” that made me so cynical of American television shows that even remotely tried to … Read more
