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The Revived Global Gag Rule is Already Endangering Lives in India
Politics · Wear Your Voice Magazine · Women

The Revived Global Gag Rule is Already Endangering Lives in India

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“The results of the Global Gag Rule would be disastrous for thousands of women in India, not to mention how it affects India’s sovereignty, since abortion is a women’s right there.” For Wear Your Voice Magazine, May 2017.

India’s First Transgender News Anchor Brings Visibility to Country’s Trans and Hijra Folks
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India’s First Transgender News Anchor Brings Visibility to Country’s Trans and Hijra Folks

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“Incredible India, in all its marvelous contradictions, has surprised us all by hiring its first transgender news anchor, Padmini Prakash. Prakash has been leading a daily primetime news program on India state Tamil Nadu’s Lotus TV since August 15.” For Wear Your Voice Mag, November 2016.

Bollywood’s Amitabh Bachchan: Admit it, You’re a Feminist
Movies · Wear Your Voice Magazine · Women

Bollywood’s Amitabh Bachchan: Admit it, You’re a Feminist

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“But while all us South Asian feminists were cheering at this huge coup — we all know a powerful way for to shift rape culture is for male role models start championing women’s rights and bodily autonomy — Bachchan was already beginning his backpedal in an interview with The Hindu.” For Wear Your Voice Mag, October 2016.