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#MisogynyAlert: A critique
This blog post by Ranjani K. (@_tharkuri) was originally posted on her blog. It is a critical analysis of the use of the hash tag #MisogynyAlert which emerged as a possible strategy to deal with online...
View Article#MisogynyAlert: Principles for Engagement
This blog post by Anand Philip (@uberschizo) was originally posted on his blog. It suggests questions that need to be addressed to move forward constructively with regard to the use of the use of the...
View ArticleGendered Abuse Online
This blog post is eighth in a series of ten blog posts to report on the EROTICS India workshop, recently concluded in Delhi. All the blog posts in this series are written by Richa Kaul Padte, the...
View ArticleIs online misogyny more prevalent now or just more evident?
By Jim Dougherty Indian NGO Internet Democracy Project recently published a disturbing account of crude sexual and violent social media posts towards women in India. Frankly, it shocked me to see such...
View ArticleHighway harassment
The abuse that women face on the Internet superhighway is targeted at their gender, regardless of the subject of what they post, finds a new study. By Asha Mahadevan Giving opinions on the Internet is...
View ArticleThe big issues for Indian web users
By Mahima Kaul Some of India’s most prominant internet writers, researchers and policy analysts came together in Bangalore on 9 April to discuss “Strengthening Freedom of Expression on the Internet in...
View Article#MisogynyAlert: the grievous threat to women online
Women are the target of increasingly vicious attacks on the Internet. Once this sort of behaviour was associated with the far right fringe, but it is much more endemic and wide-ranging than previously...
View ArticleOnline abuse of women increasing in India
By Saira Kurup Kavita Krishnan, secretary of the All India Progressive Women’s Association, was abused and threatened with rape at a web chat, organised by a portal in Delhi in late April to discuss...
View ArticleCyberspace violence
Women in public life are vulnerable not just to criticism about their views but also to personal abuse, writes Kalpana Sharma. The face and voice of Kavita Krishnan, secretary of the All India...
View ArticleStreet talking: how gender hierarchies online mirror those offline
By Richa Kaul Padte IN DECEMBER 2004, news broke of a sex video doing the rounds on the internet and on mobile phones. In the video, shot on a mobile phone, two Delhi Public School (DPS) students, a...
View ArticleTwitter trolls in India: Sexist abuse as a tool to muzzle women
This article is the part of the Index on Censorship Young Writers / Artists Programme The social media experience which came across as a liberating tool for women, was often equated with a living room...
View ArticleMisogyny, sexism, threats: Women fight it all online too
A web column in 2013 began with the Austen-esque, “It’s a truth universally acknowledged that a woman in possession of an opinion and a computer will cop a heap of sh*t. Insults, personal attacks and...
View ArticleIn 2018, honoring women, transgender, and non-binary persons will make the...
On this International Women’s Day, we want to take a moment to recognize a few of the many phenomenal organizations working to improve the lives of those of us who are marginalized because of our...
View Article‘Bitches near me’ and the sexist AI: A mirror to our misogynist society
Typing in ‘bitches near me’ into Google’s search generates results containing the addresses of girl’s schools, women’s accommodation, and women’s stores. The news of this broke out when a Twitter user...
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