Tag: issues
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Artist Creates Light Hearted Series of Comics Focussing On Her Day-To-Day Problems
Akshara Ashok is Chennai based artist and the creator of Happy Fluff Girls Comics. According to the artist, it is her artistic mission to communicates the reality of an average women’s daily routine and situations in humorous and light-hearted ways. She regularly posts her illustrations on Instagram, and has developed quite a following. Here are…
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Comic Strip Brilliantly Explains the Difference Between Rape And Consent
In 2013, Zerlina Maxwell ignited a firestorm of controversy when she strongly recommended we stop telling women how to not get raped. Here are her words, from the transcript of her appearance on Sean Hannity’s show: “I don’t think that we should be telling women anything. I think we should be telling men not to rape…
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Woman Posts Feminist Messages Written On Period Pads All Over Her City
Feminism is always worth talking about, but it’s hard to grab people’s attention. Elonë, a woman in Karsruhe, Germany, solved this problem by using a controversial medium – period pads – to drive home her message about gender equality and the elimination of rape culture. She chose International Women’s Day (March 8th) as the perfect…