Of skin and smartphones: How camera phones are racist, encourage colourism
Smartphone manufacturers have made a lot of…
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Toni Collette and John Leguizamo on feminist gaze in sci-fi genre, racism and colourism in…
John Leguizamo and Toni Collette as Rob Lopez and Margot Cleary in The Power
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After essaying the roles of eclectic women across genres like Annie Graham in Hereditary, Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense, Joni Thrombey…
Priyanka Chopra: ‘I was lightened up in many films; fairness commercials are damaging’
By Express News Service
Priyanka Chopra recently spoke about the normalisation of colourism in Bollywood and how fairness cream commercials can be “damaging.”
Speaking with Dax Shepherd on his podcast Armchair…
Political Correctness: The good, the bad and the ugly
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KOCHI: "Many are scared to open up their minds and speak in society," actor Indrans told The New Indian Express in an interview last December. “Unlike in the past, now the one who speaks out his…
Priyamani: People on social media have talked about my skin colour
The actor says that while she hasn’t seen colourism in the film industry specifically, she believes that social media is a nightmare that frequently fosters self-doubt
With success comes a lot of scrutiny on social media, especially if…
Esha Gupta: A lot of actresses have got their colour lightened, but I never understood that concept
During her childhood, Esha Gupta was often called ‘Kali maa’ not because she was powerful like the Goddess but because she has a dark complexion. At that age, she never understood the name-calling and did not pay heed to it. However, the…
The Family Man’s Priyamani says she experienced body-shaming and colourism, says people call…
The Family Man actor Priyamani says she has received comments on her dark skin colour. The actor, who played Manoj Bajpayee's on-screen wife in the Amazon Prime Video series, said that many people have commented on her pictures on…