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Express News Service As far as addressing gender inequality goes, loud and clear messaging is the need of the hour, which is what Netflix’s new erotic thriller, Fair Play, does:  hits where it hurts. And, it does hurt…

The 50th anniversary of Barbie, in 2009, was commemorated in New York by a lineup of Barbie dolls from…

Express News Service Mattel’s iconic Barbie may be popularly known to be a simple doll invented for a child’s play, but it eventually spiraled to be the epitome of the myth of Pygmalion, while dangling on the…

I teach him about reality TV; he teaches me about stamp duty.Rosie WaterlandWhen I was hospitalised, I ordered this ridiculous T-shirt featuring two cats doing the “I’m flying, Jack!” from Titanic. He drove an hour to the hospital to…

A still from ‘Dahaad’ Hindi cinema has waited long enough to see a Dalit character as the male/female popular hero. The possibility that a Dalit character will appear on screen as a protagonist to transform a corrupt and criminal social…

Hindi cinema has waited long enough to see a Dalit character as the male/female popular hero. The possibility that a Dalit character will appear on screen as a protagonist to transform a corrupt and criminal social structure by their power…

John Leguizamo and Toni Collette as Rob Lopez and Margot Cleary in ‘The Power’ | Photo Credit: Prime Video After essaying the roles of eclectic women across genres like Annie Graham in Hereditary, Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense, Joni…

John Leguizamo and Toni Collette as Rob Lopez and Margot Cleary in The Power | Photo Credit: Prime Video After essaying the roles of eclectic women across genres like Annie Graham in Hereditary, Lynn Sear in The Sixth Sense, Joni Thrombey…

John Leguizamo as Rob Lopez and Toni Collette as Margot Cleary in ‘The Power’ | Photo Credit: Prime Video Teenage girls are given the power to electrocute at will in a man’s world. What could go wrong? Microwaves are being set on fire,…

When I travel from the basement carpark to the first floor of my gym, there is a recurring event that happens around the lift. I have a feminist malfunction. It happens when a male, usually older but not always, holds the lift door open for…