Serial Abuser/Sexual Predator Bikram Choudhury Loses “Hot Yoga” Empire to One of His Victims
As if taking an ancient Indian spiritual and meditative practice and turning it into a capitalist and exhibitionist project pre-packaged for western consumption isn’t bad enough, the founder of so-called "hot yoga," Bikram Choudhury, is a serial sexual predator to
Dear Virgie: Respectability Politics in the Body Positive Movement
Dear Virgie, Why do you think there is so much of a focus on respectability politics in the body-positive movement? It seems like a lot of political energy is being spent on being nice, sexy, in a relationship with a thin
These Violent Delights Have Misogynistic Ends in HBO’s Westworld
(Content warning: spoilers, rape) Welcome to Westworld, an immersive role-playing game set in the Wild West, where uber-rich (and mainly white) men can rape and murder android hosts with impunity. That is, until some of the hosts become sentient and begin
Why I Plan To Tell My Brown Kids That Their New President Is A Racist — And You Should, Too
This is the time to talk to your children about race, gender, immigration and Donald Trump. By Margaret When my daughter was born it was 2008, Obama had just been elected president. I thought it was so amazing that the only America
This Bollywood No-Dating Clause Came With a Sexist Double-Standard
by Awanthi Vardaraj Let's be honest: Sexist double standards have plagued women since time immemorial. Whether we're banging on that glass ceiling, fighting for equal pay or demanding equal opportunities -- or simply wondering why we're slut-shamed for dating more than