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End of reason: Why statue vandalism, thought policing and rise of a 'woke' religion signal decline of liberalism
Sreemoy Talukdar •To a certain extent, this upheaval was due because the US never really got down to confront its racist past the way Germans did.
Bigg Boss 16: Why is Rakhi Sawant defending and crying for #MeToo accused Sajid Khan?
Fp Staff •Not just Sajid Khan, Rakhi Sawant also supported Nana Patekar, when actor Tanushree Dutta exposed him in the #MeToo case. This time Rakhi has gone a step ahead by crying and speaking in favour of Sajid.
#MeToo Movement and Bollywood's dark secrets: How does it feel Sajid Khan to be ousted of Bigg Boss?
Lachmi Deb Roy •Not just Sajid Khan, nothing much has changed in the lives of those who were called out in the #MeToo Movement like Nana Patekar, Vikas Bahl, Kailash Kher and ‘sanskari’ Alok Nath.
DCW chief writes to Union Minister Anurag Thakur, seeks ouster of filmmaker Sajid Khan from Bigg Boss
Fp Staff •DCW chief Swati Maliwal wrote to Union Minister Anurag Thakur after the channel did not pay heed to the rising demand to oust filmmaker Sajid Khan from Bigg Boss show.
Five years of Harvey Weinstein expose: How #MeToo reshaped media coverage on sexual abuse
•According to a study conducted by the Women's Media Center feminist organisation, the media coverage of #MeToo and sexual assault jumped 52 per cent in 2018 after the initial 'The New York Times' and 'New Yorker' stories dropped
Explained: How the #MeToo movement helped women around the world
•The #MeToo movement, which started in the United States in October 2017, gave millions of women around the world a powerful rallying cry to denounce sexual violence
Good boy gone bad: Twitter cancels Ranbir Kapoor over his old interviews; but is it fair?
Deepansh Duggal •Actor Ranbir Kapoor now seems less like the boy-next-door (or as KJo calls it ‘Biba Puttar’), but more like a playboy who pretends to be the boy-next-door to the world but behind closed doors is a chauvinistic prick.
Will Smith go the Spacey Way?
Subhash •Will Smith is paying for his misdeed, but what about his Bollywood counterparts who seem to have gotten away with much worse?
Grammy Awards 2022: Why the Louis CK honour has sent ripples across female comedians, supporters of #MeToo movement
•“Every woman who has been harassed and abused in the comedy business, I hear you and see you, and I am so, so angry,” podcast host Jesse Thorn, who interviews comedians, wrote on Twitter in response to Louis CK's Grammy Award.
We Need To Talk About Cosby: Documentary director W Kamau Bell on how the MeToo case tells the story of America
•"It doesn’t make sense to talk about Bill Cosby as if he was a solo man in the world. You have to really see how the boys-will-be-boys culture of Hollywood, specifically in the ’60s, invites a kind of behaviour that allows predators to hide," says Bell.