Toxic Masculinity

Bois Locker Room case underscores vital need for radical, political reimagining of an education that liberates us

The Bois Locker Room and the crisis of our society in its current breakdown have a lot to say about each other. Both of them tell us that we have reached the limits of the system we live in. If the way out is together, then we need an education on what it means to do that.

Leigh Whannell's The Invisible Man focuses on victim's perspective to explore the versatility of invisible character

As The Invisible Man franchise gets a new iteration this year, a look at the versatility of the invisible character, how this was technically achieved on screen, and the social commentary inherent in the upcoming film.

From 'not all men' to 'men are victims too', things not to say when women talk about sexual harassment

When confronted with the reality of sexual harassment, if men continue to respond in such a way, it acts to invalidate and silence women and their everyday realities. It doesn’t take much to listen, but it can make all the difference to how a story is told.

David Lynch wins Lifetime Academy Award: Director's genius lies in his depiction of cruelty, what enables it

Many David Lynch films, like Blue Velvet and Lost Highway, can be unsparing and graphic. But beyond these bewildering effects, his images of corruption, violence and toxic masculinity ring all too familiar in America today.

What the Gillette ad gets right: Men need to hold other men accountable, to battle misogynistic attitudes

Men are conditioned to react and behave a certain way through years of exposure to misogynistic attitudes and tropes. Young boys see the same in the media, in the world around them and learn these behaviours and think them normal.

Gillette's ad is just that; unless it walks the talk, it's yet another brand hijacking a cause for profit

Does Gillette get to call itself a feminist ally while peddling the very product it shamelessly charges women more for just because it can?

Friendship Day: The need to offer a friendly hand to young boys and oppose toxic masculinity

In a world ridden with machismo, it is boys who need a friend to tell them that it is okay to be weak, writes Harish Iyer.

The Stanford rape case reminds us that toxic masculinity still exists in society

We need a critical look at prejudices in us even if they might offend the sanctity of uber-liberal discourse around us. And this evaluation must occur in everyday life, not just when an incident such as the rape by Brock Turner shakes us