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The Idol: Sam Levinson and the monetisation of controversy - Glasgow Guardian

A potentially progressive project has been undermined by the pursuit of vanity and greed.The creator of Euphoria, Sam Levinson, has taken over as director for The Idol, with results that seem to have already proven controversial, according to the Rolling Stone’s exclusive conversations with crew members. The show, starring Lily Rose Depp and The Weeknd, was initially being directed by Amy Seimetz before her untimely exit, after which Levinson took over and reportedly ordered a complete revamp of...
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Daisy Jones & The Six Review: A remarkable show for a remarkable band - Glasgow Guardian

The TV adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s novel embraces and strengthens its source material.“I’m not the muse, okay? I’m the somebody,” says the titular Daisy Jones in the first episode of Amazon Prime Video’s Daisy Jones & The Six. Over the ten-episode course of the miniseries, there’s an impressively concerted attempt to convince the audience that Daisy Jones, is indeed, the somebody. The problem is that the success of this goal depends on how much you can suspend your disbelief.Conceptualis...
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Healthcare is harming asexual people: In conversation with Yasmin Benoit

A new report by Stonewall led by Yasmin Benoit and Robbie de Santos highlights how a visit to the GP can do more harm than good for asexual people

When she came out as asexual to her GP, an anonymous participant in Stonewall’s new Ace in the UK report was told, “You have complex psychological issues around sex.” Although she ultimately relented to his demand that she see a psychosexual therapist before receiving a gynaecological referral, what followed was over a year of waiting to receive the
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How the devadasis of Goa fought casteism

A new book by researcher and member of the Gomantak Maratha Samaj that traces its roots to Bahujan women who served at temples and had Brahmin men as patrons, reflects on the earliest liberators of caste and sexual oppression

An anonymous woman of the Samaj, from March 1940 cover of Samaj Sudharak. Pic/Gomantak Maratha Samaj archives

When women from the Gomantak Maratha Samaj first arrived in Bombay in the 1900s, they were seen as a threat… as ‘evil ladies’,” professor-author Dr Anjali Arondek
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Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju on trans representation in showbiz

With her debut in Made in Heaven, trans actor and activist Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju wants to drive home the point that queer stories are best told through the members of the community

“Nothing about us, without us,” says trans rights activist, social media star and budding actress, Trinetra Haldar Gummaraju. “Too often, trans people aren’t involved in the process of their own storytelling, when sharing trans stories on screen should, first and foremost, be about normalising being trans and dra
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Komorebi’s latest single Watch Out embraces the extra-terrestrial within

Indie electronica musician Komorebi’s new single tells a story that is both ‘out of this world’ and replete with semi-autobiographical symbolism

Komorebi, Glorious Luna and director Rahul Dutta behind the scenes of the Watch Out music video

Since 2017, musician Tarana Marwah has been expressing her lifelong adoration of Japanese culture under the moniker Komorebi, which translates to “sunlight leaking through the trees”. It’s only fitting, therefore, that her latest musical endeavour is all ab
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’Fighting casteism alone can come at a grave personal cost’

Oxford law scholar Asang Wankhede, who has roots in the Dalit ghettos of Nagpur, talks about his open-to-all online resource that’s helping marginalised students fighting institutional casteism

Students hold a protest following the suicide of Darshan Solanki, who allegedly jumped off the eighth floor of his IIT-B hostel earlier this year. His parents alleged that a fellow student had harrassed me on the ground of his caste

On Asang Wankhede’s first day at the National Law University (NLU), Del
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Beti padhao fails at Beti bachao

Education is not saving Indian women from suicide, finds a new study supported by Gates Foundation. Family problems emerge as top reason, but effective intervention unlikely until police gather nuanced data about the why and how

The study by PHFI shows that women with education of Class VI or higher make up the largest demographic of suicide cases in India

The general perception,” says professor Rakhi Dandona, “is that education empowers women by providing them with career opportunities and au
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Dive into untold history of Tibetan resistance at this archival exhibition in Colaba

Through records maintained by his freedom fighter father, filmmaker Tenzing Sonam and spouse Ritu Sarin document the hidden struggle of the Tibetan community in a new exhibition in Colaba

Lhamo Tsering and other members of the resistance pictured in Mustang, in the late 1960s. PIC/WHITE CRANE FILMS

We are displaying stories that have never been properly told or appreciated,” says film director Ritu Sarin, who, alongside her husband Tenzing Sonam, created an archival exhibition of the Tibetan r
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Why mental healthcare for LGBTQIA+ community needs to improve in India

Therapy is a space meant to be free of bias and judgement, but LGBTQiA+ persons struggle to find it. mid-day digs up this problem, and offers fixes

I first went to therapy when I was at the lowest point in my life, and feeling suicidal,” says TEDx speaker and diversity leader Ankita Mehra, “but my therapist made me feel even worse, like there was no hope.”

Mehra, who was based in Nagpur at the time, decided to try therapy in her late teens, seeking out a trusted professional to confide in. “I