Don’t Call Me Hormonal
Being called “hormonal” even jokingly reflects gender bias, particularly if it is used to undermine, dismiss, or delegitimize your feelings or behavior based on gendered assumptions.
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Nilanjana Bhowmick
Dear Men, Carry Your Own Burden of Redemption
We’ve held space, we’ve held silence, and we’ve held men while they broke us - all in the name of love, patience, or hope. But this essay is a reckoning. It’s about asking men to finally carry their own burden of redemption - to stop waiting for women to do the heavy lifting of their healing. Because unless they choose to carry their own burden of redemption in both public and private life, all their allyship is just performance. And until they learn to carry their own burden of redemption, we will keep living in a world half-built, with broken trust and unfinished change.
Dr. Michelle Frank: Care Meets Community
For too long, women’s health in India has been overlooked, under-discussed, and wrapped in silence. Dr. Michelle Frank is working to change that—one question, one conversation, and one digital community at a time. What began as a chance job at a parenting…
Let’s Talk About Menopause
Understanding Menopause: What’s Happening to My Body? Menopause marks a natural transition in a woman’s life, signifying the end of menstrual cycles. It typically begins between ages 45 and 55, but in countries like India, it can start earlier, around…
Miyara Health: Sanjana Rao & Gayatri Muthukrishnan
What happens when two women scientists take on the silence surrounding menopause in India?
Meet Gayatri Muthukrishnan and Sanjana Rao, the founders of Miyara Health - a groundbreaking platform combining science, empathy, and digital tools to support women through perimenopause and menopause. From WhatsApp-based health coaching to workplace awareness programs, Miyara is building a future where midlife women feel seen, heard, and cared for.
Have You Heard of Menopenalisation?
In a powerful Guardian iarticle, founder of Wednesday Online and feminist writer Nilanjana Bhowmick puts a name to what millions of working women experience in silence: menopenalisation.
Why Women Are Still Being Paid Less for the Same Work in 2024
The gender pay gap is not just a number – it’s a symptom of the larger gender inequalities that continue to shape our societies. What? Why? That was my reaction when I found out I was being paid exactly half…
