ON TOPIC: As July splatters on

Women and Sports:

• An unfortunate article on women tennis players and body image and a counter-point on all that is wrong with the article.
• The brilliant, albeit US-centric, ESPN Body Issue.
• On 50 ways to love Serena Williams.
• The Women’s Football World Cup: the sexism, the celebrations.
• Indian Squash player Deepika Pallikal takes a stand on wage gap.

On the ‘Runaways’ revelations:

• Jason Cherkis’ original investigative piece in the Huffington Post, on Jackie Fox, sexual assault and the Runaways.
• Fellow band members, Cherie Currie and Joan Jett‘s responses to Jackie Fox’s coming out about her rape.
• An interview with Jason Cherkis on his article, Jackie Fox and the sordid realities of the music industry of the ’70s.
• A thoughtful read on the need to speak up about and against rape.

On Rihanna’s ‘Bitch Better Have My Money’ video: 

•  An interesting read on female music artists and the appropriation of violence in music videos like ‘BBHMM’ and ‘Bad Blood’.
• On why Rihanna’s video is disturbingly misogynistic and why it is not.
• On how the video is ultimately empowering in the context of Black Feminism. Here and here.

Meanwhile here in India:

• A progressive Supreme Court verdict upholding the right of a single mother to sole-guardianship of her child and a think piece on what’s left to be desired. 
• A Bangalore-based jeweler hosted a ‘Dowri Collection‘.
• A kick-ass list of 101 women artists in India, making their mark.
• An open letter to the Delhi Police demanding the provision of sanitary napkins for women protesters.
• On SEBI’s move to promote gender equality in the corporate sector.
• On how to win the debate for porn.

Read on!