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Femicide in Italy : Who’s the Provocateur?

July 15, 2013by lotusfeet2013 1 Comment

Fabiana Luzzi Guest Post by Catia C. Confortini On 25 May 2013, the remains of 15 year-old Italian girl were found just outside Corigliano Calabro, a small town in the southern Italian […]

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Community, Family, Global

Our choice? or her choice? The curious case of Angelina Jolie

May 19, 2013by lotusfeet2013 4 Comments

A medical colleague recently did a spot check on my current affairs with the following question, “Have you heard about Angelina?” I had. “Then you are not a complete hermit.” […]

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Global

A Summer of Mis-romance: On Complicity and Intimate Violence

May 16, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

  I don’t like it when you break me honey Why’d you have to do that? Tell me when you make these tears keep fallin’ Do you feel like a […]

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Global

My ‘everyday’ mother

May 12, 2013by lotusfeet2013 10 Comments

How does one mark ‘mothers’ day that is everyday? How does one celebrate the everyday life of a mother? I called my mother in India for a brief interview, she […]

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Family

Political Philosophy Behind Rape?

April 20, 2013by lotusfeet2013 3 Comments

The savage rape of a 5 year old child in India’s capital New Delhi has once again brought to light the continuum of violence against women and girls in the […]

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Miscellaneous

The Naked Truth

April 14, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

Naked activism by many women around the globe has provoked a strong response in the media from social commentators and academics, many condemning this tactic as some form of forced […]

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Miscellaneous

Tomorrow is another day

March 24, 2013by lotusfeet2013 3 Comments

Almost a decade ago, when I was 18, I was gang raped by seven men in a moving vehicle. When I came back home, it took me three days to […]

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Self

Journalistic Debauchery

March 20, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

Early morning logged into facebook (terrible habit I know!) to see my newsfeed about a case of polyandry (woman with multiple ‘husbands’/not partners) from India, reported in the British tabloid […]

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Global

Silence & Sabotage : 2

March 20, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

PART 2 of an exploration into the role of women within the family circle in being both active and passive perpetrators of abuse. Through complicity there is acceptance. The Sister As […]

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Family

Silence & Sabotage : 1

March 19, 2013by lotusfeet2013 Leave a comment

Part 1 of an exploration on the role of women within the family circle in being both active and passive perpetrators of abuse. Through complicity there is acceptance. The Mother […]

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Family

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