What must we do to reclaim the emancipatory potential of social media for feminist transformation?

Reflections on the Madras High Court’s interpretation of “Public Place” in cases of sexual harassment in virtual spaces.

Online publics, much like their offline counterparts, can be misogynistic and sexist. Effective feminist interventions into legal frameworks are necessary to reclaim these spaces.

Cancel culture has called out historical injustices but it could threaten the most marginalized among us. 

Restricting movements of citizens on the basis of sex/gender reactivates the cultural norms on which the sexual division of labor and gendered inequalities are based.