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Beauty- and its deciding factors

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Beauty noun  / ˈbjuː.ti / the  quality  of being  pleasing ,  especially  to  look  at, or someone or something that gives  great   pleasure ,  especially  when you  look  at it. Beauty is subjective. Yes, beauty is subjective. For what appeals to one may not appeal to the other, for what seems like flaws to one may seem like perfection to another. And yet- it is only a fraction of the people we consider beautiful, only a fraction that seems to fit the standards of society- which have been set up by none other than our own selves. There are a countless array of rules to be considered beautiful, a number of features we have learned to be attractive- to consider someone else worthy of this title. Yes, beauty is subjective, but is it really? If such rules, such mindsets, such requirements come into play? Do we really consider ‘beautiful’ to be something that appeals to our senses, or is it a word to describe someone whos...

Femi-nazism

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  Femi nazism- meet the evil twin sister of feminism. Feminism was created to bridge the gap between men and women with regard to human rights- to erase that gender gap and empower women to stand with men. But what happens when some people don’t draw the line- when some people start exercising the atrocities that the brave ladies of our past had to face on the men of today? To be a femi nazi  means to believe in female supremacy, to use the label of feminism wrongly to ruin the reputation of a man or to demean men in order to empower females. The base spirit of feminism was to create the idea that we are born equal regardless of the bodies we take birth in. But in the steadily growing influence of new ideologies, in order to appear ‘liberal’ or ‘supportive’ of change, some people may not realise when things go too far. When they don’t realise the right and the wrong. For those who may not know, a few days ago in India, a video of a woman repeatedly slapping a cab driver went v...