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Where Gender Meets Caste

When we talk about feminism in India, it is tempting to frame the struggle as simply about breaking the glass ceiling and changing patriarchal...

Big Men With a Mission

They call themselves the “マッă‚čăƒ«ä»‹è­· (massuru kaigo)” crew — muscle care-givers — and in a country known for its demographic crunch, these young Japanese...

Fifty Shades of Yīn and Yång

If you thought the “bedside reading” in ancient China involved merely poetry and Confucian maxims, think again—because tucked away in dusty scrolls and manuscripts...

Male National Happiness

Under the lofty peaks and ancient monasteries of the land of the Thunder Dragon, Bhutan, the promise of “gross national happiness” rings through valleys...

The Daughter, the Sister and the Throne

The most-watched preteen in 21st-century geopolitics might be trailing behind her father, Kim Jong-un, but the sound of her careful steps on North Korea’s...

When “Protection” Feels Like Persecution

The dawn-morning thunder of boots and badges crashing through heavy doors in Melbourne, Sydney and Adelaide is rewriting the story of Australia’s sex-industry frontline...

Growing Up Before Tying the Knot

In the sun-washed hush of the ʻAlāpito (porch) of a Tongan fale (house), young voices chatter of the future while elders sip kava and...

Perfect Surgery, Imperfect System

In the glittering opulence of Bangkok’s cosmetic-surgery clinics – where ceilings gleam with fluorescent precision and brochures promise “your true self” – the journey...

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Cracking Down on Demand

Amid Tokyo’s neon-lit alleys and the bustling nightlife of...

The Girls Who Never Got a Chance

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