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When Equality on Paper Fails Women in Court

In Vietnam today, the idea of gender-inequality in divorce is not just a legal technicality but a lived reality that affects thousands of women...

China’s Netizens Rage Against the ‘One-Child Policy’

China’s social media landscape has been set ablaze not with mourning but with sharp criticism and emotional reckonings after the death of Peng Peiyun...

Are Isan Women the Most Beautiful Thai?

Isan is often spoken about in Thailand in extremes: the poorest region, the most migrant-sending, the most looked down on—and, paradoxically, the home of...

The Hijra People, Third Gender But Second Class

In the crowded lanes of Dhaka, where rickshaws, tea stalls and mosque loudspeakers compete for attention, one group has long lived both visibly and...

‘The Boyfriend’: Japan’s First Gay Netflix Show

For the first time ever, Japan’s television landscape is getting a winter romance twist with 'The Boyfriend' season 2, Netflix’s groundbreaking queer dating show...

Why Japanese Girls Enjoy Their Cosplay Costumes

On a Sunday afternoon in Tokyo, amid the neon storefronts and crepe stands of Harajuku, it is not unusual to see a magical girl...

Size Matters? Korean Masculinity Gets Surgical

In South Korea, a country globally associated with cutting-edge cosmetic surgery, the pursuit of bodily “improvement” has increasingly extended below the belt. Once whispered...

India’s Fiercest Goddess Becomes a Feminist Icon

The Indian goddess Kali has always unsettled the polite imagination. Dark-skinned, wild-haired, tongue lolling red, adorned with skulls and severed arms, she looks nothing...

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