Myra Blogs

  Let's Talk about Periods  The beauty of her blood, labeled vulgar, What is so unrefined about her crimson? A Purity check before she dares and stands in the temple What is so malevolent about her mark of femininity? Call her capabilities black magic to be kept under the sheets Marginalize and Stigmatize her body till casted dirty and deviant How are you so sure, you're not the one masking her allure? Time to stop coding what stands to be a natural process and a symbol of her womanhood, And about time we talk about Periods. All of us. Menstruation… How dare she? Menstruation remains to be one of the most tabooed, shunted-off topics of discussion not only in India but the whole world. Mention of menstruation, and we are bombarded with statistics that highlight just how backward India remains in addressing this issue. To establish the gravity of the situation, about less than 20% of menstruating women in India have access to safe, clean sanitary pads. The majority of the popula...

  Italy Giorgia Meloni wins elections  “ I am Giorgia. I am a woman, I am a mother, I am Italian, I am Christian.” These were the strong words of…. MEM and J’s remix ‘I am Giorgia’ currently has 12 million views. These vehement words have been taken from a 3-year-old speech delivered by Giorgia Meloni, who is now the first woman Prime Minister in Italy. All that is left to address is whether Giorgia and her party (Brothers of Italy) is a sugar-coated Mussolini or not. The defeat of Mario Draghi and the victory of the Brother of Italy with 114 seats has left everyone scrimmaging for words. Shaping up into a political blur, the results have left many doubts in the minds of people, the most pressing being, Is it modern fascist, far right, or solely populist? Does Meloni’s speech mean a shift in the party’s stance? And perhaps the most concerning, how does the coming of this party affect the European and global political landscape, and link to the long-anticipated rightist wave? I...