About the Author
Gitanjali Venkatesh is a writer exploring girlhood, gender, culture, and the expectations that shape womens' lives. Her work examines the contradictions of growing up, belonging, and learning to choose oneself. She writes to make the familiar feel worth questioning.
For twenty years she is praised for being easy to raise. Then she…
When someone says the words feminine energy, what comes to your mind?
For most people, it’s softness. Gentleness. Nurturing. Emotional. And if we’re being very honest, for many it also comes with the word “weak”.
That’s the misconception we’ve grown up with. From classrooms to courtrooms, women have been told, directly or indirectly, that to…