Kannammaa Writes

I heard about the Anna University sexual assault case. And I applaud the courage of the victim going to the police, leading to the arrest of Gnanasekaran, a porn addict cum sexual predator with 13 cases filed against him. Rightfully he should've been incarcerated long back. The scourge of our society has always been blaming women for their sexual assault, letting the perpetrators off the hook. Right now, the Anna University victim is being chastised for being intimate with a man in university premises. Apparently these type of activities among youngsters is causing moral decay.  How I feel when Indian society says what two young adults do consensually is moral decay while watching the millions of Indian rape videos on porn sites. I read a comment from a guy that if women behave well, not showing what is not supposed to be shown, then men will behave well. Me who was catcalled by men who knew where I lived from the road across my house, when I was at my table, by my window, as I was...

Dark skin color shaming of the lead male actors in Tamil movies have a bloody-minded format that's celebrated for all the wrong reasons. Scene: Fair skinned, non-Tamil heroine rejects the dark skinned Tamil hero in Tamil movies. 💅😈 Expectation: The dark skinned hero moves on, becoming more open to dark skinned women and ceasing white worshiping. 💪💀 Reality: The dark skinned hero/his sidekick talks highly about dark skin and then pursues the fair skinned, non-Tamil heroine who rejected him until she gives in. Or the hero, who's sidekick just glorified dark skin color as Dravidian stock's true color, vows to become fair skinned. 💢💩💦😓😡😤😩😒 This is me when I see such scenes. Apoplectic.  I need to ask... "Vekkamave illaiya? Maanam, rosham, soodu, soranai lam illaya?" I speak Tamil in a good flow when pissed. Mocking one's skin color is body shaming. If a guy rejects me for my skin color, my crooked nose, lip curve, sagging breasts, or whatever, no matt...