Author: Bro girl

Someone recently raised a question that forced me to think. “What is the concept of modern heroine”, they asked? And really, there can be so many answers to this question. So as arduous as the task may seem, the idea of ‘modern heroine’ needs to be defined to clear any confusions. American cartoonist Alison Bechdel once created 3 simple rules to measure the representation of women in a work of fiction: it should have two women; these women should talk to each other; this talk should be about something other than a man. If I may dare to do so,…

End note on ‘social drama’ and ‘women empowerment’ (this is not meant as an offense to anyone, and not regarding one particular drama, just an introspective piece of enquiry) Guys, let’s just stop having expectations and enjoy this drama as a guilty pleasure. Because no private venture into this genre can truly and solely be a social drama. They have to worry about returns on their investment, which ultimately affects and alters their original vision. To stay in the game of trp, they have to bring nonsensical amount of twists and turns which are often irrelevant to the theme of…