Parched is a story set up in rural Rajasthan that revolves around three women, fighting their everyday battles in an inherently feudal society. It is only after the fourth woman, a child bride who comes into their lives, they are confronted with their pasts and present and take control of their lives. The film essentially celebrates the spirit of female friendships (feminist sisterhood) despite all the complexities that all the lead characters are surrounded by. 

This blog post makes an attempt at reviewing Susan Bordo’s piece titled Never Just perfect: Bodies and Fantasies. Through this article, the post looks at the interplay of the beauty ideal and body shaming, which fuel and glorify eating disorders and thinness as a sign of self-control and discipline. It looks at the impact of popular culture (advertisements and online spaces for instance) in shaping the female body while also looking at particular eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia, as ‘complex crystallizations of culture.’

Pink is a hard hitting movie about the times that we live in, where the globalisation of economy has lead to a conflict between the new urbanised woman and feudal elements in society. The story revolves around three women who fight the system and its inherent biases to establish their own gendered identities.