feminism – Sunil D'Monte

The Hindu’s Coverage of Women’s Tennis: US Open 2023

The US Open 2023 concluded yesterday, and throughout the tournament I kept track of how my newspaper – The Hindu – covered the men’s game vs. the women’s game in their sports pages, to see if there was any bias there. (Previously I covered Wimbledon.) This is how I kept score: Column space by cm;Continue reading “The Hindu’s Coverage of Women’s Tennis: US Open 2023”

The Hindu’s Coverage of Women’s Tennis: Wimbledon 2023

Wimbledon 2023 concluded yesterday, and throughout the tournament I kept track of how my newspaper – The Hindu – covered the men’s game vs. the women’s game in their sports pages, to see if there was any bias there. (Previously I covered the French Open.) This is how I kept score: Column space by inches;Continue reading “The Hindu’s Coverage of Women’s Tennis: Wimbledon 2023”

The Hindu’s Coverage of Women’s Tennis: French Open 2023

The French Open 2023 concluded yesterday, and throughout the tournament I kept track of how my newspaper – The Hindu – covered the men’s game vs. the women’s game in their sports pages. They sourced their main articles from Agence France Presse, and there was a separate “Day in Numbers” section by someone from TheContinue reading “The Hindu’s Coverage of Women’s Tennis: French Open 2023”

How The Hindu Reports on Male Violence Against Women

For the last few months, I’ve been taking photos of news reports in The Hindu on male violence against women. The pattern is disheartening.

Rape Myths About How Victims “Should” Behave

I first wrote this in 2014. How deeply sad that it’s all relevant again. In the wake of the Tejpal rape case, some articles and comments in Indian media have propagated certain myths about how “true” rape victims “should” behave. These myths echo depictions of rape in cinema and television, and go something like this:Continue reading “Rape Myths About How Victims “Should” Behave”

A Year of Grand Slam Data: Men’s Tennis and Women’s Tennis

Since the 2013 US Open (this post was originally written in 2014), I’ve been collecting the statistics published by the grand slam tennis tournaments in a spreadsheet. This was prompted by a discussion on sexism in tennis about a year ago, where I saw someone say he didn’t watch women’s tennis these days as itContinue reading “A Year of Grand Slam Data: Men’s Tennis and Women’s Tennis”