Respectfully Disagree

This week, we revisit an episode from the archives, where we discuss skincare routines, meditation apps, and the radical roots of self-care.

Respectfully Disagree is The Swaddle Team’s very own podcast series, in which we get together to discuss and dissect the issues we passionately differ on. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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This week, therapist Farah Maneckshaw joins us to discuss why Indians struggle with setting boundaries, what it actually means to ‘be triggered,’ and the dangers of seeing therapy as bias-free.

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This week artist Indu Harikumar (@induviduality) joins us to discuss the evolution of ‘cheap talks’ on dating apps, the art of romantic rejection, and the pressures of fitting dating app moulds.

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This week, we discuss the surprising origins of the hot take, how J.K. Rowling took a take too far, and why we don’t classify bad boomer op-eds as hot takes.

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This week, we discuss the contested definitions of ghosting, disappearing on someone versus honest therapy-speak, and whether online dating has forever changed how we communicate. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See https://pcm.adswizz.com

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This week, we discuss ‘body count’ etiquette, urban legends about celebrity STDs, and what your partner should know about your sexual past. 

Here is the link to Ananya’s longform feature on the virginity myth and rising hymenoplasties in India  – https://theswaddle.com/virgins-again/

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This week, Jubilee director Vikramaditya Motwane and screenwriter Atul Sabharwal join us to discuss propaganda in films, the origin of Indian gaalis, and the makings of a good period drama.

These are some of the movies, series and books we referred to in this conversation: 

-The Knick

-Buniyaad

-Tamas

-The Nudist on the Late Shift

-Grapes of Wrath

-Shakespeare Wallah

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This week, to mark the release of The Swaddle's first longform investigative feature on Tollywood fandoms, we're revisiting an episode from the archives, where writer and movie buff Divya Kandukuri joins us to discuss the problems with Rajamouli’s fandom, how RRR reinforces caste hierarchies, and why the West’s praise for Indian films often overlooks nuances of depictions.

Here is the link to Rohitha and Divya's piece – https://theswaddle.com/tollywoods-kingmakers/

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This week, we discuss Jennifer Lawrence, the ‘cool girl’ monologue from ‘Gone Girl,’ TikTok pick-me girl discourse, and whether the trope of the ‘pick me’ girl is unfeminist.

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This week, documentary filmmaker Shilpi Gulati (Taala Te Kunjee, Qissa-e-Parsi) and film editor Vedant Joshi (All That Breathes, Fursat), join us to discuss the ethics of documentary films, and the impact of commercial filmmaking with series like The Romantics and Harry & Meghan.

Here are the films we refer to during the episode:

-Taala Te Kunjee

-All That Breathes

-Born Into Brothels

-Tales of the Night Fairies

-Something Like A War

-Writing With Fire

-An Insignificant Man

-Lakshmi and Me

-Nida Mehboob’s Let’s Talk About Sex

-The Cinema Travellers

And here is the link to the Vulture article Shrishti mentions: https://www.vulture.com/article/tv-documentaries-ethical-standards.html

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