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Thank You for 50,000 Facebook Likes!

Image courtesy Shikha Sreenivas

So 50,000 of you have liked our Facebook page, and to celebrate and share the love we’ve compiled some of the most enjoyable comments on our FB posts over the years. Enjoy!

1. Harshita Sa Chan: @Ashu Gupta Teri Princi pagal hai.
On the Facebook post for No Selfies, No Modelling, No Combing Hair: DU’s Miranda House Comes Up with Ridiculous Rules in New Notice 

2. Yamini Zerfas: ‘…where he slowly steps out of a pool wearing speedos because he is Confident and In Control of His Sexuality.’ Yassss hahahahahahahahaha
On the Facebook post for How about an Inverse Spy Movie: Woman Spy, Woman Villain, One Ripped Man with Constantly Erect Nipples

3. Gunjana Dey: Turn face to the left side. Face west. Carry a compass. Buy a laughing Buddha. After staring at him for one full hour, Buddha should say, “Girl, do you even science?” And yes my lady, he is laughing at you.
Kadhambari Sridhar: So is the opposite true? You know face to the right and east will be a girl? And then if I prefer a spectrum, I just do a 180, kick my husband out of bed, and let my kid explore and choose their gender
On the Facebook post for Want to Make Sure You Conceive a Baby Boy? This Malayalam Daily Has All the Tricks Up Its Sleeve

4. Ahona Panda: I think Djokovic needs a dose of Serena.
On the Facebook post for More vs Djokovic: Who Wins the Sexism Tournament

5. Aishwarya Subramanian: The comments section of a balanced feminist article is where hope goes to die.
On the Facebook post about a Sanitary Panels comic on comments sections

6. Nikita Jacqualine Ekka: If they pay me in good bras, I’m burning their buses.
On a Facebook post about a tweet we shared.

7. Zooni Tickoo: Haha I am going through this with my lipstick (dare not put on) obsession
On the Facebook post for Some Other Woman’s Been Living Inside My Head and Now She’s Gotten Into My Close

8. Piya De Bose: What with the anti gravity beard??
On the Facebook post for Why Is Baba Ramdev Practically Mooning Us on a Magazine Cover?

9. Smar Ky: Sometimes I really think girls are so weird
On the Facebook post for Some Other Woman’s Been Living Inside My Head and Now She’s Gotten Into My Closet

10. Paromita Vohra: I nominate this illustration for… something big, I don’t know what (but not what the last panelist is saying of course.)
On the Facebook post for A No-Vaanthi No-Cry Guide to Panel Discussion

11. Nilakshi Roy: That’s why squinting. Creep. I love the way she said “would you like me to leave your show?” He was gagging for it that weirdo.
On the Facebook post for13 Kranti Things Sunny Leone Said to Vaanthi Uncle

12. Priya Krishnaswamy: Kyunki dilli mein barf nhi padti !
On the Facebook post for JNU Would Like Women to Stop Puking

13. Menaka Rao: What a great conspiracy theory! Pitai hogi uski
On the Facebook post for Manik Katyal Filed a Defamation Case Against the Women He Sexually Assaulted

14. Bhavna Mishra Mathur: 1980s called. Even they don’t want that poster back. The Brewry is outdated. Every which way.
On the Facebook post for This Chandigarh Brewery Feels What’s Beer Without a Little Misogyny on the Side?

15. Piya De Bose: I keep my ‘resting-bitch-face’ during travel. Men stare openly when they encounter a solo female traveller. Some start being overtly helpful. Some strike up a conversation about work which quickly moves into uncomfortable personal territory. Initially I thought the problem was me but turned out other women were subjected to the same scrutiny and devise.
On the Facebook post for Is It Wrong That When I Travel Alone, I Put Every Man to the Acid Test? 

16. Sumit Sasidharan: Ohh my God, Mens’ rights ka Masihaa!!
On the Facebook post for Kaabil: You Won’t Believe What Yami Gautam Has to Do to Soothe Hrithik Roshan’s Feelings

17. Kathryn Louise Geels: And don’t forget that having breasts means that the harness at the seat won’t fit properly.
On the Facebook post for Why Indian Women Cannot Fly Fighter Jets

18. Afrah Shafiq: Hahahaha that Facebook thread was super entertaining but this compilation is like #toomuchonly – macronyms hahaha oho granma also I’m fully cracking up.  feminism discourse hahahahahahahahaha
On the Facebook post for All Those Vaanthi Messages You Saw on Women’s Day? Here Are Some of Them

19. Avantika Upadhyaya Sinha: Prasun Singhal omg the internet can hear our conversations too now!!
On the Facebook post for Why Is Daag Achcha Only For Little Boys in Surf Excel Ads? 

20. Chaya Budhraja Pai: Thank you. I couldn’t have faced my work day without this loveliness today.
On the Facebook post for Meet Mallika Dua, the Czarina of Dubsmash

21. Priya Desai: Very well written, and truly disturbing that I thought of several women I know personally while reading this.
On the Facebook post for Women and the Trouble Within/Without Homes

22. Tenzin Kunkey: I love the fact that you are targeting the need for feminism through typical Indian scenarios and not just aping the west blindly. Great! This should hit home harder.
On the Facebook post for What’s Eating Us? This Dude Who Won’t Eat His Own Food

23. Subha Wijesiriwardena: Ladies Finger you are basically the BEST. Definitely the best thing about IWD this year is now seeing this post.
On the Facebook post for All Those Vaanthi Messages You Saw on Women’s Day? Here Are Some of Them

24. Mahima Venugopal: You know, you guys are the best right. I’m obsessing over the well written, oh so funny articles. Well done
On a Facebook photo that says we’re just here for girls bruh.

25. Able Nari: Haven’t ever read something that so perfectly and passionately captures what malayalam movies (and Avial) mean to me and more so, as a non Keralite Malayali. Loved this article
On the Facebook post for Sandesham’s 25th Anniversary: Remembering the Men of Classic Malayalam Cinema

26. Deepika Gupta: Great post ! It’s advertising like this and portrayal of women in the media that’s starts the subconscious gender divide !
On the Facebook post for Why Does Katrina Kaif Have to Suck on a Bottle to Sell Juice, While Shah Rukh Khan Simply Needs to Hold it Up and Smile?

27. Nityashree Yadunath: Can’t decide if I like the core better or the style of her writing!
So well put, just what we all need to internalise now and again! 🙂 Plus an inspiring example on 1000 levels!!! Thank you for this!!
On the Facebook post for At Work, I Was Almost in the Big League. Here’s Why I Dropped Out 

28. Aneeta N Babu: Simply loved. I think after a long time I read thru a whole narrative without skipping a single word. Kudos to the writer
On the Facebook post for The Truth About Bra-Stealing Grandmas and GSBs

29. Bhavna Mishra Mathur This is a beautifully written piece. I think I’m in love with Priyanka Mathai’s soul…!!!
On the Facebook post for I Moved Into a House With Lots of Windows. Here’s Why I Had to Cover Them Up

30. Joanna Rose David: Nidhi Soni Adele and ovaries.
Nidhi Soni: Areyyyyy please hi please, such feels
On the Facebook post for A Song to All Aunties Concerned About Our Ovaries and Singledom

 

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