Taboos around menstruation are leading to a growing environmental crisis in India: Taboos around menstruation and notions of dirt and shame are leading India’s consumers and waste pickers to contribute to a growing environmental crisis. The country is already struggling to efficiently manage all kinds of waste. My new research has revealed that if the …
Darkest taboos: how Fleabag busted unrealistic portrayals of women on TV: BBC, CC BY-NC-SA Cringeworthy moments, eye-watering sex scenes, gleeful swearing, naked vulnerability and vulgarity of every stripe: groundbreaking BBC sitcom Fleabag fully deserved its recent BAFTA award. Fleabag (2016-) is part of an extraordinary new trend in television that kicked off a few years …
The ten weirdest taboos you must never break in Sweden: Blending in with the locals in a new country is never easy, so at least make sure you avoid these social faux-pas with The Local’s handy guide to Swedish taboos. Sweden’s state-owned alcohol retail monopoly Systembolaget is untouchable. Weird News –