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Reading Rhea Chakraborty's public vilification as a modern-day witch hunt: Actress' harassment has historic roots
FirstpostThe way women who are accused of witchcraft are dragged outdoors to be publicly shamed has now translated into a countless number of people consuming a new ’exposé’ on Rhea Chakraborty every day on primetime television. Apart from using ‘the witch’ for furthering the cinematic plots in films and series, the term witch-hunting is also being used as an analogy for the online harassment and vitriol directed against Rhea Chakraborty after her boyfriend Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Agarwal’s mother was quoted as saying, “Woh daayan mere bete ko kha gayi.” The print media came up with vilifying labels such as ‘The Black Widow’ and ‘The Macabre Truth behind Mukesh’s Suicide’. The pictures of a bikini-clad Rhea being plastered on our TV/social media on a daily basis almost appears as a hunt to find the devil’s mark and the demonisation of the female body as it is believed that a woman’s witchcraft could be read off the visible signs of her body, like a map.
History of this topic
Rhea Chakraborty was called ‘witch’ last year, now she's ‘most desirable woman’: Chehre director Rumy Jafry
Hindustan Times)
Calling Out Rhea Chakraborty's Media Witch-hunt, Film Personalities and Others Sign Open Letter
News 18)
Kolkata Men Float Viral #RheaChakrabortyOfMyLife Hashtag to Harass Ex-girlfriends, One Arrested
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