Songs such as “Channa Mereya” (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, 2016) or “Tadap Tadap” (Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, 1999) are poignant examples of ... authority, the female gaze has struggled to find ...

with the most cited example being Michael Bay’s incredibly sexualised portrayal of Megan Fox in his 2007 film, Transformers. More recently, though, “the female gaze” — the subtler flipside ...

But the past 12 months have seen explicit examples of female desire rush in simultaneously from the margins to the mainstream. From film to TV, music and literature, the female gaze has been ...