AgentsOfIshq: ‘You Should Wear Maroon For Your Skin’ And Other Advice I’ve Ignored As A Non-Fair Woman
AgentsOfIshq ran a story of mine on dark skin pride and my love of colour.
Politics & Feminism
Commentary on current social affairs. Intersectional feminism examining questions of gender, sex, sexuality, caste, class, race, religion & other discriminators.
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Arre: My Tinder Bio – Not Here To Mother 20-Somethings
Arre ran one of my stories this week and I’m thrilled!
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Ocean’s 8 — Feminist Or Not?
The Ocean franchise is what I like to think of as Smooth Masculine (but still very masculine) — a format popularized by the early James Bonds. They’re stylish and suave. They actually talk, even intimidate, with words rather than their fists. In itself, this digresses from the usual toxic masculine image of…
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I Know It’s Pride Month But I Hate Strangelove | GaysiFamily
I called rainbowwashing in pride month. Alex Strangelove is narcissistic and an insulting representation of queer people.
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6 Bollywood Characters You Didn’t Know Were Feminist | FeminismInIndia
Can on-screen feminism go beyond the samajh-sudharak, abla naari turned Kali maa & speech spouting devi? Let’s meet some of the subtler on-screen feminists.
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Lust Stories: Wham, Bam And A Thankless Ma’am
This weekend saw the Netflix Originals premier of ‘Lust Stories‘ – a format repeat from the 2013 anthology ‘Bombay Talkies’, with the same four directors, each contributing one story. Let me pause a minute to CRINGE at that name so you can understand why I was expecting something along on…
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If You Won’t Let Us Laugh, Someday We’ll Make You Cry
‘Veere Di Wedding’ caused an uproar. Why? Because Indian audiences find it intolerable for women to laugh, much less laugh together.
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Madonna’s ‘Bad Girl’ – Feminist Or Not?
If you didn’t grow up in the 90s, you may not have seen this video. Indeed, you may never have experienced the phenomenon that was Madonna. Madonna was such an important reference in pop culture at the time, not necessarily because she was that talented but because of how she…
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The World Will Always Have Crying Children
A show on Black Christianity (and CSA). The true story of an exploited kidnapped child. A case about a a raped child. And my own story.
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Always Make Room For The Flowers
This picture was shot by a sweet young photographer at an Open Mic event in 2012 when she spotted the flowers I was carrying.
