Feminist commentary — on books, culture & current events
Poems that witness, accuse, mourn, and resist. Work rooted in body autonomy, ecofeminism, desire, grief, exile, and decolonial reclamation - from Adivasi verse to Urdu ghazal to prison writing.
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It was a deserted lane. The street lights threw insufficient light. The only sound was the......
Read MoreMusings on Earth Day Megha Majumdar’s ‘A Guardian and a Thief’, which was longlisted for the......
Read MoreIn 2018, singer Chinmayi Sripaada accused lyricist Vairamuthu of sexual harassment and of threatening to destroy......
Read MoreWe appear to be living in a hyperconnected society where you know exactly where your colleague......
Read MoreWas Mrs. Bennet Really The Tiresome Character We Think She Was? Pride and Prejudice. The one......
Read MoreEvery year around Women’s Day, people suddenly discover the women who played an important role in......
Read MoreIn her famous TED talk on “The Danger of a Single Story”, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie narrates......
Read MoreAt the Presidential Inauguration, it was impossible to ignore the adoration with which Usha Vance stared......
Read MoreLog onto X (formerly called Twitter) or Instagram, and you find scores of accounts abusing assertive......
Read MoreWatching the clip from Satyajit Ray’s Mahanagar where the character played by Madhabi Mukherjee strikes an......
Read More“Shame must change sides”, said 71-year-old Gisele Pelicot while defending her decision to insist on an......
Read MoreWhat connects *To Kill a Mockingbird*, *The Wizard of Oz*, *The Little Prince*, *Charlotte’s Web*, and......
Read More“I have always thought of myself as a detective”, said economic historian Claudia Goldin in an......
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