WHAT DOES BEING A ‘FEMINIST KILLJOY’ MEAN?

Read on for some thoughts from Sara Ahmed — who is a renowned Pakistani-British feminist writer and independent scholar. All of the words below are by Sara Ahmed. Feminism is a sensible reaction to the injustices of the world. To kill joy is to open a life, to make room for life, to make room […]

DALIT FEMINIST STANDPOINT

Read along for some thoughts from Sharmila Rege — who was a renowned Indian sociologist, feminist scholar and author. Sharmila Rege introduced the Dalit Feminist Standpoint in her book ‘Writing Caste Writing Gender.’ She argued that anti-caste work is predominantly male-serving and male-led. Inspired by Dr BR Ambedkar’s definition of caste, she further argued that […]

IF YOU LOVED Netflix’s ‘Lust Stories’ THEN YOU ARE LIKELY TO ENJOY THESE BOOKS :)

Panty by Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay Darkly glamorous and fiercely erotic heroines take the centre stage in these two novellas. Exposing our darkest desires and deepest fears when it comes to love, the effect of Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay’s ferocious storytelling is deliciously anarchic and deeply unsettling. Love, Inshallah by Ayesha Mattu & Nura Maznavi In this groundbreaking collection, […]

How did zine-culture aid revolution?

What is a zine? A zine (taken from magazine) is a small-circulation self-published work of original or excerpted texts, collages and images, usually reproduced via a copy machine. What is zine-culture? Zine culture began around the 1930s. They sprang to popularity in the late 1970s and into the 1980s — typically within punk rock communities. […]