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 […]

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. […]