Feminism

Brushstrokes: Cartoons For Activism
A cartoon showing a scene at a bus stop, where a man seated on a bench ogles a woman that is passing by, and the woman's genitals seem to show him the middle finger.
Brushstrokes: Cartoons For Activism

[slideshow_deploy id=’3075′] I’ve always had a ridiculous cartoon view of the world. It’s natural that most of my life I…
By Liz Hilton
July 1, 2014
Brushstrokes: Cartoons For Activism
Brushstrokes: 5 Fantastic Ways to Engage in Feminist Hookup Culture
Film poster of ‘Someone Great’
Brushstrokes: 5 Fantastic Ways to Engage in Feminist Hookup Culture

While navigating hook-up culture, we may exercise our agency to express our sexuality but at the same time, may face risks to our safety and bodily integrity as well as obstacles engendered by misogyny, rape culture, heteronormativity, and double standards.
By Curated Content
October 5, 2020
Brushstrokes: 5 Fantastic Ways to Engage in Feminist Hookup Culture
Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs
A film still of Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor dancing with Holi colours thrown on them. Over the picture is a screenshot of a tweet that reads, "Balam pichkari joh tune mujhe mari, toh seedhi saadhi chhori ne harassment ki FIR likha di. & she was taken seriously. #FeministBollySongs"
Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs

Twitter has been rumbling with chuckles and giggles over the last few days with a trending slew of Tweets and…
By Curated Content
January 4, 2016
Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs
Bridging ‘inside’ and ‘outside’
a pile of little stones are stacked vertically on a rock. in the background are green trees and snowy mountains
Bridging ‘inside’ and ‘outside’

We cannot build safe spaces for ‘communities’ we work with, without having those safe spaces built for those who work within the organisation.
By Meenu Vadera
August 20, 2024
Bridging ‘inside’ and ‘outside’
Bridging the gaps in an evolving language
close-up photo of colourful cloth patches.
Bridging the gaps in an evolving language

Fashion is a language that expresses survival, rebellion, freedom, visibility and invisibility, identity, representation and inclusion.
By Shikha Aleya
October 19, 2023
Bridging the gaps in an evolving language
Book Review: Come As You Are
Book cover with white background. Line drawing of a woman from waist to thighs, naked. On top is written the author's name in black "Emily Nayoski". Below it in red in cursive is written, "COME as you are".
Book Review: Come As You Are

You should venture to read Emily Nagoski’s book, Come As You Are in public. Not because you want to make…
By Shweta Krishnan
November 15, 2015
Book Review: Come As You Are
Biscuit tin
On a pink background, a blue gift-wrapped box with a bow
Biscuit tin

I keep on hold the colours and prints to wrap you in gentle delicate flowers or little cartoon lions and boys with fists that say Bam and Super / until I know what lies between your legs the cigar or the smile of consolation if you’re the first
By Shikha Aleya
December 1, 2020
Biscuit tin
Behind the Curtains
A big red traffic sign with the word STOP written big and bold. Below it the phrase "NO MEANS NO" is written
Behind the Curtains

… when they believed we were of the right age to marry, they urged us to “leave everything behind and get settled”. When marriage is considered such an important institution in our society, why not teach us about consent as well?

By Bhargavi Vyas
February 18, 2025
Behind the Curtains
Beauty Lies in Contradictions
Picture of a make-up palette with various colours on it
Beauty Lies in Contradictions

I have been the overprotective patriarch and now it is time for me to find solidarity with my sister who will go through myriad experiences. I need to be there to support her while at the same time make her question her decisions rather than being a judgmental feminist.
By Shivani Gupta
October 1, 2018
Beauty Lies in Contradictions
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
July 15, 2014
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
Androgyny is a Quality of the Mind
Abstract photograph of water droplets on a glass panel. There is a blurred reflection of a human-like figure. On the glass pane are painted swirls and dot in yellow and orange, as well as flecks of paint.
Androgyny is a Quality of the Mind

As clear as I was about my sexuality, I was just as unclear about how I wanted to look and what felt good.
By Debashree
September 20, 2023
Androgyny is a Quality of the Mind
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste
Artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh stands infront of a wall that has a mural painted on it. She has short hair and is wearing a simple top with trousers. There is also a poster behind her that says "stop telling women to smile"
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste

Tatyana Fazlalizadeh Takes Her Public Art Project to Georgia By FELICIA R. LEE APRIL 9, 2014 Tatyana Fazlalizadeh pasted her self-portrait Friday…
By Curated Content
July 15, 2014
An Artist Demands Civility on the Street With Grit and Buckets of Paste
A ‘girly’ feminist
Two dandelion flowers in a glass vase on a pink background.
A ‘girly’ feminist

Desiring motherhood meant veering into a more ‘girly’ territory, a notion that I had simultaneously been fighting and trying to embrace since childhood. I had understood that to be a feminist I had to be independent, be wary of men, dislike families and relationships.

By Anubha Sarkar
December 1, 2020
A ‘girly’ feminist
A World Within A World
A group of middle aged women from Kerala embracing each other and laughing joyously
A World Within A World

The only substitute for “friend” is “friend” itself. Irreplaceable, singular.
By Greeshma
October 15, 2025
A World Within A World
A Work in Progress
pair of brown-and-black work boots on green grass field during daytime
A Work in Progress

Parenting is an odd space. It comes chock full of all kinds of normative strictures and regulations.
By Shilpa Phadke
July 22, 2024
A Work in Progress
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