Feminism

On Feminism, Sexuality and Disability
1857 painting. Eight women showing personifications of dementia, megalomania, acute mania, melancholia, idiocy, hallucination, erotomania and paralysis in a garden of a hospice facility in Paris.
On Feminism, Sexuality and Disability

  Bula was not happy at being offered a bath and fresh clothes. Food, she would gladly take – but…
By Gunjan Chandak Khemka
November 1, 2015
On Feminism, Sexuality and Disability
On Realising a Young Feminist Dream
Black and white photo of two young women speaking on a stage, reading out from the sheets of paper in their hands. One wears a saree, and has curly hair left open. The other wears a top, and has her hair open falling till her chest. She holds a rectangle-shaped structure in front of her face through which she sees across.
On Realising a Young Feminist Dream

One gets introduced to feminism through various modes: through books, through university courses, through parents and sometimes one does not…
By Jasmine George
November 1, 2015
On Realising a Young Feminist Dream
Of Socks and Sexuality
An anti-suffragette cartoon. A man washing laundry. On the wall, a board reads, "Everybody works but mother: she's a suffragette".
Of Socks and Sexuality

I grew up with a book cupboard where Paul Gallico’s Love of Seven Dolls rubbed shoulders with Germain Greer’s The…
By Shikha Aleya
November 1, 2015
Of Socks and Sexuality
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
Photo of a woman lying down. The photo focusses on her torso - she is wearing a black crop top, and blue jeans. Her one hand is on her waist.
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women

This post is a part of TARSHI‘s #TalkSexuality Campaign. By Shruti Arora “I’ve never told this to anyone before, but…
By Curated Content
August 31, 2015
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight
Names of several Indian cities are typed all over in grey or black on a white background. Kochi, Dehradun, Jaipur, Cuttak, etc.
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight

While we were researching women’s access to public space in Mumbai under the aegis of the Gender and Space Project,…
By Shilpa Phadke
August 15, 2015
I Wish I May, I Wish I Might Have the Wish, I Wish Tonight
TROPES VS WOMEN IN VIDEO GAMES
TROPES VS WOMEN IN VIDEO GAMES
July 1, 2015
TROPES VS WOMEN IN VIDEO GAMES
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism in the 21st Century
Nivedita Menon, wearing a green turtle-neck sweater, sitting on a chair, smiling.
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism in the 21st Century

Nivedita Menon is a feminist writer and a political and social activist. She is a professor of political thought at…
By Shweta Krishnan
March 16, 2015
Nivedita Menon: On Feminism in the 21st Century
‘Popular Stereotyping’
A still from the film "Apur Sansar" showing a woman who's looking downwards. She's wearing a saree and her aanchal is draped around her head.
‘Popular Stereotyping’

Time and again, our films underline the supremacy of man. Modernity is reduced to a matter of packaging. A modern…
By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
‘Popular Stereotyping’
Sports: Hegemonic Masculinities And The Feminist Conundrum
A black and white picture of an all-male cricket team. They are dressed in white jerseys with green borders and white trousers. A few of them wear caps.
Sports: Hegemonic Masculinities And The Feminist Conundrum

As a teenager, I played tennis with friends, both male and female. Mostly we played with whoever was available to…
By Shweta Krishnan
September 1, 2014
Sports: Hegemonic Masculinities And The Feminist Conundrum
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
July 15, 2014
Art and Activism: Strange bedfellows?
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
Social Media
Photo of Saudi Arabian women's rights activist Manal Al Shairf. She has black hair and is wearing a black headscarf, and is standing in front of a board that says 'women2drive'.
Social Media

By: Women’s Rights Campaigning Info-Activism Toolkit People are more likely to trust – and act on – messages from people they…
By Curated Content
July 15, 2014
Social Media
To The Beat Of Activism
photo shows a brown wall which has an illustration of a woman dressed in a red saree and blur blouse. a man sits in fron of the wall, but his face is blacked out. The message written on the wall says, "i don't 'need to be protected'/ What are you 'protecting me' from? / Think / Make That Change #DelhiGangRape #SafeCityPledge
To The Beat Of Activism

The rape and murder of a young woman in New Delhi on December 16, 2012, left the Indian public consciousness…
By Pattie Gonsalves
July 1, 2014
To The Beat Of Activism
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
Law and Sexuality
Picture of a female lawyer. She is dressed in her lawyer's uniform.
Law and Sexuality

I graduated from a Law School in Bangalore in 2012 and moved back to my hometown, Lucknow, U.P., where I…
By Neetika Vishwanath
June 1, 2014
Law and Sexuality
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