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Ganesh and Kali: Seeing Myself in a Feminist Artist’s Goddess of Destruction
By Guest Contributor on May 14, 2015
By Chaya Babu The other day, I furiously penned a blog post after two simultaneous attacks that I am not the right kind of woman. I...
No One’s Daughter
By Shubhra Sharma on March 19, 2015
Last week in class, we watched Queen, a Bollywood film about a middle-class Indian woman who, after she is jilted by her fiancé, decides to...
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#Intersectionality for Racists: On Miss America
By Guest Contributor on September 20, 2013
By Sayantani DasGupta Dear Racist Tweeters of America, First and foremost, let me thank you on behalf of feminists of color everywhere, not to mention...
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A Love Note for Movement
By Guest Contributor on April 28, 2013
By Purvi Shah The work of ending violence and enabling gender equity is hard. The victories are too rare, the celebrations too brief. And so...
This is War! Reflections on the Delhi Gang Rape
By Guest Contributor on February 2, 2013
By Soma Chauduri It has been difficult for me to write or even to comment on the horrific and barbaric gang rape of a 23-year...

Ganesh and Kali: Seeing Myself in a Feminist Artist’s Goddess of Destruction