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“There shall never be another season of silence until women have the same rights as men have on this green earth”
Susan B. Anthony
Latest Posts by The Pamphleteer:
Let’s Talk About The Kama Sutra.
As far as Indian stereotypes go, some are more popular than others. The representation of Indians in international pop-culture usually includes a strange accent no one in the country has ever actually heard, an allusion to spicy food and curries, snippets of familial control, jokes about cows and the myths associated with an ancient culture…
13 Lessons From A Morally-Wounded Woman.
Read the detailed summary of my debut novel, 13 Lessons From A Morally-Wounded Woman, in this post. You can also access the index of chapters, purchase information, testimonials, information about what’s coming and random bad jokes by me here.
“Art Doesn’t Pay and It’s Your Fault.” The integrity of a starving artist and how that keeps artists poor.
For centuries the integrity of artists has been awarded based on our ability to suffer and the moment an artist finds a way to make our work lucrative we are accused of selling out. While publishers, collectors and advertisers are lauded for the financial success they build off our backs, we are happy to keep…
The Sexism of The Army’s Objection To “Memsahibs” Complaining.
The recent push for the nationalisation of the Indian army as departure from its colonial legacy seems a perfect time to review the problematic systemic practises that have existed for decades. However, the inability of the organisation to accept that sexism exists and the subsequent attacks on women who complain has its own misogynistic history,…
Feminism Made Me A Woman.
Sometimes the rhetoric makes it feel like we have to rescue our mothers from homemaking, child-rearing and oppression, and in doing things differently we begin to believe that having jobs and “liberation” means that we are exempt from the shared, continuous trauma of our gender. Feminism taught me how my mother and I are part…
Can I Have My Blood Back?
A poem on the occasion of Women’s Day, that, hopefully, does a good job of explaining why I won’t celebrate Women’s Day. Written by Aarushi Ahluwalia They gave us free sanitary pads — winged and scented for our comfort — and taught us how to use them. The room was coloured in hues of pink…
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