Shubha Kayastha
@shubhakayastha.bsky.social
🏠 Naarm and Kathmandu
📚 PhD candidate researching queer digital culture and privacy
🖥️ Co-founder, Body & Data, a digital rights organisation in Nepal
https://au.linkedin.com/in/shubha-kayastha-619143318
📚 PhD candidate researching queer digital culture and privacy
🖥️ Co-founder, Body & Data, a digital rights organisation in Nepal
https://au.linkedin.com/in/shubha-kayastha-619143318
Much resonance www.drecollab.org/desi-butch/
Desi Butch: Lines on a Page
This essay was originally published on The Cabaret Commons, as part of the "Process Posts" Series. See: http://www.cabaretcommons.org/desi-butch/
By Naveen Minai
1.
I begin here with I. I do this...
www.drecollab.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Much resonance www.drecollab.org/desi-butch/
Looking forward to be part part of this roundtable!
I'm very pleased to be hosting this roundtable discussion about LGBTQ+ Peer Support on December 2, 9-11am AEDT, in-person and online. Featuring wonderful discussants including @shubhakayastha.bsky.social @joel.queercomputer.com @t-odonell.bsky.social and more! events.humanitix.com/lgbtq-peer-s...
LGBTQ+ Peer Support Roundtable Discussion
Register on Humanitix - LGBTQ+ Peer Support Roundtable Discussion. UTS Central (Building 2), ResHub, Level 5, Room 250 (or ONLINE), 61 Broadway, Ultimo NSW 2007, Australia. Tuesday 2nd December 2025. ...
events.humanitix.com
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Looking forward to be part part of this roundtable!
“Teenagers absolutely care about privacy,” Boyd said, adding that like adults, they share things to feel loved, connected and supported by Pamela Paul www.seattletimes.com/life/lifesty...
Cracking teenager’s online codes
Teenagers' access to the Internet should not be restricted, says an expert on social research who says she benefited from it herself when she was young.
www.seattletimes.com
August 30, 2025 at 11:54 AM
“Teenagers absolutely care about privacy,” Boyd said, adding that like adults, they share things to feel loved, connected and supported by Pamela Paul www.seattletimes.com/life/lifesty...
Honestly, seeing people in my social media wearing purple and eating purple cake ‘to celebrate diversity’ is pretty hilarious!!
August 29, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Honestly, seeing people in my social media wearing purple and eating purple cake ‘to celebrate diversity’ is pretty hilarious!!
Enjoyed reading how students could be engage in a creative way in your piece @binarythis.bsky.social thesocietypages.org/firstpublics...
Theory for Good: Sociology in Cultural Studies - First Publics
The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota
thesocietypages.org
August 17, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Enjoyed reading how students could be engage in a creative way in your piece @binarythis.bsky.social thesocietypages.org/firstpublics...
As someone who was leaving the city full of gratitude with everything it has to offer, I just shoved my earphones deep into my ears and listened to a Bahasa Malayu song to mute whatever the white man was saying next
(Overheard someone speaking on a phone at the airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur bound to Naarm)
“Trust me I don’t think you would have liked it. It’s a first world in so many ways but also a third world. It’s such an interesting juxtaposition between the first and the third world that it is strange”
“Trust me I don’t think you would have liked it. It’s a first world in so many ways but also a third world. It’s such an interesting juxtaposition between the first and the third world that it is strange”
August 14, 2025 at 5:40 AM
As someone who was leaving the city full of gratitude with everything it has to offer, I just shoved my earphones deep into my ears and listened to a Bahasa Malayu song to mute whatever the white man was saying next
(Overheard someone speaking on a phone at the airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur bound to Naarm)
“Trust me I don’t think you would have liked it. It’s a first world in so many ways but also a third world. It’s such an interesting juxtaposition between the first and the third world that it is strange”
“Trust me I don’t think you would have liked it. It’s a first world in so many ways but also a third world. It’s such an interesting juxtaposition between the first and the third world that it is strange”
August 14, 2025 at 5:37 AM
(Overheard someone speaking on a phone at the airport terminal in Kuala Lumpur bound to Naarm)
“Trust me I don’t think you would have liked it. It’s a first world in so many ways but also a third world. It’s such an interesting juxtaposition between the first and the third world that it is strange”
“Trust me I don’t think you would have liked it. It’s a first world in so many ways but also a third world. It’s such an interesting juxtaposition between the first and the third world that it is strange”
Reposted by Shubha Kayastha
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Greta Thunberg being released...
the internetWorld is gunna explode on this one
c'mon lets make this interview statement Famous!!
Greta Thunberg being released...
the internetWorld is gunna explode on this one
c'mon lets make this interview statement Famous!!
June 10, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Greta Thunberg being released...
the internetWorld is gunna explode on this one
c'mon lets make this interview statement Famous!!
Greta Thunberg being released...
the internetWorld is gunna explode on this one
c'mon lets make this interview statement Famous!!
Egypt illegally detaining Alaa Abd el-Fattah, UN investigators find www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Egypt illegally detaining Alaa Abd el-Fattah, UN investigators find
Report says British-Egyptian writer held for expressing political views and should be released without delay
www.theguardian.com
May 31, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Egypt illegally detaining Alaa Abd el-Fattah, UN investigators find www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer wrote, “If I must die, you must live to tell my story” genderit.org/feminist-tal...
genderit.org
May 23, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Palestinian poet Refaat Alareer wrote, “If I must die, you must live to tell my story” genderit.org/feminist-tal...
Reposted by Shubha Kayastha
WATCH: Over 210 Palestinian journalists have been killed since October 2023—targeted for telling the truth. Our colleague Rand spoke with Palestinian photojournalist Eman Mohammed on media silence + complicity. Watch full video on IG here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DI31uGu...
www.instagram.com/reel/DI31uGu...
April 25, 2025 at 4:55 PM
WATCH: Over 210 Palestinian journalists have been killed since October 2023—targeted for telling the truth. Our colleague Rand spoke with Palestinian photojournalist Eman Mohammed on media silence + complicity. Watch full video on IG here:
www.instagram.com/reel/DI31uGu...
www.instagram.com/reel/DI31uGu...
Jasmine is totally judging anti-feminists and transphobes and i am with her!
April 23, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Jasmine is totally judging anti-feminists and transphobes and i am with her!
Only through the first episode of Black Mirror 7 and it feels way too dark for me!
April 11, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Only through the first episode of Black Mirror 7 and it feels way too dark for me!
Tales of reverse racism in my school:
Last week, a dear colleague (an Asian brown gay man) asked me if me critiquing white people and whiteness is racism.
Today, another colleague (a brown middle eastern cishet man) asked if me requesting PoC supervisor is a racist thing to do.
Last week, a dear colleague (an Asian brown gay man) asked me if me critiquing white people and whiteness is racism.
Today, another colleague (a brown middle eastern cishet man) asked if me requesting PoC supervisor is a racist thing to do.
April 2, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Tales of reverse racism in my school:
Last week, a dear colleague (an Asian brown gay man) asked me if me critiquing white people and whiteness is racism.
Today, another colleague (a brown middle eastern cishet man) asked if me requesting PoC supervisor is a racist thing to do.
Last week, a dear colleague (an Asian brown gay man) asked me if me critiquing white people and whiteness is racism.
Today, another colleague (a brown middle eastern cishet man) asked if me requesting PoC supervisor is a racist thing to do.
Reposted by Shubha Kayastha
BREAKING— Last week, while Israel re-escalated its genocide in Gaza, Google Cloud acquired Israeli start-up Wiz, signaling Google's continued investment in Israel and its commitment to genocide profiteering.
March 25, 2025 at 5:33 PM
BREAKING— Last week, while Israel re-escalated its genocide in Gaza, Google Cloud acquired Israeli start-up Wiz, signaling Google's continued investment in Israel and its commitment to genocide profiteering.
‘‘I am a vegan so therefore I don’t need to engage with the complexity of how I am implicated into the global local North–South circuits of power around food.’’
Someone wrote this fictional quote on the current food politics. Couldn’t agree more!
Someone wrote this fictional quote on the current food politics. Couldn’t agree more!
March 25, 2025 at 2:10 AM
‘‘I am a vegan so therefore I don’t need to engage with the complexity of how I am implicated into the global local North–South circuits of power around food.’’
Someone wrote this fictional quote on the current food politics. Couldn’t agree more!
Someone wrote this fictional quote on the current food politics. Couldn’t agree more!
Also any tips on training my instagram algorithm from white folks content to brown aunties contents?
(I’m trying my best but more tips are always helpful)
(I’m trying my best but more tips are always helpful)
March 24, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Also any tips on training my instagram algorithm from white folks content to brown aunties contents?
(I’m trying my best but more tips are always helpful)
(I’m trying my best but more tips are always helpful)
White people coming up with ‘make it at home’ beauty/ hygiene products as if they invented them 😂
Please credit my ancestors!
Please credit my ancestors!
March 24, 2025 at 6:48 AM
White people coming up with ‘make it at home’ beauty/ hygiene products as if they invented them 😂
Please credit my ancestors!
Please credit my ancestors!
Aaaa.. what!!!
Chat GPT: “Compliance with data protection laws, such as GDPR [a data privacy law], can be a significant hurdle. SMBs may worry about legal and ethical issues associated with using AI.”
www.newscientist.com/article/2472...
Chat GPT: “Compliance with data protection laws, such as GDPR [a data privacy law], can be a significant hurdle. SMBs may worry about legal and ethical issues associated with using AI.”
www.newscientist.com/article/2472...
Revealed: How the UK tech secretary uses ChatGPT for policy advice
New Scientist has used freedom of information laws to obtain the ChatGPT records of Peter Kyle, the UK's technology secretary, in what is believed to be a world-first use of such legislation
www.newscientist.com
March 14, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Aaaa.. what!!!
Chat GPT: “Compliance with data protection laws, such as GDPR [a data privacy law], can be a significant hurdle. SMBs may worry about legal and ethical issues associated with using AI.”
www.newscientist.com/article/2472...
Chat GPT: “Compliance with data protection laws, such as GDPR [a data privacy law], can be a significant hurdle. SMBs may worry about legal and ethical issues associated with using AI.”
www.newscientist.com/article/2472...
Rainbows are always going to be exciting! 🌈
March 12, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Rainbows are always going to be exciting! 🌈
Reposted by Shubha Kayastha
“Even when we produce a high-quality translation, we lack the infrastructure to deliver it to international markets. There is a disconnect between production and distribution, which significantly limits global access to Nepali literature."
Introducing Nepali literature to global audiences: An interview with Mahesh Paudyal
“Even when we produce a high-quality translation, we lack the infrastructure to deliver it to international markets. There is a disconnect between production and distribution, which significantly limits global access to Nepali literature."
globalvoices.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:20 PM
“Even when we produce a high-quality translation, we lack the infrastructure to deliver it to international markets. There is a disconnect between production and distribution, which significantly limits global access to Nepali literature."
AMEN!!!
"The promise of particular futures – or other times – is often used as a tool of control and power, for example, to keep people waiting for a ‘better’ life"
(Carl Bonner-Thompson , 2023)
"The promise of particular futures – or other times – is often used as a tool of control and power, for example, to keep people waiting for a ‘better’ life"
(Carl Bonner-Thompson , 2023)
a cat is playing with a bowl on the floor
ALT: a cat is playing with a bowl on the floor
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
AMEN!!!
"The promise of particular futures – or other times – is often used as a tool of control and power, for example, to keep people waiting for a ‘better’ life"
(Carl Bonner-Thompson , 2023)
"The promise of particular futures – or other times – is often used as a tool of control and power, for example, to keep people waiting for a ‘better’ life"
(Carl Bonner-Thompson , 2023)
"......two universities – the LMU Munich and the Freie University Berlin – cancelled events featuring Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967."
verfassungsblog.de/where-is-our...
verfassungsblog.de/where-is-our...
Where Is Our Outcry?
verfassungsblog.de
March 7, 2025 at 1:57 AM
"......two universities – the LMU Munich and the Freie University Berlin – cancelled events featuring Francesca Albanese, the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian Territory occupied since 1967."
verfassungsblog.de/where-is-our...
verfassungsblog.de/where-is-our...
The moon though! 🌙
March 4, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The moon though! 🌙
“For this PhD, I myself had regularly colluded in various cynical exercises of academic box-ticking. Via the cycle of performance reviews, HREC ethics online training courses, competency workshops, and other administrative performance benchmarks just to certify … 1/2
March 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
“For this PhD, I myself had regularly colluded in various cynical exercises of academic box-ticking. Via the cycle of performance reviews, HREC ethics online training courses, competency workshops, and other administrative performance benchmarks just to certify … 1/2