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Pedro Almodóvar’s film Pepi, Luci, Bom functions as both a cinematic experiment and a manifesto, celebrating the radical possibility of reshaping identity in the wake of repression. Afra Sampreety writes in her review in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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Anarchy in Madrid: Pepi, Luci, Bom as Political Manifesto - শুদ্ধস্বর
Delve into the chaotic world of Almodóvar and Madrid in Pepi, Luci, Bom. Discover how the film is relevant today.
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February 16, 2026 at 1:07 PM
Pedro Almodóvar’s film Pepi, Luci, Bom functions as both a cinematic experiment and a manifesto, celebrating the radical possibility of reshaping identity in the wake of repression. Afra Sampreety writes in her review in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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America’s pristine natural resources are threatened in the wake of Donald Trump’s second coming to political office. Andrew Kroglund observes in his letter to America.
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The Second Coming: Vermont, Trump and the environment - শুদ্ধস্বর
America’s pristine natural resources are threatened in the wake of Donald Trump’s second coming to political office.
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February 14, 2026 at 5:31 AM
America’s pristine natural resources are threatened in the wake of Donald Trump’s second coming to political office. Andrew Kroglund observes in his letter to America.
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A deep listening to Atlanta rapper Pluto shows how her sound reshapes Black girlhood, time, and survival through bass-heavy imagination rather than protest. Corey Miles & Karizma Green write in our latest issue.
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Being Black on Pluto - শুদ্ধস্বর
A critical reflection on Atlanta rapper Pluto, exploring trap music, Black girlhood, time, and imagination as forms of subversion beyond protest or respectability.
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February 13, 2026 at 4:39 PM
A deep listening to Atlanta rapper Pluto shows how her sound reshapes Black girlhood, time, and survival through bass-heavy imagination rather than protest. Corey Miles & Karizma Green write in our latest issue.
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Ali Dorani, aka Mr EatenFish, fled Iran at age 20 and spent four years in Australia’s controversial Manus Island detention camp. He shares his reflections on art and subversion in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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“I’m Still Here”: Art, Risk, and Survival - শুদ্ধস্বর
Explore the intersections of art and survival through the reflections of Mr. EatenFish from detainment to expression.
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February 11, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Ali Dorani, aka Mr EatenFish, fled Iran at age 20 and spent four years in Australia’s controversial Manus Island detention camp. He shares his reflections on art and subversion in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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Academia is sometimes upheld as a place to explore new possibilities and challenge the status quo. In this eulogy to his Black Aesthetics course, Anthony Kwame Harrison laments the dwindling space for subversive Black expression in contemporary universities.
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The End Of Black Aesthetics As I’ve Known It - শুদ্ধস্বর
Delve into the complexities of Black Aesthetics and the challenges faced in teaching this subject over the years.
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February 10, 2026 at 5:30 PM
Academia is sometimes upheld as a place to explore new possibilities and challenge the status quo. In this eulogy to his Black Aesthetics course, Anthony Kwame Harrison laments the dwindling space for subversive Black expression in contemporary universities.
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Ibtisam Ahmed writes about how queer catwalks embody a sense of liberation in which all aspects of complex identities are treated with acceptance and respect, allowing people to feel fully fabulous. Read about his experience in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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Fabulous Fabulations: Brown Empowerment on the Queer Catwalk - শুদ্ধস্বর
Queer Brown Empowerment addresses the transgressive nature of existence within marginalised communities and promotes resilience.
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February 9, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Ibtisam Ahmed writes about how queer catwalks embody a sense of liberation in which all aspects of complex identities are treated with acceptance and respect, allowing people to feel fully fabulous. Read about his experience in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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Tamar Ballard contends that depathologizing Black women’s sexuality should involve acknowledging Black women’s capacity to affirm their sexuality for and between themselves. Read her essay in our latest issue.
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“‘Callin’ Out My Own Name’: Black Women’s Music, Sexual Agency, and Sounds of Pleasure - শুদ্ধস্বর
Dive into the world of Black women's music and discover the powerful emotions evoked by artists such as Floetry.
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February 8, 2026 at 1:28 PM
Tamar Ballard contends that depathologizing Black women’s sexuality should involve acknowledging Black women’s capacity to affirm their sexuality for and between themselves. Read her essay in our latest issue.
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Unlike content produced by AI, subversive art critiques and diverges from dominant narratives and oppressive structures. Francesca Sobande writes in her contribution to our latest issue.
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The Inhale and Exhale of Art - শুদ্ধস্বর
Art is breathwork. No matter the medium and the individuality of its creator(s), all art starts out as a series of inhales and exhales.
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February 7, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Unlike content produced by AI, subversive art critiques and diverges from dominant narratives and oppressive structures. Francesca Sobande writes in her contribution to our latest issue.
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Memes are a constantly evolving space of resistance, and thus the last remaining form of freedom in a time when the Palestinian cause is being silently erased. Bissan Edwan writes about the subversive power of memes in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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From Carnival to Algorithm: A Reading of Palestinian Memes as Counter-Discourse under Colonialism and Censorship - শুদ্ধস্বর
Memes are constantly evolving space of resistance, and thus the last remaining form of freedom in a time when the Palestinian cause is being silently erased.
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February 6, 2026 at 4:17 PM
Memes are a constantly evolving space of resistance, and thus the last remaining form of freedom in a time when the Palestinian cause is being silently erased. Bissan Edwan writes about the subversive power of memes in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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"Subversive art is not only the soundtrack of a historical moment but also the insistence on continued practice after the moment has passed, and the refusal to be packaged as a political product." - writes Zahra Modarres in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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Hearing the South Without a Crisis - শুদ্ধস্বর
Emel Mathlouthi is more than a symbol of the Arab Spring; she transcends borders and narratives.
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February 5, 2026 at 6:01 AM
"Subversive art is not only the soundtrack of a historical moment but also the insistence on continued practice after the moment has passed, and the refusal to be packaged as a political product." - writes Zahra Modarres in our latest issue, Subversive Art.
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A new and ambiguous game of complicity and antagonism has united artists and institutions, where subversion is today the object of subsidy and support by museums and galleries, anxious to display their liberalism. Sourave Roy observes in our latest issue.
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Outsider Art: Inherently Subversive? - শুদ্ধস্বর
With the global Outsider Art Market not being an ‘other’ but a ‘subset’ of the ‘Insider Art Market’, subversion is today the object of subsidy and support by museums and galleries.
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February 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
A new and ambiguous game of complicity and antagonism has united artists and institutions, where subversion is today the object of subsidy and support by museums and galleries, anxious to display their liberalism. Sourave Roy observes in our latest issue.
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The recent executions of American citizens in Minneapolis test Trump’s 2016 claim that he could shoot someone on the street and not lose any voters. This dark image—a threat and a prophecy—has become too real.
Read Jack David Eller's latest letter to America.
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Read Jack David Eller's latest letter to America.
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On Shooting People on Fifth Avenue - শুদ্ধস্বর
The recent executions of American citizens in Minneapolis test Trump’s 2016 claim that he could shoot someone on the street and not lose any voters.
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February 3, 2026 at 5:07 AM
The recent executions of American citizens in Minneapolis test Trump’s 2016 claim that he could shoot someone on the street and not lose any voters. This dark image—a threat and a prophecy—has become too real.
Read Jack David Eller's latest letter to America.
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Read Jack David Eller's latest letter to America.
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In Shuddhashar FreeVoice’s Issue 46, Subversive Art, contributors explore how creative practices resist the status quo and challenge established power dynamics.
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February 1, 2026 at 7:30 AM
In Shuddhashar FreeVoice’s Issue 46, Subversive Art, contributors explore how creative practices resist the status quo and challenge established power dynamics.
Read the entire issue available exclusively on our website: shuddhashar.com/magazine/iss...
Read the entire issue available exclusively on our website: shuddhashar.com/magazine/iss...
Our upcoming issue, Subversive Art, explores how subversive art deliberately provokes by questioning the dominant ideas and mores of a society.
Issue 46, Subversive Art, is available exclusively on our website from February 1, 2026.
Issue 46, Subversive Art, is available exclusively on our website from February 1, 2026.
January 27, 2026 at 7:05 AM
Our upcoming issue, Subversive Art, explores how subversive art deliberately provokes by questioning the dominant ideas and mores of a society.
Issue 46, Subversive Art, is available exclusively on our website from February 1, 2026.
Issue 46, Subversive Art, is available exclusively on our website from February 1, 2026.
"You champion human rights across the globe, yet you sometimes stumble over the very principles you defend."- Read Nahar Trina's letter to America.
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From the Girl Who Once Dreamed of Your Statue - শুদ্ধস্বর
I first heard the words engraved at the feet of your Statue of Liberty in a classroom far away from you.
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January 11, 2026 at 12:56 PM
"You champion human rights across the globe, yet you sometimes stumble over the very principles you defend."- Read Nahar Trina's letter to America.
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The world feels chaotic, and America sits at the center. One year into Trump’s administration, the questions feel heavier and the consequences more real.
Shuddhashar FreeVoice is reopening Letters to America to capture those voices that refuse to be silent. 📩 Send your pitch to info@shuddhashar.com
Shuddhashar FreeVoice is reopening Letters to America to capture those voices that refuse to be silent. 📩 Send your pitch to info@shuddhashar.com
January 9, 2026 at 6:45 AM
The world feels chaotic, and America sits at the center. One year into Trump’s administration, the questions feel heavier and the consequences more real.
Shuddhashar FreeVoice is reopening Letters to America to capture those voices that refuse to be silent. 📩 Send your pitch to info@shuddhashar.com
Shuddhashar FreeVoice is reopening Letters to America to capture those voices that refuse to be silent. 📩 Send your pitch to info@shuddhashar.com
The scale of unprincipled and unashamed conduct among contemporary American Republicans has reached an unprecedented and largely previously unimaginable level. Jack David Eller observes in his latest letter to America.
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Unprincipled and Unashamed - শুদ্ধস্বর
Years after scholars identified people who are “unskilled and unaware,” Republican politics has devolved into a show of “unprincipled and unashamed,” in which leaders ignore, violate, or invent and th...
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January 6, 2026 at 7:05 AM
The scale of unprincipled and unashamed conduct among contemporary American Republicans has reached an unprecedented and largely previously unimaginable level. Jack David Eller observes in his latest letter to America.
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People in Iran are rising up again, demanding change amidst an escalating economic crisis. Revisit Noora Shamsi Bahar's essay, which offers an intimate portrayal of the hardships Iran's minorities have endured through generations.
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A Connection Between Two Invisibilities through Intergenerational Trauma - শুদ্ধস্বর
Trans-generational trauma does not only affect one’s psychology, behaviors, and mannerisms but also manifests in our bodies.
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January 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM
People in Iran are rising up again, demanding change amidst an escalating economic crisis. Revisit Noora Shamsi Bahar's essay, which offers an intimate portrayal of the hardships Iran's minorities have endured through generations.
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The age-old debate about whether the United States is a republic or a democracy has gained new vigour under Trump’s presidency. Revisit Jack David Eller's essay to better understand America's unique political lineage.
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America: Republic or Democracy? - শুদ্ধস্বর
The age-old debate about whether the United States is a republic or a democracy has gained new vigour under Trump’s presidency. But why should ordinary Americans care, and what is at stake?
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January 4, 2026 at 5:57 AM
The age-old debate about whether the United States is a republic or a democracy has gained new vigour under Trump’s presidency. Revisit Jack David Eller's essay to better understand America's unique political lineage.
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Happy New Year 2026 🎉
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Happy New Year 2026 🎉
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Protecting the Bauls means reaffirming the monotheistic conviction that no single clerical authority, political power, or militant faction can embody the oneness of the divine. Read Siddhartha Dhar's take on the recent eruption of violence against Bangladeshi Bauls.
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Monotheism, Certainty, and Baul Persecution in Bangladesh - শুদ্ধস্বর
Islamists in Bangladesh have increased their attacks against Bauls and Sufis while the interim government stands by passively. We need to re-examine our concepts of tolerance and monotheism.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Protecting the Bauls means reaffirming the monotheistic conviction that no single clerical authority, political power, or militant faction can embody the oneness of the divine. Read Siddhartha Dhar's take on the recent eruption of violence against Bangladeshi Bauls.
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Shuddhashar demands that Baul Abul Sarkar be released immediately. Blasphemy laws must be repealed. And political parties—and society at large—must commit to building a tolerant Bangladesh where all people can live safely.
November 21, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Shuddhashar demands that Baul Abul Sarkar be released immediately. Blasphemy laws must be repealed. And political parties—and society at large—must commit to building a tolerant Bangladesh where all people can live safely.
In this Shuddhashar Free-thought podcast, we share Flash Interviews with two award-winning writers: Camelia Dewan and Taran Khan. Camelia Dewan is an environmental anthropologist, and Taran Khan is a journalist and award-winning nonfiction writer.
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November 17, 2025 at 12:26 PM
In this Shuddhashar Free-thought podcast, we share Flash Interviews with two award-winning writers: Camelia Dewan and Taran Khan. Camelia Dewan is an environmental anthropologist, and Taran Khan is a journalist and award-winning nonfiction writer.
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