Mx. Varsha
@varshapanikar.bsky.social
Filmmaker, Writer, Illustrator, Producer. Film & Culture Blogger.
Co-founder Star Hopper Studio, Riot Ink Press.
#transnonbinary #protecttranskids #stoptranshate #queerindia
Co-founder Star Hopper Studio, Riot Ink Press.
#transnonbinary #protecttranskids #stoptranshate #queerindia
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I don’t always write because I have something to say. Sometimes I write because the silence is getting too loud. Because my body needs proof it exists. Because if I don’t put it down, I’ll carry it forever.
I don’t always write because I have something to say. Sometimes I write because the silence is getting too loud. Because my body needs proof it exists. Because if I don’t put it down, I’ll carry it forever.
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I don’t always write because I have something to say. Sometimes I write because the silence is getting too loud. Because my body needs proof it exists. Because if I don’t put it down, I’ll carry it fo...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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I don’t always write because I have something to say. Sometimes I write because the silence is getting too loud. Because my body needs proof it exists. Because if I don’t put it down, I’ll carry it forever.
I don’t always write because I have something to say. Sometimes I write because the silence is getting too loud. Because my body needs proof it exists. Because if I don’t put it down, I’ll carry it forever.
Sometimes I draw faces to see who shows up. They’re not always friendly, not always whole, but they’re honest in a way mirrors rarely are. This one looks like she’s halfway through telling me a secret.
May 23, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Sometimes I draw faces to see who shows up. They’re not always friendly, not always whole, but they’re honest in a way mirrors rarely are. This one looks like she’s halfway through telling me a secret.
They’re coming for our bodies, our books, our blood. But sure! Let’s keep debating the fifteenth reboot of Snow White, arguing over whether she should be brown, blonde, or born a princess. Still think this is just culture?
#translives #genocide #racism
#translives #genocide #racism
April 5, 2025 at 2:58 PM
They’re coming for our bodies, our books, our blood. But sure! Let’s keep debating the fifteenth reboot of Snow White, arguing over whether she should be brown, blonde, or born a princess. Still think this is just culture?
#translives #genocide #racism
#translives #genocide #racism
This was never about making the world better. It was about making creativity safe for capitalism.
AI doesn’t question.
AI doesn’t refuse.
AI doesn’t demand
Fair pay, dignity, or respect.
AI doesn’t need to eat.
Artists and writers do.
And that’s the problem, isn’t it?
#ai #aiversusartists
AI doesn’t question.
AI doesn’t refuse.
AI doesn’t demand
Fair pay, dignity, or respect.
AI doesn’t need to eat.
Artists and writers do.
And that’s the problem, isn’t it?
#ai #aiversusartists
March 19, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This was never about making the world better. It was about making creativity safe for capitalism.
AI doesn’t question.
AI doesn’t refuse.
AI doesn’t demand
Fair pay, dignity, or respect.
AI doesn’t need to eat.
Artists and writers do.
And that’s the problem, isn’t it?
#ai #aiversusartists
AI doesn’t question.
AI doesn’t refuse.
AI doesn’t demand
Fair pay, dignity, or respect.
AI doesn’t need to eat.
Artists and writers do.
And that’s the problem, isn’t it?
#ai #aiversusartists
The world can argue about what I am.
But when you look at me and nod—just once—I know that I am not alone.
But when you look at me and nod—just once—I know that I am not alone.
March 17, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The world can argue about what I am.
But when you look at me and nod—just once—I know that I am not alone.
But when you look at me and nod—just once—I know that I am not alone.
What starts with one group never ends there.
The global war on trans lives isn’t just happening somewhere else. It’s happening everywhere. This isn’t just bigotry. It’s a blueprint for control. A warning sign for everyone.
Read here: varshapanikar.substack.com/p/how-much-m...
#TransRights
The global war on trans lives isn’t just happening somewhere else. It’s happening everywhere. This isn’t just bigotry. It’s a blueprint for control. A warning sign for everyone.
Read here: varshapanikar.substack.com/p/how-much-m...
#TransRights
March 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
What starts with one group never ends there.
The global war on trans lives isn’t just happening somewhere else. It’s happening everywhere. This isn’t just bigotry. It’s a blueprint for control. A warning sign for everyone.
Read here: varshapanikar.substack.com/p/how-much-m...
#TransRights
The global war on trans lives isn’t just happening somewhere else. It’s happening everywhere. This isn’t just bigotry. It’s a blueprint for control. A warning sign for everyone.
Read here: varshapanikar.substack.com/p/how-much-m...
#TransRights
The first rule of the harvest: never take more than you need.
#theharvest #riotinkpress #queermythology #speculativefiction #neofolklore #magicrealism #southasianart #lgbtqiaartists #queerart #ecology #horror #indiepublishing #darkfantasy #kerala
#theharvest #riotinkpress #queermythology #speculativefiction #neofolklore #magicrealism #southasianart #lgbtqiaartists #queerart #ecology #horror #indiepublishing #darkfantasy #kerala
March 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
The first rule of the harvest: never take more than you need.
#theharvest #riotinkpress #queermythology #speculativefiction #neofolklore #magicrealism #southasianart #lgbtqiaartists #queerart #ecology #horror #indiepublishing #darkfantasy #kerala
#theharvest #riotinkpress #queermythology #speculativefiction #neofolklore #magicrealism #southasianart #lgbtqiaartists #queerart #ecology #horror #indiepublishing #darkfantasy #kerala
Not all of us were taught love in words.
Some of us learned it in glances, in presence, in the way someone stayed.
Some of us learned it in glances, in presence, in the way someone stayed.
March 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Not all of us were taught love in words.
Some of us learned it in glances, in presence, in the way someone stayed.
Some of us learned it in glances, in presence, in the way someone stayed.
They say language shapes reality, but what about those of us whose existence doesn’t fit the words we were given? Some days, it feels like I am writing myself into being, letter by letter, syllable by syllable.
March 9, 2025 at 12:45 PM
They say language shapes reality, but what about those of us whose existence doesn’t fit the words we were given? Some days, it feels like I am writing myself into being, letter by letter, syllable by syllable.
Riot Ink Press is coming to Delhi for Opn Art 2025 from Feb 15-16, alongside 80+ incredible artists, zinemakers, and creators.
Anyone in Delhi? Come!
#RiotInkPress #OpnArtHouse #BadArtists #OpnArtHouse2025 #Delhi #Zines #DIYPublishing #print #printisnotdead
Anyone in Delhi? Come!
#RiotInkPress #OpnArtHouse #BadArtists #OpnArtHouse2025 #Delhi #Zines #DIYPublishing #print #printisnotdead
February 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Riot Ink Press is coming to Delhi for Opn Art 2025 from Feb 15-16, alongside 80+ incredible artists, zinemakers, and creators.
Anyone in Delhi? Come!
#RiotInkPress #OpnArtHouse #BadArtists #OpnArtHouse2025 #Delhi #Zines #DIYPublishing #print #printisnotdead
Anyone in Delhi? Come!
#RiotInkPress #OpnArtHouse #BadArtists #OpnArtHouse2025 #Delhi #Zines #DIYPublishing #print #printisnotdead
What happens when the stories we grew up with take root?
Here’s a postcard from my Zine ‘Seeds.’
#RiotInkPress #printisnotdead #horror #horrorzine #zines #queerart #art #postcard #childhood #myth #magic #magicrealism
Here’s a postcard from my Zine ‘Seeds.’
#RiotInkPress #printisnotdead #horror #horrorzine #zines #queerart #art #postcard #childhood #myth #magic #magicrealism
February 6, 2025 at 6:20 AM
What happens when the stories we grew up with take root?
Here’s a postcard from my Zine ‘Seeds.’
#RiotInkPress #printisnotdead #horror #horrorzine #zines #queerart #art #postcard #childhood #myth #magic #magicrealism
Here’s a postcard from my Zine ‘Seeds.’
#RiotInkPress #printisnotdead #horror #horrorzine #zines #queerart #art #postcard #childhood #myth #magic #magicrealism
They said these meds would calm my nerves, but my brain feels like it’s on airplane mode.
February 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
They said these meds would calm my nerves, but my brain feels like it’s on airplane mode.
Some things take root in the process—grief, resistance, survival. I let it grow.
#notyetcorpses #transartist
#notyetcorpses #transartist
February 4, 2025 at 6:13 AM
Some things take root in the process—grief, resistance, survival. I let it grow.
#notyetcorpses #transartist
#notyetcorpses #transartist
Queer liberation isn’t about visibility alone. What’s the point of being seen if you’re still not safe?
#transrights #queerindia #queer #queervoices #qpoc
#transrights #queerindia #queer #queervoices #qpoc
February 3, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Queer liberation isn’t about visibility alone. What’s the point of being seen if you’re still not safe?
#transrights #queerindia #queer #queervoices #qpoc
#transrights #queerindia #queer #queervoices #qpoc
At the Grammys, Lady Gaga Took a Stand for Trans People. Will You? Queer and trans people have fought for every cause that demands empathy and resistance. And yet, when it comes to us, the silence is deafening. open.substack.com/pub/varshapa...
At the Grammys, Lady Gaga Took a Stand for Trans People. Will You?
On Allies, Fear, and the Fight for Trans Lives."Just words," some might say. But in a world where trans lives are legislated, debated, and erased daily, words matter. Sometimes, they are the only thin...
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February 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
At the Grammys, Lady Gaga Took a Stand for Trans People. Will You? Queer and trans people have fought for every cause that demands empathy and resistance. And yet, when it comes to us, the silence is deafening. open.substack.com/pub/varshapa...
NOT YET CORPSES. The wound heals jagged, the scream turns to song, the bones refuse to break. We are still here. We are still fighting.
#RiotInkPress #QueerResilience #TransRights #IndependentPublishing
#RiotInkPress #QueerResilience #TransRights #IndependentPublishing
February 2, 2025 at 11:05 PM
NOT YET CORPSES. The wound heals jagged, the scream turns to song, the bones refuse to break. We are still here. We are still fighting.
#RiotInkPress #QueerResilience #TransRights #IndependentPublishing
#RiotInkPress #QueerResilience #TransRights #IndependentPublishing
We’re done carrying your names, your labels, your control. Watch us spit out your lies, your binaries, your erasure. We are more than your definitions—we are the future you fear and the freedom you cannot contain.
#riotinkpress #independentpublishing #procreate #stoptransphobia #art
#riotinkpress #independentpublishing #procreate #stoptransphobia #art
February 2, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We’re done carrying your names, your labels, your control. Watch us spit out your lies, your binaries, your erasure. We are more than your definitions—we are the future you fear and the freedom you cannot contain.
#riotinkpress #independentpublishing #procreate #stoptransphobia #art
#riotinkpress #independentpublishing #procreate #stoptransphobia #art
New here. Queer thoughts, personal ramblings, and things I can’t post elsewhere. Let’s see how this goes.
February 2, 2025 at 11:50 AM
New here. Queer thoughts, personal ramblings, and things I can’t post elsewhere. Let’s see how this goes.