Aparajita
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“The idea that there are two sexes, that we can always tell them apart, is the patriarchal hammer… this kind of feminism, which makes what patriarchy effects into its cause is appealing to conservatives and fascists world over” 👏 @saranahmed.bsky.social feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...
Patriarchal Hammers
Some thoughts on the recent judgement by the Supreme Court
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April 26, 2025 at 7:13 AM
“The idea that there are two sexes, that we can always tell them apart, is the patriarchal hammer… this kind of feminism, which makes what patriarchy effects into its cause is appealing to conservatives and fascists world over” 👏 @saranahmed.bsky.social feministkilljoys.substack.com/p/patriarcha...
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Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed.
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
April 23, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Gov. DeWine just signed SB1, a law ending “DEI” in Ohio public higher ed.
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
Now that it’s law, U of Toledo just killed the following BA programs:
• Africana Studies
• Asian Studies
• Disability Studies
• Middle East Studies
• Philosophy
• Religious Studies
• Women's/Gender Studies
And…
• Spanish
Hello Everyone:
A colleague recently shared this on the broader theme around Women in Print Culture (19th-20th C) Indian subcontinent. Some focus areas are:
Contributions of pioneering women writers and editors, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Ismat Chughtai, Kamala Das, Mahasweta Devi
A colleague recently shared this on the broader theme around Women in Print Culture (19th-20th C) Indian subcontinent. Some focus areas are:
Contributions of pioneering women writers and editors, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Ismat Chughtai, Kamala Das, Mahasweta Devi
January 15, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Hello Everyone:
A colleague recently shared this on the broader theme around Women in Print Culture (19th-20th C) Indian subcontinent. Some focus areas are:
Contributions of pioneering women writers and editors, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Ismat Chughtai, Kamala Das, Mahasweta Devi
A colleague recently shared this on the broader theme around Women in Print Culture (19th-20th C) Indian subcontinent. Some focus areas are:
Contributions of pioneering women writers and editors, Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain, Ismat Chughtai, Kamala Das, Mahasweta Devi
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Rutgers bans caste-based discrimination across all campuses!
Rutgers also outlines further steps for reporting, collecting more data about caste on campus, and developing trainings.
This took a lot of work & is a big win for caste equity! laborrelations.rutgers.edu/updates-anno... #caste #Rutgers
Rutgers also outlines further steps for reporting, collecting more data about caste on campus, and developing trainings.
This took a lot of work & is a big win for caste equity! laborrelations.rutgers.edu/updates-anno... #caste #Rutgers
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laborrelations.rutgers.edu
January 13, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Rutgers bans caste-based discrimination across all campuses!
Rutgers also outlines further steps for reporting, collecting more data about caste on campus, and developing trainings.
This took a lot of work & is a big win for caste equity! laborrelations.rutgers.edu/updates-anno... #caste #Rutgers
Rutgers also outlines further steps for reporting, collecting more data about caste on campus, and developing trainings.
This took a lot of work & is a big win for caste equity! laborrelations.rutgers.edu/updates-anno... #caste #Rutgers
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"Widespread hatred and demonization became everyday realities, not only in relation to the degradation of human beings, but in the material world, through the erasure of language and desecration of built forms." Manan Ahmed Asif considers "I Am on the Hit List." lareviewofbooks.org/article/why-...
Why Kill? | Los Angeles Review of Books
Manan Ahmed Asif considers Rollo Romig’s “I Am on the Hit List: A Journalist’s Murder and the Rise of Autocracy in India.”
lareviewofbooks.org
December 30, 2024 at 7:16 PM
"Widespread hatred and demonization became everyday realities, not only in relation to the degradation of human beings, but in the material world, through the erasure of language and desecration of built forms." Manan Ahmed Asif considers "I Am on the Hit List." lareviewofbooks.org/article/why-...
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Love this. We need more killjoy feminism in the current neoliberal context where only "positive & productive" emotions such as happiness or joyfulness seem to be allowed and reinforced. To more killjoy-ing in 2025!
I have started a newsletter, which is really more of a killjoy diary so that is the title of the first post. Hopefully, more to follow. Even shorter and snappier if I can manage it.
It will remain free.
open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
It will remain free.
open.substack.com/pub/feminist...
A Killjoy Diary
The title of this post is a reference to what I hope to be doing in writing this newsletter.
open.substack.com
December 17, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Love this. We need more killjoy feminism in the current neoliberal context where only "positive & productive" emotions such as happiness or joyfulness seem to be allowed and reinforced. To more killjoy-ing in 2025!
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We’re growing fast, but we have more room to grow! Who else needs to be added?
I created a South Asian languages and literatures starter pack! I’m sure I missed many people. If you are a translator, linguist, scholar, or even a dabbler or dilettante, please let me let me know in the comments and I will add you. go.bsky.app/AFjHSX6
November 19, 2024 at 11:57 AM
We’re growing fast, but we have more room to grow! Who else needs to be added?
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I don't think Wasafiri is on here (yet), so posting this (I have no direct ties but Bsky fam might be interested):
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Submit your work
Submit to Wasafiri … For 40 years, Wasafiri has published the very best international contemporary writing, placing critics alongside leading novelists, poets…
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November 18, 2024 at 8:27 PM
I don't think Wasafiri is on here (yet), so posting this (I have no direct ties but Bsky fam might be interested):
www.wasafiri.org/about/submit/
www.wasafiri.org/about/submit/
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“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin
November 18, 2024 at 5:15 AM
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”
- James Baldwin
- James Baldwin