Arpita Das
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Arpita Das
@arpitadas.bsky.social
Researcher on intersex studies, gender, sexuality, GBV, and reproductive technologies. Lecturer in Gender & Cultural Studies at University of Sydney.
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An exciting new publication on gender/sex in child development
open.substack.com/pub/sterling...
July 18, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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New introductory essay to a special issue of Australian Feminist Studies on Feminist Imaginaries for Boys and Boyhood with @LiamDGrealy, Tim Laurie, and @shawnatang - doi.org/10.1080/0816...
Transforming Boys Studies: Between Risk and Empathy
Published in Australian Feminist Studies (Vol. 39, No. 119-120, 2024)
doi.org
April 12, 2025 at 3:59 AM
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Reproductive futures within a context of uterus transplants in India - "Reproductive biopolitics is used as a lens to think through the value of wombs in relation to the bodies they inhabit, and the pressures the marketisation of wombs puts on both recipients and donors."
doi.org/10.1080/1369...
Reproductive futures within a context of uterus transplants in India
Reproduction is considered a core event in a cisgender heterosexual woman’s life. Several hierarchies exist within the field of reproduction, with reproduction being privileged among people from do...
doi.org
March 19, 2025 at 3:33 AM
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Even if you don’t have the spoons right now to read the article, I would URGE you to download it so you can have access later no matter what.

There is a PDF download link at the top of the article.

If you want a printed copy, there is a printable zine below:
Three Things You Can Do Right Now to Combat Anti-Trans Censorship (CW #9)
A printable zine of the Trans Literature Preservation Project, nationwide action on December 3rd, 2024, and more!
thetransfemininereview.com
January 30, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Spent the morning today talking about by my research project on intersex medicalisation in India with the wonderful colleagues in Sociology at ANU. Grateful for the questions, thoughts and feedback!
August 14, 2023 at 9:20 AM
So far it feels like an empty playground. Waiting for others to join in.
July 10, 2023 at 8:18 AM