stories of radical feminism
past, present, future
‘Dilli Ki Sair’
‘Dilli Ki Sair’ is an audio rendition by Afreen Akhtar of the eponymous Urdu short story written by Rashid Jahan in 1932 for Angarey, an
Spill the Tea and Make Oral History
Let me break a poorly kept secret—most of us love to gossip. We may not like to admit it, but a little drama or tea
Kolam Diaries: On Symmetry, Beauty and Reimagining Traditions
In Tamil Nadu, the vaasal or threshold of a house is an integral space where internal and external energies converge, holding the potential for luck
Women on Partition: Fictional Accounts of a Lived Gendered Experience
The Partition of the Indian subcontinent in 1947 ignited one of history’s largest forced migrations and with it, a wave of violence that would leave
A Mic of One’s Own; Women-Centric Media as an Instrument of Justice
Justice is essential for a feminist (re)imagination of society. One that forges a just world for all across the spectrum of gender identity. For critical
A Sisterhood of Women and the Tallest Flying Bird
There are many stories of Indigenous communities and their relationship with nature and wildlife, reflecting their intellectual and emotional knowledge. Different communities exhibit a range
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Writing Women is a seed bank. Every story of radical feminism from our past and present is a seed that powers our imagination for the future. We seek to fill these pages with seeds of writings, oral tales, songs, poems and art that reveal resistance, sisterhood and decolonizing solidarity across borders of landscape and language from Palestine to Turtle Island, the Congo to Kashmir.
“Thank You for Your Tears, but I Don’t Want Your Sadness”
“Thank you for your tears, but I don’t want your sadness. Nor do I want your money. Please save that for the people in your own country who need it.
How The Combahee River Collective Got It’s Name
160 years ago on June 2nd, 1863, Harriet Tubman, along with 150 Black Union volunteers freed 750 enslaved people in the Combahee River Raid in South Carolina, U.S. More than
Sublime Anthology of Feminist Imagining
In 1981 Gloria Anzaldúa and Cherríe Moraga published a collection of writings by women of colour, a collective Moraga later refers to as ‘refugees of a world on fire’, with the
