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Interviews

Race, Identity & Relationships Intersect In New Coming-Of-Age Poetry Collection

Race, Identity & Relationships Intersect In New Coming-Of-Age Poetry Collection

We all love a good coming-of-age story, especially one that we can relate to on a personal level. In Canadian actress and producer Helenna Santos’ new book ‘A Long Dark […]

Creativity

Poet & Artist Dipti Kulkarni Raises Awareness About Human Trafficking In Her Latest Work

Poet & Artist Dipti Kulkarni Raises Awareness About Human Trafficking In Her Latest Work

Dipti Kulkarni is an acclaimed artist who is a technologist by profession but an artist by passion. She uses her artistic skills (be it paintings or writing) to create social […]

Contributors

Poet Lady Grey Journeys To Finds Her Voice And Place In New Book ‘All Her Starry Fates’

Poet Lady Grey Journeys To Finds Her Voice And Place In New Book ‘All Her Starry Fates’

By Lady Grey It all began to pick up speed in the fifth grade.  Our English teacher was new that year, and was said to be unconventional but very good. […]

Girl on a Mission

Indian Band SXonomics Using Spoken Word Poetry To Talk Feminism & Fight The Patriarchy

Indian Band SXonomics Using Spoken Word Poetry To Talk Feminism & Fight The Patriarchy

Using creative means to talk about feminism? Check! Dismantling patriarchal norms through poetry and music? Check! Teaching parents about the harms of gender norms via videos? Check! That’s not an […]

Contributors

Indian Artist Dipti KulKarni Writes Poem About Domestic Violence, Giving Voice To Survivors

Indian Artist Dipti KulKarni Writes Poem About Domestic Violence, Giving Voice To Survivors

By Dipti Kulkarni Gender-discrimination, in general, has been going on for ages. Education has brought awareness amongst women. Now she is struggling for her rightful place in the society. I […]

Feminism

FEMINIST FRIDAY: Women In Film “Flip The Script” & Miss Eaves Celebrates “Thunder Thighs”

FEMINIST FRIDAY: Women In Film “Flip The Script” & Miss Eaves Celebrates “Thunder Thighs”

YAS QUEENS! You better believe it’s Feminist Friday, and this week’s edition of our ongoing series sharing our favorite videos of the moment are undeniably packed with some high caliber […]

Girl on a Mission

Afghanistan Female Writers Collective Using Words As A Weapon Against Injustice & Inequality

Afghanistan Female Writers Collective Using Words As A Weapon Against Injustice & Inequality

It’s easy to take education and literacy for granted in the developed world. We assume it is an inherent right for many of us. Elsewhere in the world, this is […]

Interviews

Feminism, Poetry & Disruption All Woven Together In Una Lorenzen’s Docu ‘YARN’

Feminism, Poetry & Disruption All Woven Together In Una Lorenzen’s Docu ‘YARN’

Let’s get one thing straight, this is NOT a film about your grandmother’s knitting circle! In fact, director Una Lorenzen’s ‘YARN’, which opens in New York June 24 and Los […]

Entertainment

Bollywood Star Kalki Koechlin’s Spoken Word Poetry On The Power Of Media Spin Is A Must-Watch

Bollywood Star Kalki Koechlin’s Spoken Word Poetry On The Power Of Media Spin Is A Must-Watch

Click-tivism. Keyboard Warriors. We’ve all heard those terms before. They speak about a type of engagement phenomenon relating to media fueled by the internet, social media, and the rise of […]