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Queer Expressions: Activism Through Classical Dance

By Nitya Sriram December 7, 2017 In Culture, Features 0 Bharatanatyam, Classical Dance 1

India’s LGBTQI community is adapting classical dance forms to give themselves a voice in dance.

Case in point: a Bharatanatyam performance depicting a lesbian coming out story that’s been making rounds on social media.

Search Party is What Girls Would Be If The Characters Had A Purpose

By Avantika Mehta December 5, 2017 In Culture, TV 0 Alia Shawkat, Dark Comedy 0

A television series about a group of millennials struggling in New York — sounds like I’m talking about Girls, doesn’t it?

Boss Moves Only: An Interview with Maria Qamar aka HateCopy

By Avantika Mehta December 4, 2017 In Art, Culture 0 avantika mehta, Hatecopy 0

Maria Qamar, or as she’s Instaknown as @HateCopy on Instagram and Twitter is a young woman dealing with issues of mixed-marriages,

Queer in the City: Whose Law is it Anyway?

By Nandini Moitra and Upasana Agarwal November 29, 2017December 3, 2017 In Art, Culture 0 nandini moitra, queer in the city 0

Queer in the City follows Naina and her friends as they navigate their daily lives in India as members of the LGBTQIA community.

#WearWhatYouWantWednesday: Be What You Wanna Be

By THE LADIES COMPARTMENT November 29, 2017December 3, 2017 In Fashion, Wear what you want wednesday 0 ANAAM CLOTHING, avantika mehta 0

Wear What You Want Wednesday is our sartorial finger to any person who thinks they can tell anyone how to dress or behave.

A Handy List Of Misogyny-Proofed Swear Words For Potty Mouthed Feminist

By THE LADIES COMPARTMENT November 28, 2017June 24, 2018 In Features, Humour 0 Feminist Curses, Jinal Doshi 0

Fact: people who cuss are also more honest. As potty-mouth feminists, we’re all for that, with slight revisions. We’re inclusive feminists,

#DelhiPride: A Dame To Kill For

By THE LADIES COMPARTMENT November 26, 2017December 3, 2017 In Features, Intheirwords 0 Anjul Dandekar, Bicurious 0

Asked to write this piece about my experience with dating as a lesbian in India, my first reaction was ‘how is any different from heterosexual dating?’ After all,

11 Must-Read Books About Violence Against Women

By Avantika Mehta November 25, 2017May 26, 2018 In BOOK REVIEW, Books, Culture 0 Books, IDEVAW 0

Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. We thought the best way to observe it would be to put together a list of books that inform and educate about the prevalence and repercussions of violence against women.

#DelhiPride: The Silent B In LGBT

By Avantika Mehta November 25, 2017December 3, 2017 In Features, Intheirwords 0 Anjul Dandekar, avantika mehta 0

A month ago, Delhi organised an LGBTQIA Pride parade. A friend of mine was involved. On Twitter, he ranted about how journalists were calling him to ask for numbers of people who are gay or lesbian or transgender.

#DelhiPride: A Letter To My Ex: You Raped Me, I Forgive You

By Steph Cicco November 24, 2017December 3, 2017 In Features, Intheirwords 0 Anjul Dandekar, Consent 0

You didn’t expect this, did you? Well, neither did I till about ten months ago. I had so wonderfully repressed the cold hard facts of that evening;

Queer In The City: What is Man Love?

By Nandini Moitra and Upasana Agarwal November 22, 2017December 3, 2017 In Art, Culture 0 comic, LGBTQ 0

Queer in the City follows Naina and her friends as they navigate through the treacherous terrain of dating as an person from the LGBTQIA community in the city of Kolkatta.