A Book Discussion on Intimate City and Mannequin Media with Manjima Bhattacharjya
Manjima Bhattacharjya is a feminist researcher, writer and activist. She has been part of the Indian women’s movement for over…
Remembering bell hooks and her Gift to Men – Aman Kumar
Men and feminism are often seen as being intrinsically at odds. Feminist struggles and academic discussions might have been more…
Ideas Of Gender, Intersectionality and Feminism: An Interview with Suruchi Thapar-Björkert
Suruchi Thapar-Björkert is an Associate Professor at Uppsala University, Sweden. She has a PhD from the Center for the Study…
Resisting Disappearance: Military Occupation and Women’s Activism in Kashmir by Ather Zia (2021): A Review by Amna Majeed
Ather Zia’s Resisting Disappearance (published by Zubaan Books) is an imperative and urgent text that documents the modes of resistance…
The Complexities of Sexual Behaviour: A Commentary On Gayle Rubin’s Thinking Sex – Shviti Tagore
I want to begin this article by asking my readers- Have you thought about sex? The answer would be a…
The Personal Is Political: Role of Collective Action – Aditi Yajnik
Of the many things that have been offered to the world by the feminist movement and scholarship has been the…
An idea called ‘Private’ – Mayuri Samant
The ‘family’, the most ‘tangible’ form of the private, is assumed to be so central to human existence that it…
The Middle Class in India: Culture, Politics and Consumption: An Interview with Leela Fernandes
The Doing Sociology team interviewed Prof. Leela Fernandes. She is the Director of the Stanley D. Golub Chair of International…
The Role of Socialization in Construction of Womanhood – Beatrice Chopra
Feminists often see socialization as the overwhelming force which pushes women (and to a lesser extent men) into narrow and…
Gendered Violence, Party Politics, And Colonial Histories: A Conversation with Manali Desai
Manali Desai is a Reader, and a Fellow of Newnham College in the University of Cambridge. In 2020, she assumed…