Congrats to "troublemaker" Samhita!
Check out this article in India Currents that profiles our own feminist troublemaker, Samhita. She drops knowledge left and and right:
A lot of my work has been in the area of cross-cultural tension...The intersections between race, culture, gender, and privilege are tricky to navigate, and I can vouch that many Indian Americans (especially those of us who are American-born) find ourselves on the edge of two cultures, feeling unsure of our place. Awareness of the principles of feminism can lead one to turn a critical eye on our parents' homeland. We are caught between politics and a desire to defend "our own" culture.
Full article here.
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haha nice. Samhita, you said you shaved your hair off and dyed it purple!!! Me wanna see a photo!!!!!
Congrats, Samhita!
I am always personally thankful of the way you approach race on this blog, even choosing to discuss it in the first place is a relief. For most of my life, I felt too unworthy to talk about race (being of the "high yellow" tone, not feeling "black enough" to talk about black culture/politics, etc.)or that I didn't have the right words to express what I felt as a multiracial woman. You have shown me that there is a way to talk about POC and our lives without having to declare your allegiance to one world over the other. I should stop rambling, so a simple "thank you and keep up the intelligent discourse" is appropriate. :)
whoo hooo! I love the troublemaker segment!!