As a dusty third worldling, one of the things I learnt first was to see if there were other dusty people in the room whenever I go to any transnational feminist conferences. Something else I also learnt is to not expect ‘solidarity’ from anyone unless expressly proven otherwise — and these views are a result [...]
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Writing Over Bodies
My book obsession is quite well known, in most circles I move and am allowed in; there is a long-standing joke that I don’t need food but just a fresh page to live. So when my student asked me rhetorically whether I ‘ever tire of theory’, he was rather surprised to know I did — [...]
Posted by Jaded on April 13, 2011
http://jaded16.wordpress.com/2011/04/13/writing-over-bodies/
Re-Membering Ties; Re-Forming Bonds
Last week, I read Houria Bouteldja’s essay on Decolonial Feminism And The Privilege Of Solidarity and came away with agreeing with most of it, though there are some big problematic themes hazed over — like the ‘question’ of Islam and feminism co-existing (hint: this shouldn’t take consideration) or even the notion of ‘decolonisation’ mentioned many times [...]
Posted by Jaded on March 8, 2011
http://jaded16.wordpress.com/2011/03/08/re-membering-ties-re-forming-bonds/
Speech Through Silences
I got an invite from the Embassy Library this week, inviting me to a dinner they’re holding to celebrate Virginia Woolf’s birthday, the invite carries the stamp of the Bloomsbury Press that the Woolf’s used and there is a quote, “Arrange whatever comes your way”. Had I received this invite two years ago, I’d be [...]
Posted by Jaded on January 28, 2011
http://jaded16.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/speech-through-silences/
DeTonguing The Subaltern
This week all that seems to happen in India is the World Cup and How Incredibly Important It Is, for it is a game that involves super-important dudes with super-important dudes of other countries, and almost every newspaper is discussing the economics, sport tactics, strategics and politics — I don’t even know what this means when [...]
Posted by Jaded on February 20, 2011
http://jaded16.wordpress.com/2011/02/20/detonguing-the-subaltern/