stories of radical feminism
past, present, future
In Walking The[ir] Dogs
When asked how she made friends in the city, Dorai*, a domestic worker from the Philippines, explained that she was often approached in the mall
Kantha Connections: Stitching Across Borders
“The stitching circle offered a space for people with similar questions on their hearts to meet. It reminded me that many of us are walking
The Distance Between my Domestic Worker and I
I am seated on my bed, my laptop balanced on my thighs, the heat from the device rising steadily, but I cannot stop reading the
A Pass to Life
The body is not national, it passes easily into dreams mountain ranges, rivers and oceans, routes traced by swallows. I want the clouds’ passport valid
Pleadings Before an Absent Conscience
This piece is a conversation between me and my father, a former prisoner who was held under administrative detention. Through memory, silence, and fragments of
What Keeps Resistance Alive
I spoke to Rejaz M. Sydeek for the first time a year after Isreal’s ongoing genocide in Gaza began. Rejaz, a 27-year-old activist and independent
Is My Love, Love?
‘Is My Love, Love?’ is our first print anothogy, co-created by feminist writers, artists, and organizers that explore the possibilities of love as liberation practice,
How Far Can a Constellation Stretch: Conversations/Dialogue/Mappings
In 2021 Kashmiri artist Mudasir Gul painted a large-scale graffiti work in Srinagar of a Palestinian woman beside the words ‘We are Palestine.’ He was
A Grammar of Knowing
quest (n): a jury of inquest; investigation; an act or instance of seeking; pursuit, search (obsolete): a person or group of persons who search or
about this space.
Writing Women is a seed bank. Every story of radical feminism from our past and present is a seed that powers our imagination for the future. We seek to fill these pages with seeds of writings, oral tales, songs, poems and art that reveal resistance, sisterhood and decolonizing solidarity across borders of landscape and language from Palestine to Turtle Island, the Congo to Kashmir.
“There She Goes,” Reviewing The Feminist Killjoy Handbook by Sara Ahmed
A handbook is an assortment of guidelines or instructions on a specific topic. But a handbook on killing joy? Who exactly is a killjoy, and why do we need a
The Many Lives of Syeda X: Whose Story Is It Anyway?
The aromas of different spices and herbs engulfed all my senses the moment we stepped foot in the area. We were at the Khari Baoli market as a part of
Transnational Truth-Telling as Sanity
Two books, this week, have kept me sane. One is Michelle Good’s collection of seven essays about Indigenous life in Canada aptly titled ‘Truth Telling,’ and the other is Isabella
