Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style!
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Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style!
We know the wait was long, but we're back with Season 3 of Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style! Last season, we spoke about everything pop culture and feminism, and now, in Season 3, we are back with brand new, exciting guests and conversations. This season looks to explore the nuances of gender in t...
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S03E12: Un-stereotyping the female porn artist Ft. Kali Sudhra
In this episode of our podcast, we are talking about something that we have all engaged with but are often stopping ourselves from talking about it. P...
S03E11: Un-stereotyping the female entrepreneur Ft. Shaili Chopra
Throughout the course of the episode this season, we have been talking about how gender is stereotyped in different work industries. When we speak abo...
S03E10: Un-stereotyping the woman in STEM Ft. Dr. A Mani
When we imagine a woman at work, what do we think? Or rather, what are we taught to think of? There are certain professions that our society assigns t...
S03E09: Un-stereotyping the female politician Ft. Kshama Sawant
On the 21st of February, Seattle became the first city in the United States to explicitly ban discrimination on the basis of caste after the ordinance...
S03E08: Un-stereotyping the female Journalist Ft. Mitali Mukherjee
We have discussed how gender reflects in various fields of work, in the previous episodes of this podcast. We all have different kinds of work environ...
S03E07: Un-stereotyping the female in the development sector Ft. Anjali Gopalan
The development sector is among the many fields where critical investigations in social engineering, policy pushing, social audit, and accountability...
S03E06: Un-stereotyping the female cinematographer Ft. Fowzia Fathima
While most of us are fans of cinema, for the majority of the population what comes through when they watch a movie, is the people they see on the scre...
S03E05: Un-stereotyping the female artist Ft. Indu Antony
When we talk about the role of gender in art or the relationship between gender and art, we cannot discount the fact that gender presentation and repr...
S03E04: Un-stereotyping the female academic Ft. Dr. Vibhuti Patel
Academia is a space that we all engage with for the longest part of our lives. From school to professional education spaces, universities, career mile...
S03E03: Un-stereotyping the female Athlete Ft. Manasi Joshi
The whole idea of how a sportsperson should be is constructed from a very masculine perspective, where even men are required to perform hypermasculini...
S03E02: Un-stereotyping the Sex Educator Ft. Leeza Mangaldas
Sex or anything around the topic is more often than not seen and depicted and talked about in a titillating fashion. When we talk about sex education,...
S03E01: Un-stereotyping the female comedian Ft. Radhika Vaz
All of us like to laugh, don't we? Humour keeps us going and adds that layer of lightness to our lives. When we look at comedy as a genre, there are v...
Trailer: Intersectional Feminism Desi Style - Season 3!
We know the wait was long, but we're back with Season 3 of Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style! Last season, we spoke about everything pop culture and...
S02E12: Reimagining the Indian 'Heroine' Ft. Vidya Balan
Through this entire season we’ve had the great fortune of speaking with women who cover the length and breadth of everything that comes to mind when w...
S02E11: The power of non-fiction storytelling Ft. Rintu Thomas
This week India saw history being created. For the first time ever an Indian documentary was nominated for an Academy Award in the feature length cate...
S02E10: The female gaze in films Ft. Alankrita Srivastava
When we think of pop culture, and commercial cinema with mainstream stars, we can see that women are almost always portrayed in certain pre-constructe...
S02E09: The impact of pop culture Ft. Team FII!
From filmmakers to influencers to journalists - throughout this season of 'Intersectional Feminism - Desi Style!' we have talked to many a personaliti...
S02E08: The importance of books Ft. Urvashi Butalia
When the lockdowns started last year, and we had to spend a lot of time with ourselves, staying within, physically and emotionally, a lot of us found...
S02E07: The age of digital Media Ft. Dhanya Rajendran
The change in news becoming digital, and the world moving online also means that the main source of information has become the internet. When we talk...
S02E06: Content and the internet Ft. Prapti Elizabeth
There are a lot of great ways in which we are getting entertained on the internet - the idea of consuming someones life and jokes as a form of enterta...
S02E05: Why do we 'badnaam' Munni? Ft. Smriti Kiran
One of the first thing that comes to mind when we think of pop culture with a critical lens is sexist tropes and item numbers. Most of our mainstream...
S02E04: The rise of Indie Films Ft. Tillotama Shome
With the rise of OTT we have seen content consumption patterns in India undergoing massive change. The lines between what is an indie film and what is...
S02E03: A Conversation on Marginalised Representation Ft. Jyoti Nisha
We all know that all art is a collaborative process and it must reflect the realities of all individuals and groups in the society. But most of the ti...
S02E02: Is Censorship The Death Of Art? Ft. Nandita Das
At the face of it, censorship seems fairly straight forward. There’s a board that gives you a certificate - and that’s that, right? Um, not really! Ce...
S02E01: Why should pop-culture be feminist? Ft. Anna M.M. Vetticad
Why can’t feminists CHILL? It’s just movies and TV shows, every thing doesn’t need to be “Feminist”! Well actually - it totally does! Why, you ask? Be...
Trailer: Intersectional Feminism Desi Style - Season 2!
We know the wait was long, but we're back with Season 2 of Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style! Last season we discussed the various ways in which our...
S01E12: Trans rights movement and allyship. Ft. Jamal Siddiqui
From conversations about our health, to the strict rules that govern every aspect of our lives - our policies, language and ideals are increasingly ci...
S01E11: What is Modern Love? Ft. Samar Halarnkar
Love flows and love ebbs, so to try to put love within the shackles and boundaries of caste, faith, gender and sexuality is a mute point. However seve...
S01E10: How is Feminism Political? Ft. Team FII
As feminists, the one thing we are exhausted of everyone telling us is that Feminism should be centred around 'women issues' and has no business speak...
S01E09: Are we talking about our sexual health enough? Ft. Dr. Tanaya Narendra aka Dr. Cuterus!
That conversations around sexual and reproductive health in our country are not nearly common enough is a fact no one can deny. We’ve all probably ski...
S01E08: How does gender impact the news we consume? Ft Japleen Pasricha
At a time when Indian media is dominated by very angry male anchors all screaming about one perspective, one often wonders - is the media able to prop...
S01E07: Where do men fit in the Feminist movement? Ft. Manak Matiyani
As feminists, one refrain we constantly hear is that 'Feminism is only about women'. Today - we debunk that. Patriarchy is a system that has a tight g...
S01E06: How accessible are our public spaces for women with disability? Ft. Nidhi Goyal
For women the public sphere and space is a tricky domain. It is empowering and yet it poses so many challenges around safety, accessibility of roads a...
S01E05: The case of moral policing by the courts Ft. Iswarya Subbiah
That patriarchy and biases tend to creep into our everyday lives is not a secret to anybody. But what happens when these biases seep into the function...
S01E04: I'm sexting with my partner, but is the cyber world safe?
In times of Covid-19 when the world has been craving the physical touch, it seems like forging intimacy in the online realm has become our primary sou...
S01E03: How do beauty standards affect our mental health?
It’s impossible for people to be living and consuming content online these days without having glaring ideas of the ideal body type being shoved down...
S01E02: When will India wake up to the reality of caste based gender violence? Ft. Suman Saurav
With rising cases of caste based atrocities in India, specially against women, in this episode of Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style, our hosts Pragya...
S01E01: What is intersectionality and why do we need it? Ft. Team FII
In the very first episode of Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style, our hosts Pragya and Nishtha dive into the meaning of intersectionality, it's various...
Trailer: Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style!
Tune in to see all that's in store for this season of Intersectional Feminism—Desi Style!
The Birthday Special Episode! ft Japleen Pasricha
As Feminism in India turns 6 on 19th August 2020, we chat with FII Founder-Director and Editor-In-Chief Japleen Pasricha and take a look at FII's jour...