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A New Art and Poetry Project Throws Shade at Colourism in India
By Sharanya Gopinathan Image courtesy Tara Anand Instagram Shade Card is a new project, illustrated by Tara Anand and captioned with poetry by Anoushka Agarwal, that explores colourism in South Asia,...
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An Australian Artist is Dissolving Taboos around Endometriosis through her...
By Nidhi Kinhal Photo courtesy Ellie Kamer Instagram page Over 170 million women are known to suffer from endometriosis worldwide. A disease where cells that normally form the inner lining of the...
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An Artist’s Flowery Vulva Paintings are a Force (of Nature) to Reckon with
By Sharanya Gopinathan Image courtesy Jacqueline Secor Instagram American artist Jacqueline Secor has been setting the web on fire lately with her project Diversity in Nature. The project depicts...
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Death Threats and Heroic Dudes Marrying Dark-Skinned Girls. A New Series On...
By Nidhi Kinhal Image courtesy @ladiessaloon007 via Instagram A former news features editor at Bangalore Mirror, photographer, artist and traveller, Sudha Pillai’s most recent project is Ladies Saloon...
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A Guide to Drawing Female Superheroes Without Objectifying Them, Because Hey...
By Shruti Sunderraman Photo by Erika Wittlieb via Pixabay CC0 I wept in joy when The Incredibles (2004) hit the screen. Not only is it a superhero movie with a heartwarming narrative, it also has one...
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An Instagram Artist is Reclaiming Negative Labels While Flipping Off the...
By Sharanya Gopinathan Image courtesy @kalmuhi Instagram Pranjali Dubey (@kalmuhi) is an illustrator from Ahmedabad, who’s clearly made it her business to reclaim negative labels and smash the...
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Have You Met the Comic Superhero in Pakistan Fighting Corruption and Abuse?
By Shruti Sunderraman Photo courtesy, Manthan via Facebook page There’s a new superhero in Pakistan and she’s out to fight misogyny, corruption and abuse. Pakistan Girl, a comic series about the life...
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These Two Instagram Artists are Celebrating the Food, Produce and Culture of...
By Sharanya Gopinathan Image courtesy Bhuli Instagram page Bhuli, an Instagram page managed by Tanya Singh and Tanya Kotnala, is wowing viewers with its artwork that celebrates the art, culture, food...
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Do You Love Your Women Brown, Curvy and Happy? This Mexican-Korean Artist is...
By Sharanya Gopinathan Image courtesy Monica Kim Garza via Instagram Are your favourite women the brown, happy and carefree kind? Monica Kim Garza is the artist for you then. Monica Kim Garza is a...
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South Asian Artists Are Flooding Our Social Media Timelines With Female...
By Shruti Sunderraman The #SouthAsianArtists thread on Twitter was dominated by female-centric art. Artwork by: Amal (nataliedormcrs) on Twitter After the fierce, overwhelming and exhaustive tales of...
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How Amruta Patil’s Rakshasi Shook My Living Room
By Rashmi Patel Amruta Patil’s Hidimba in Rashmi Patel’s living room. Photo courtesy Rashmi Patel Five women of Indian origin sit in a dark warehouse-themed cafe in Melbourne, guzzling variants of...
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In Search of the Perfect Heel
By Shalini Mukerji Photo Courtesy: shoefleur.com Sense and sensibility – I grew up thinking it was either-or. I’ve never been more wrong. There is a sublime dovetailing of function and beauty, at once...
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The Women in This New Cartoon Series are as Tired of Sexism as We All Are
By Sharanya Gopinathan Photo courtesy UNWomen.org Ah, some morning satisfaction for the feminist soul. Cartooning for Peace is a non-profit international network of 162 editorial cartoonists from 59...
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Did You Follow Yesterday’s Work From Home Fashion Twitter Thread?
By Sharanya Gopinathan Image courtesy @tylerfeder via Twitter What were you talking about on Twitter yesterday? Did it satisfy you, make you feel good or give you mild jollies? No? Pity, it’s means you...
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Build Your Own Superheroine For Brainded’s Celebration of Women in Sthree...
By Aashika Ravi Photo Courtesy: Brainded India via Facebook Calling all dreamers, ideators and comics conoisseurs out there! If you’re tired of all the Mans (Superman, Spiderman and Har-Man, really),...
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