Kamna

Writer. Translator. Researcher of Dalit women’s life writings. 📍Delhi | Chronicling care, courage & everyday survival. . PhDing, University of Delhi (she/her)

[Kamna @Kamnaesque]

Excited to share my review for @scroll_in. I engage with how the book approaches early Indian queer histories and examine how caste-based violence is rendered invisible in pre-colonial narratives.

[Scroll.in @scroll_in]

‘Forbidden Desire’: Indian queer history cannot be decolonised by ignoring the violence of caste https://t.co/iwKYkpOpC5

[Devlina Ganguly @BackInBlack_DG]

“How extraordinary it is that a heart can break from love.

And how extraordinary it is that we keep choosing love anyway.”

[Namita 🙏🇮🇳💖 @NamitaJaiHind]

I am loving the response from all girls 💖

[Harshul हर्षुल 🌸 @singharshul]

I will be briefly speaking at Ambedkar Association of North America -Online Buddh Vihara

in meta🙏
Jai Bhim 💙

[Ravine Lux 🌠 @ravinelux]

In my experience, a lot of Westerners want people in the rest of the world, women especially, to exist within a simple framework so that they can project their agendas unto us.

Satrapi was a human being and she was complex — and she wrote a book about human beings being complex.

[Ashoka Centre for Translation @TranslationAtAU]

Gear up for Bhashavaad 3.0 with @newindiafndtion!

The National Translation Conference returns for a third annual edition. Join us on 29th & 30th August at the India International Centre, New Delhi.

To register and to receive further updates: https://t.co/xxW3c9Ttxk

[Mr PitBull Stories @MrPitbull07]

The attempt to sabotage a photographer’s chances ended up creating the most memorable image of his career.

Everyone at the regional zoo photography competition knew he was the favorite. Year after year, his elephant photographs stood out, and he had earned a reputation for being one of the friendliest people there, always gracious even when others hoped someone else would finally take the top prize.

So when a zoo insider quietly helped a competing friend, they thought they had found the perfect way to stop him. He was assigned the worst elephant viewing slot of the day, a time when the elephants were usually resting and inactive. Since his winning images often showcased their strength, movement, and personality, it seemed like a guaranteed disadvantage. He realized exactly what was happening, but instead of arguing or complaining, he simply picked up his camera and headed in as if nothing had changed.

When he arrived, he found an elephant peacefully resting among a pile of old tires, completely still, with a small butterfly perched on its trunk. Rather than trying to force a dramatic shot, he patiently waited. Moments later, the elephant opened its eyes and awkwardly crossed them to look at the butterfly sitting inches from its face.

The result was one of the funniest and most unexpected wildlife photographs anyone at the event had ever seen. 😂

The image went on to win the competition and quickly spread far beyond it, becoming a reminder that sometimes the obstacle meant to hold you back ends up leading directly to your greatest opportunity.

[Eric Alper 🎧 @ThatEricAlper]

Barbara is all of us

[Wild at Heart @emmanu_elle_]

Persepolis
2007

Marjane Satrapi 🖤

[Dr. Ellen Walker @EllenFWalker]

A panel from Persepolis I particularly enjoy.

[femiiiiii. @femiiiszn]

i love when you read a book and you become so emotionally invested in it, and when you walk around public places after reading it you feel like you’re in this bubble by yourself, like you’re so deeply inside your mind you’re actually out of touch with reality.

[PhD_Genie @PhD_Genie]

Working on 3 papers at the same time

[Snigdha Sharma @whySnigdha]

Patriarchy is so deeply rooted that a woman sacrificing her body to give birth is treated as normal, while a man washing a few dishes is treated like a hero.

[kalim @akhmxt]

Grad school application season begins soon, so I’m just putting it out there: if we’ve worked together in the past, where I’ve been your team lead or manager in any capacity, please feel free to reach out - I’m more than happy to write a reference letter for you. Applications are stressful and I’m happy to be a reliable resource to make things relatively calmer for you:)

[Dr Ruby (she/her) jaboukies everything @PaperWhispers]

I feel fundamentally as an academic, you should know the difference between AI and genAI. You cannot be positing that using citation managers such as Zotero is the same thing as submitting work that was written with a chatbot. Zotero can only output references that *you* input

[snigdha 𓆞 @januskopfs]

i am once again asking if anyone knows of any grants to support early career researchers’ travel for conferences

[Saganism @Saganismm]

“The ideal subject of totalitarianism... is people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists.”

— Hannah Arendt

[goma @soigomaa]

Her husband told a court she was too strong to be a wife. The judge agreed and stripped Wangari Maathai of everything, her family, her job, her home.
She looked around and noticed women walking miles every single day just to collect firewood. So she handed them seeds instead. The government responded with arrests, beatings, and a padlocked office door.
30,000 women trained. 51 million trees planted across Kenya. Nobel Peace Prize in 2004. They handed her destruction. She turned it into an entire forest.