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Ankita is a feminist academic/writer/journalist and an ardent cinephile.
As long as cishet actors do an LGBTQIA+ movie once in a while, it’s 'not a problem for us'. Because it comfortably 'guards' our cultural queer/transphobia by reminding us that films like CKA are still an exception and not a norm.
I don’t want to give birth. I don't want to be a mother. Not now, not ever. And nothing will change my mind. No gods in heaven, no family on earth can shake this decision I made years ago.
Reject those 'honorable' codes forced upon you by the culture that refuses to see you, honour you, value you, and support you.
Media or anyone else should necessarily speak of victims like the young Hathras rape victim as a Dalit woman, because the politics of identity matter.
What do dead women tropes signify? Can there be positive representation of dead women in films? Can women filmmakers do better than men in this regard?
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