Durba Mitra
@durba.bsky.social
Author of Indian Sex Life (Princeton University Press, 2020) &
The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (Princeton University Press, 2026). love a dance party.
The Future That Was: A History of Third World Feminism Against Authoritarianism (Princeton University Press, 2026). love a dance party.
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Durba Mitra
@durba.bsky.social
· Sep 26
The Future That Was
How Third World women seized the means of knowledge production to fight against rising authoritarianism and imagine a future freer than our present
press.princeton.edu
The cover for my book, The Future That Was, is now live! It features the MacArthur genius artist Shahzia Sikander's Infinite Woman (2021), where earth is surrounded by an infinite series of women marching around the globe who, from afar, become rays of the sun ☀️
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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Vahid Abedini has now been released.
November 25, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Vahid Abedini has now been released.
my mother donated the loveliest desi thanksgiving meal to the elders crew in Minnesota at SEWA an organization started to combat domestic violence that now provides food and services for ppl in need
support their work: www.sewa-aifw.org/our-story
support their work: www.sewa-aifw.org/our-story
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
my mother donated the loveliest desi thanksgiving meal to the elders crew in Minnesota at SEWA an organization started to combat domestic violence that now provides food and services for ppl in need
support their work: www.sewa-aifw.org/our-story
support their work: www.sewa-aifw.org/our-story
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An interview with anthropologist and religious studies scholar Clayton Jarrard about my new book This Watery Place: Four Essays on Gestation (Pluto Press), which was published on Thursday.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Emma Heaney,
Podcast Episode · New Books in Gender · 11/22/2025 · 1h 16m
podcasts.apple.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
An interview with anthropologist and religious studies scholar Clayton Jarrard about my new book This Watery Place: Four Essays on Gestation (Pluto Press), which was published on Thursday.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
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Get hyped ppl! (am I doing this right?) @durba.bsky.social *The Future That Was*
November 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Get hyped ppl! (am I doing this right?) @durba.bsky.social *The Future That Was*
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Tomorrow!
11/23: I will be giving a lecture "Lahore: Common Threads of Culture in Hindustan" at Ossining Public Library from 1-4pm Please come thru!
November 22, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Tomorrow!
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Just discovered that Julia Stephens' new book will be out soon! I've been looking forward to this since a UK train conversation with Julia years ago about jewelry in South Asian history: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @juliasteph
Worldly Afterlives
The hidden histories of empire, told through the haunted afterlives of colonial migrations
press.princeton.edu
November 19, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Just discovered that Julia Stephens' new book will be out soon! I've been looking forward to this since a UK train conversation with Julia years ago about jewelry in South Asian history: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @juliasteph
my mom is part of an amazing senior group in Minneapolis, which helps low-income ppl access vaccines, food, & transport through SEWA, an org that supports people facing gender violence, food and housing insecurity. We are buying everyone a thanksgiving meal!
Donate if you can:
www.sewa-aifw.org
Donate if you can:
www.sewa-aifw.org
South Asian | SEWA-AIFW | Minneapolis
This is the homepage for SEWA-AIFW, a South Asian nonprofit based in Minneapolis, MN.
www.sewa-aifw.org
November 18, 2025 at 2:33 AM
my mom is part of an amazing senior group in Minneapolis, which helps low-income ppl access vaccines, food, & transport through SEWA, an org that supports people facing gender violence, food and housing insecurity. We are buying everyone a thanksgiving meal!
Donate if you can:
www.sewa-aifw.org
Donate if you can:
www.sewa-aifw.org
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Associate Professor - Black and Latino Studies @blsbaruch.bsky.social - cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
Jobs | City University of New York
cuny.jobs
November 17, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Associate Professor - Black and Latino Studies @blsbaruch.bsky.social - cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
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Insurgent Visions: Feminism, Justice, Solidarity
A conversation with Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Linda Martin Alcoff
Monday, December 8, 2025
6:30pm ET online
bit.ly/insurgent_vi...
A conversation with Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Linda Martin Alcoff
Monday, December 8, 2025
6:30pm ET online
bit.ly/insurgent_vi...
November 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Insurgent Visions: Feminism, Justice, Solidarity
A conversation with Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Linda Martin Alcoff
Monday, December 8, 2025
6:30pm ET online
bit.ly/insurgent_vi...
A conversation with Chandra Talpade Mohanty and Linda Martin Alcoff
Monday, December 8, 2025
6:30pm ET online
bit.ly/insurgent_vi...
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as a scholar of gender and sexuality, i continue to be horrified by the unending Pedo Era rightly linked here to the war machine. Third World feminists have always insisted that unbridled power is built on expanding militarism and sexual violence
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
as a scholar of gender and sexuality, i continue to be horrified by the unending Pedo Era rightly linked here to the war machine. Third World feminists have always insisted that unbridled power is built on expanding militarism and sexual violence
in a time of ongoing attacks on the study of women, gender, and sexuality, a truly feminist journal *totally* independent of institutions and universities, with the editorial leadership of the brilliant @jennifercnash.bsky.social
plz follow
@feministstudies.bsky.social, new to Bluesky
plz follow
@feministstudies.bsky.social, new to Bluesky
Something I love about FS: we're independent. We are self-governed and self-managed, apart from universities. This always seemed important to our identity, but its essential now.
November 16, 2025 at 4:12 PM
in a time of ongoing attacks on the study of women, gender, and sexuality, a truly feminist journal *totally* independent of institutions and universities, with the editorial leadership of the brilliant @jennifercnash.bsky.social
plz follow
@feministstudies.bsky.social, new to Bluesky
plz follow
@feministstudies.bsky.social, new to Bluesky
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Something I love about FS: we're independent. We are self-governed and self-managed, apart from universities. This always seemed important to our identity, but its essential now.
November 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Something I love about FS: we're independent. We are self-governed and self-managed, apart from universities. This always seemed important to our identity, but its essential now.
as a scholar of gender and sexuality, i continue to be horrified by the unending Pedo Era rightly linked here to the war machine. Third World feminists have always insisted that unbridled power is built on expanding militarism and sexual violence
November 15, 2025 at 2:53 PM
as a scholar of gender and sexuality, i continue to be horrified by the unending Pedo Era rightly linked here to the war machine. Third World feminists have always insisted that unbridled power is built on expanding militarism and sexual violence
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We are seeking short reflections on:
Surveillance culture and technology
Artificial intelligence
Climate change
Fake news and misinformation
Reproductive justice
Racial and gender inequalities
Indigenous rights
More here: www.feministstudies.org/home.html
Surveillance culture and technology
Artificial intelligence
Climate change
Fake news and misinformation
Reproductive justice
Racial and gender inequalities
Indigenous rights
More here: www.feministstudies.org/home.html
Feminist Studies
The first scholarly journal in women's studies and a flagship interdisciplinary venue for new areas of feminist research, theory, commentary, and art.
www.feministstudies.org
November 13, 2025 at 3:29 PM
We are seeking short reflections on:
Surveillance culture and technology
Artificial intelligence
Climate change
Fake news and misinformation
Reproductive justice
Racial and gender inequalities
Indigenous rights
More here: www.feministstudies.org/home.html
Surveillance culture and technology
Artificial intelligence
Climate change
Fake news and misinformation
Reproductive justice
Racial and gender inequalities
Indigenous rights
More here: www.feministstudies.org/home.html
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Looking for ideas about what to teach this spring? (Or, not even thinking about spring yet... which is where I am). We have a list of teachable articles about visual culture, ethnic studies, capitalism, activism, and more.
www.feministstudies.org/classroom/cl...
www.feministstudies.org/classroom/cl...
www.feministstudies.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Looking for ideas about what to teach this spring? (Or, not even thinking about spring yet... which is where I am). We have a list of teachable articles about visual culture, ethnic studies, capitalism, activism, and more.
www.feministstudies.org/classroom/cl...
www.feministstudies.org/classroom/cl...
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One of my favorite things about Feminist Studies is our commitment to art. We regularly publish art essays with full color spreads of art work (have an idea to pitch us? Please send!) and our covers are stunning. Shout out to Duy-Khuong Van, our graphic designer.
November 14, 2025 at 1:14 PM
One of my favorite things about Feminist Studies is our commitment to art. We regularly publish art essays with full color spreads of art work (have an idea to pitch us? Please send!) and our covers are stunning. Shout out to Duy-Khuong Van, our graphic designer.
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So awful to see the NEH under Trump turned into a machine for advancing conservative propaganda, with little to no scholarly review of the grants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
Fired Scholars and Big Grants to Favored Projects: Inside Trump’s N.E.H.
www.nytimes.com
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
So awful to see the NEH under Trump turned into a machine for advancing conservative propaganda, with little to no scholarly review of the grants.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/a...
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I’m so saddened by the loss of Alice Wong, truly one of the good ones, to whom community-building came naturally. A great writer, activist, and person. bsky.app/profile/sesm...
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 7:21 AM
I’m so saddened by the loss of Alice Wong, truly one of the good ones, to whom community-building came naturally. A great writer, activist, and person. bsky.app/profile/sesm...
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MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
November 14, 2025 at 1:17 PM
MAGA’s ongoing war on academic freedom, reflected in headlines from the last 24 hours.
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“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
www.newyorker.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:00 PM
“As of November 5th, it estimated that U.S.A.I.D.’s dismantling has already caused the deaths of six hundred thousand people, two-thirds of them children.” www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
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11/13 @ 6:30pm at IFA, NYU: *Love, Desire, and Death: Charms from Islamicate Southeast Asia* with Teren Sevea, Harvard University & Faizah Zakaria, National University of Singapore. Come thru!
Public Programming at the Institute | South-East Asian Connections: Art, History, and Archipelagos
ifa.nyu.edu
November 11, 2025 at 6:59 PM
11/13 @ 6:30pm at IFA, NYU: *Love, Desire, and Death: Charms from Islamicate Southeast Asia* with Teren Sevea, Harvard University & Faizah Zakaria, National University of Singapore. Come thru!
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Join us in raising money for the Greater Boston Food Bank throughout November. We're accepting monetary donations at the registers in store through November 23. Learn more about volunteering, donating food or money, and receiving assistance at their website: www.gbfb.org
November 6, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Join us in raising money for the Greater Boston Food Bank throughout November. We're accepting monetary donations at the registers in store through November 23. Learn more about volunteering, donating food or money, and receiving assistance at their website: www.gbfb.org
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also I collected Mira Nair’s papers, including her handwritten notebooks for all films, at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, FREE and open to the public. Much good work to be done. Finding aid here: hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories...
June 26, 2025 at 7:45 PM
also I collected Mira Nair’s papers, including her handwritten notebooks for all films, at the Schlesinger Library at Harvard, FREE and open to the public. Much good work to be done. Finding aid here: hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu/repositories...
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i wrote on the nuances of racial tension and the possibility of political coalition, with much resonance today, through Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/mississippi-...
June 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
i wrote on the nuances of racial tension and the possibility of political coalition, with much resonance today, through Mira Nair’s Mississippi Masala @publicbooks.bsky.social www.publicbooks.org/mississippi-...
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Happening now: m.youtube.com/watch?v=K4m9...
Criminal Law and the Constitution of the Postcolony
YouTube video by Modern Criminal Law Review
m.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Happening now: m.youtube.com/watch?v=K4m9...