Durba Mitra
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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). writing gender history in the time of gender ideology.
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
February 1, 2026 at 11:13 PM
I will be in conversation w/Brandon Terry about The Future That Was at Harvard Book Store, March 30 @7PM

In the book, I narrate how women aspired for a better world. I also account for the annihilation of internationalism, rights, and research now, 50 years after the 1st International Women’s Year.
January 29, 2026 at 12:57 AM
somehow in the midst of all of this terror and winter darkness my mom has brought this hibiscus to life because she brings beauty to this world
January 14, 2026 at 2:49 AM
thank you for this important piece. “In the face of this, the refusals and the solidarities ignited on May 25, 2020, continue. These protests, these solidarities, are an attempt to inaugurate a new world.” (photo taken on the 5th anniversary, George Floyd Square, minneapolis)
December 29, 2025 at 2:00 AM
costco apple pie feeds many
November 24, 2025 at 9:27 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
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I will be in conversation with @esmat.bsky.social about his brilliant book, The Parting Gifts of Empire, on November 6th at the University of Toronto with @makdisi.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 3:45 PM
On November 7th, I will be speaking about my new book, The Future That Was, at the University of Toronto at 10 am, followed by a lecture by @makdisi.bsky.social

munkschool.utoronto.ca/event/future...
October 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I will be at Harvard Boooookstore dreaming DRAG with our favorite Auntie Kareem Khubchandani on *Lessons in Drag* Nov 21

brandeisuniversitypress.com/title/lesson...

www.harvard.com/event/kareem...
October 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
the cover evokes a long tradition of feminist iconography, especially from the 1970s and 1980s during the UN Year and Decade for Women, that uses the sun or the sunrise to symbolize the new horizons made possible by feminism (but without the beloved but complicated Linnaean symbol for woman)
September 26, 2025 at 1:13 PM
September 26, 2025 at 1:08 PM
if you look at Infinite Woman close up, you can see the incredible detail and texture
September 26, 2025 at 12:55 PM
September 22, 2025 at 4:58 PM
my student Yasmeen Khan making an archival record that the ideas of women of the world were once taught at Harvard

www.harvardmagazine.com/undergraduat...
September 17, 2025 at 4:56 PM
so looking forward thinking with the extraordinary @esmat.bsky.social at the launch of his new book, Parting Gifts of Empire, from @ucpress.bsky.social @makdisi.bsky.social at the University of Toronto November 6, 2025
August 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
August 15, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I am so lucky to have amazing mentees and students who made these stickers for me with the key phrase of my forthcoming book

press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
June 21, 2025 at 6:08 PM