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Draupadi’s Palaces and the Feminist Quest for Freedom
Photo by Rahul Chakraborty on Unsplash Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni’s The Palace of Illusions reimagines the epic Mahabharata through the eyes of Draupadi (Panchaali), a woman often reduced to myth, duty, or property. But here, her journey unfolds through spaces—palaces, huts, forests, even exile—that mirror the evolution of her desires, struggles, and eventual liberation. What we…
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You Exist Too Much and the Politics of Otherness
Photo by Ali Ahmadi on Unsplash Not all novels that wrestle with race do so explicitly. Some, like Zaina Arafat’s You Exist Too Much, move through themes of gender, sexuality, religion, and mental health—revealing how deeply they intertwine with the politics of race and belonging. At the center of Arafat’s debut is a Palestinian-American narrator…
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Why Black, Queer, and Feminist Politics Are Essential for Radical Change
Photo by Christian Agbede on Unsplash One of the most common questions people ask in movement spaces is: why do we need to talk about race, gender, and sexuality all at once? Isn’t that too much to hold? In her powerful book, Unapologetic: A Black, Queer, and Feminist Mandate for Radical Movements, Charlene A. Carruthers…