Why Loiter? now at @whyloiter.bsky.social
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Based on book Why Loiter: Women and Risk on Mumbai Streets by Shilpa Phadke, Sameera Khan and Shilpa Ranade.
Mumbai
Joined February 2011
RT @scroll_in: Replug | Gender inequality and its concomitant cultures of misogyny is something that needs long-term focus and attention al…
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@Ravinder_IITD Yes. We hear you. Employment is something that needs much more attention. What is offered now seems to be only empty promises, PR exercises and posturing.
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Standing and staring is my right And I shall have it Sitting and staring is also my right And I shall have it Staring into the blue yonder is my right And I shall have it Staring into the haze of the smoggy city is also my right Err... maybe not the haze But you get the gist...
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Loitering is about taking the time to stand and stare! Or just stand around and not stare. Loitering is just doing nothing. And doing it nowhere in particular. Loitering is the opposite of a 90 hour week! Resist the neoliberal patriarchy. Loiter! #WhyLoiter
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A space to play: "the uniqueness of Vinaya’s women-only playground lies not only in its assertion that women have the right to safe public spaces, but that women have the right to leisure, more specifically, playful leisure." - @AmrithaMohan_
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RT @AmrithaMohan_: come rain or shine—a safe space where women can gather, loiter, whenever they want, be it day or night; a space for fema…
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RT @AmrithaMohan_: In India, the lack of #leisure for women is a systemic problem, with unpaid domestic/care work obligations and subsequen…
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RT @AmrithaMohan_: retired cop Vinaya N.A, set up in her hometown in Madakkara, #Wayanad. The uniqueness of Vinaya’s women-only playgroun…
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RT @AmrithaMohan_: Why do women in Kerala never feel like our 'naattile', local playgrounds are our own? Why don't we go out and play like…
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Check out this fabulous competition: Mapping the Urban in Public Places Do enter and/or share with others:
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Crowdsourcing: Searching for Short Stories about Bombay/Mumbai in any language other than English that have not been translated so far. #fiction
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Do check out the book @coro_india @WeAreSama @unwomenindia @GaDjournal @epw_in @womensmediacntr @NWM_India @WHO @bicblr
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The third and final one of the conversations around our special issue on Gender and Public space which you will find here: This one facilitated by the incomparable @feminist_rogue Looking forward to it. @ShahrokniN @sofiazaragocin @iromip @SattyaVaani
Join us for a conversation on 'Public Space and Creative Theorisation', part of the Gender and Public Space Special Issue! 20 Nov at 13:00 UTC (7:00 Mexico City/ 14:00 Berlin/ 15:00 Cape Town/ 16:00 Istanbul/ 18:30 New Delhi and Colombo) Register here:
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In other news Why Loiter is now on Bluesky!! Move there so we can leave here!!
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