They say ignorance is bliss – and well, it was.Growing up subtly off an airheaded vibe, I was able to delay my herd of drama lamas of coming out to a certain extent.I remember getting my first butterflies ever towards a girl who shared a chair with me in eighth grade(isn’t that the dream!) andContinue reading “Born This Way -Zombs”
Category Archives: feminism
The Many Faces of Queer Activism
In Conversation with activist and comedian Kiruthika Thurairajah As part of our Pride special, we sat down with Kiru recently. Here’s how our conversation went down. The many faces of Kiru – and her beautiful kitty cats, Kanmani and Shakthi ❤
I’M COMING OUT – I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW!
Why am I writing an article about the LGBTQIA+ community? I, a straight female. The real question is: why not?! Why aren’t we all writing, posting and speaking about it? Fucking scream and make yourself heard if you have to because its 2021 and while we make leaps and bounds in technological advances, (looking atContinue reading “I’M COMING OUT – I WANT THE WORLD TO KNOW!”
Voiceless Part 8: Law, Order and Rape
VOICELESS PART 8: LAW, ORDER AND RAPE My story: Last year I was travelling solo through Sri Lanka, something I do often and this time I had planned to stay for about a month. In my first week I met a guy from Weligama and after meeting we continued to see each other for aboutContinue reading “Voiceless Part 8: Law, Order and Rape”
VOICELESS PART 6: Fondled by a Family Member
My younger cousin’s hand was down my pajamas and underwear. I was in shock.
VOICELESS PART 5: Anti-Freeze
I was raped when I was 4. Long before I had breasts, or got my period, or knew myself to be sexual in any way.
VOICELESS Part 4: Sexually Violated for Liking Sex
I was 16 and I wanted to kill myself. I had no friends, no one who would understand why I would send a naked photo of myself to anyone.
VOICELESS Part 2: An Account of a Victim
It is not because girls don’t want to lose control, it’s because, we can’t for safety reasons, we have to constantly be vigilant even with people you trust.
WOMAN OF STEEL
CELEBRATING THE FIRST WOMAN TO RELEASE A HEAVY METAL ALBUM IN SRI LANKA “They’d see us and they’d be like: you know, you guys are pretty good for girls” ANNE WILSON, HEART When the Wilson-sister lead HEART were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013, the late Chris Cornell reminded usContinue reading “WOMAN OF STEEL”
Dear Society
Dear Society, I am writing this letter to you because naming specific people is time consuming and pointless. You love to generalise, so let me extend to you the same courtesy. Let me plant questions that make you ponder, resulting in minds that wander. You suck. No, you really do. Of course I am awareContinue reading “Dear Society”
TOURIST RAPED BY LANKAN POLITICIAN
A Complete Victim Testimony: Rape. Sexual Assault. Consent. Words that are abuzz in international media since the #MeToo movement enabled a higher rate of reporting against sexual crimes. One thing we should take note of is that while we have empowered women to stand up against these crimes, we have not yet reexamined our ownContinue reading “TOURIST RAPED BY LANKAN POLITICIAN”
HEAVY METAL HOMOS
A PRIDE 2019 story from Bendr By the time I had got around to loving women, I had already fallen for heavy metal. Maybe on some level I always knew, but a Catholic schoolgirl upbringing can get in the way of who you really are sometimes. If the music hadn’t found me, I would stillContinue reading “HEAVY METAL HOMOS”
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