Hey! I'm Indian! And fannish! And feminist, I hope. And entirely make friends in the shared-interest-haphazard geeky way and can only cope with Sholay because of the slashiness of it all. Also:
I've never met another Indian woman who's at all politically aware, nor one who's a feminist, nor who's self-consciously trying to find her cultural identity. I don't know where women like that hang out; I thought, once, that if I tried the Oxford Indian and Hindu societies I might find them, but I went there and never did. I wish I knew where they hang out, because I blindly refuse to believe they don't exist.
*sigh* Yes. This resonates with me quite strongly - I also spent some time hanging forlornly about the Oxford Indian and Hindu Societies for about the same reason. (They were lovely, and one of my good friends was very, very involved with the Hindu society, but not feminists and not geeks). Though the women in my family are pretty feminist and politically aware.
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I've never met another Indian woman who's at all politically aware, nor one who's a feminist, nor who's self-consciously trying to find her cultural identity. I don't know where women like that hang out; I thought, once, that if I tried the Oxford Indian and Hindu societies I might find them, but I went there and never did. I wish I knew where they hang out, because I blindly refuse to believe they don't exist.
*sigh* Yes. This resonates with me quite strongly - I also spent some time hanging forlornly about the Oxford Indian and Hindu Societies for about the same reason. (They were lovely, and one of my good friends was very, very involved with the Hindu society, but not feminists and not geeks). Though the women in my family are pretty feminist and politically aware.