Throughout 2020 (as well as before and presumably after) I’ve been reading a range of online articles and essays – both fannish and not – to inform, expand or challenge my understanding of a range of intersectional issues in India and abroad. I’ve included some of these essays as the texts I recommend to some of my co-participants. But largely, they’ve supplemented the Intersectionality Book list in identifying my biases and problematising my assumptions. As with the book list, I’ll be adding articles to this section of the website at the very least until the end of my PhD project in the hopes that it not only acts as a resource for my future self but for anybody else who shares my interests too. Just to provide a semblance of structure, I’ve grouped articles under larger umbrella themes. However, these are imperfect and sometimes incomplete (when the article overlaps across several different categories) so please bear that in mind if you do choose to follow them.
AGE
The Fandom of the Teenage Girl Deserves More Respect
CASTE
India’s engineers have thrived in Silicon Valley. So has its caste system.
CLASS
A city missing its migrants: In Mumbai, the loss of labourers affects small businesses too
As Jaipur Govt Schools Fail to Engage Students Online, Children Go Out to Work
Giving Up Capitalism Doesn’t Mean Giving Up Pleasure
Self-Care At The End Of The World
Social Media Influencers: Serving Classism, Selective Feminism & Monolithic Nationalism
(DIS)ABILITY
Covid poses ‘greatest threat to mental health since second world war’
How long Covid forced me to confront my past and my identity
GENDER
Against the All-Consuming Archetype of ‘Mom’
All The Rage: Why We Need Angry Girls In Children’s Books More Than Ever
AOC’s Attractiveness Drives Us All Mad
Demonology: A Woman’s Right to Fury
On Loneliness and the Superficial Friendships of Men
Prehistoric female hunter discovery upends gender role assumptions
Searching for Body Positivity in Fantasy
The Fangirl’s Guide to the Galaxy
Unquiet spirits: the lost female ghost-story writers returning to haunt us
Why are increasing numbers of women choosing to be single?
Why doing nothing is a radical act for India’s women – photo essay
GENDER IDENTITY
Horns, Feathers, and Scales: Reclaiming Genderqueer Monstrousness
NATIONAL/REGIONAL ORIGIN
The Limits of the Lunchbox Moment
RACE
It Does Not Matter If You Are Good
John Boyega: ‘I’m the only cast member whose experience of Star Wars was based on their race’
Out There, Nobody Can Hear You Scream
The Renegade DIYers Demanding Dolls as Diverse as They Are
We Need to Talk About Digital Blackface in Reaction GIFs
What Fandom Racism Looks Like – Misogynoir: Black Fans on the Defensive
When Feminism Is White Supremacy in Heels
RELIGION
Evangelicals are looking for answers online. They’re finding QAnon instead.
How Black Lives Matter Is Changing the Church
The Witches of West Palm Beach
SEXUALITY
In Conversation: Rebecca Sugar and Noelle Stevenson
‘She-Ra’: Noelle Stevenson on Making Her Lead Character Gay and Inspiring a Generation
We’re Gonna Win In The End: The Subversive Queer Triumph of She-Ra
What If Friendship, Not Marriage, Was at the Center of Life?
MISCELLANEOUS (INTERSECTIONALITY, FANDOM, CRITICAL ANALYSIS, RESEARCH AND KNOWLEDGE-MAKING, IMPORTANCE OF ART AND CRITICISM ETC.)
English Ph.D completes groundbreaking podcast dissertation
Intersectional Feminism 101: Why It’s Important And What We Must Remember
On Fanfiction, Fandom, and Why Criticism Is Healthy
Rebecca Solnit: How Change Happens
Marginally Fannish 