International Women’s Day is upon us. Instead of making it all about pink ribbons and discounted shopping and spa coupons in the spirit of ‘sisterhood’, the British Indian sitar player and composer, Anoushka Shankar took to social media and shared a message demolishing patriarchy and underscoring feminism.
Shankar made a laundry list of things she’s done with, in her video. She further nominated other articulate women like Richa Chadha, Kalki, Thandie Newton and Sonam Kapoor to ‘Say it out, loud and proud’ and tell her what they’re done with.
“It’s almost International Women’s Day, I just feel done with a lot of things. I’m done with making myself feel smaller to make the men around me feel big enough. I’m done with being made to feel grateful for getting a share if that share is anything less than equal. I’m done with putting a laugh at the end of sentences I worry people will find difficult or unlikeable. I’m done with carrying the shame of men which belongs to them for their behaviour. I’m done with having relationships with men who are anything but proud and out and out complete feminists. I’m done with any negative influences into the lives of my sons which will impact their ability to grow up to be feminist men in the future. I nominate other women to tell what they’re done with. Say it out. Loud & Proud. I’m Done.”Anoushka Shankar in her Twitter video
Kalki responded to the nomination with a video of her own.
“I’m done with saving the species or saving the environment as some kind of feminine responsibility. It’s a shared responsibility just as raising children is a shared responsibility..equality of the sexes is a shared responsibility...I’m done with my consistent NO being worn down by persistent why nots. I’m done with complaining.”Kalki
She further nominated Farhan Akhtar, Tanmay Bhatt, Karuna Nundy amongst others.
Priyanka Bose speaks about what she’s done with in her Instagram video and spoke about embodying her sexuality unapologetically and ‘in the most radiant way’.
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