Bangladesh Feminist Archives

Category: Political & Personal

  • When the System Becomes the Abuser

    by Ishrat Jahan Prachy In a recent incident, while consoling a victim, I didn’t have the heart to tell her how badly the criminal justice system is going to ruin her. The character assassination that she’s going to face in the courtroom. Even though I couldn’t say it, since she’s someone I know, the other…

  • Seeking Recipe for Dudh Cha: A Cure for Unseen Heartbreaks

    by Bidya  Two heaping spoonfuls of powdered milk, 3 spoons of sugar, simmer till it foams up like your desire for a free life. Measure the tea leaves following your love for the person you’re making the tea for. Simmer till it turns the color of the inside of your lover’s wrist. Always serve in…

  • Political & Personal

    “The political is personal.” Bangladesh’s gender and sexuality stories have too often been erased, distorted, or filtered through academic gatekeeping and institutional control. Political & Personal is a living archive curated by the Bangladesh Feminist Archives (BFA) that insists on another path, where voices speak for themselves, where memory and desire resist erasure. This weekly…