where my deep brown skinned desi women at!? here they are, and they are striking and needed in the sea of light-skinned models. brown(er) models aren’t the revolution, but they’re refreshing. how am i meant to judge how such colours would work with my fucking awesome complexion? and 10 points for the severe middle part.

(Source: vineetkaur)

Tumblr peeps: Any suggestions for desi people, desi women, women of colour in the labour movements to read up on? Jayaben Desai sounded amazing… Any other names to suggest?

mutinousmindstate:

Visual artist María María Acha is taking the issue of gender equality to the streets of Mexico. Through visual biographies of remarkable women who have worked for gender equality, she aims to rescue, inform and sensitize people to the history of women’s work in the world.

Vandana Shiva Dehra Dub - India, 1952. Physicist, philosopher, writer and ecofeminist (ecofeminism is the power of the ecology, of the earth and nature to create a more sustainable, just and peaceful world by means of non-violence.) In the 70s she participated in the Chipko movement, principally formed by women who adopted the tactic of ecological protest, which consisted of staying in place embracing trees to avoid their being cut down. In 1982 she founded the Foundation for Scientific, Technological and Ecological Research, which counts among its initiatives the promotion and diffusion of ecological agriculture, study and maintenance of biodiversity, promoting the commitment of women to the ecological movement, or the regeneration of democratic sentiment.

Poster found at the International Museum of Women circa 2008.