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‘A Brown Girl’s Guide To Gender’ – A Hard Look At Sexism In India Via Spoken Word Poetry

Shireen Jamooji

What are the things you’ve always wanted to say to men? Not just the ones in your life but every one that over the years has chipped at your self assurance with lingering eyes and lewd calls. Through her fearless spoken word performance, Aranya Johar took on this very topic on Women’s Day at the Unerase Poetry meet. In ‘A Brown Girl’s Guide To Gender’ she calls out every uncomfortable reality of living as a woman in India, from the inherent sexism to the fear that sets upon every lone woman after dark. In a reality where rape and acid attacks have become so frequent that they don’t even make the news anymore, every voice like Aranya’s - which voices boldly an opinion that so many people don’t want to hear - becomes a necessity.

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