Expensive FII reader,
After I began Feminism In India again in August 2014, it was nothing greater than a private weblog — a small nook of the web the place I might write about points that mattered to me. I by no means imagined that 11 years later, it could evolve into one among India’s main feminist media platforms, boasting a bilingual presence, an unimaginable group of writers, and a devoted workforce that creates content material each single day.
Reflecting on our journey fills me with gratitude. In these years, FII has carried out extra than simply publish articles — we’ve run campaigns that challenged sexist media, revealed analysis studies on TFGBV, created media guides on abortion and GBV, organised Wikipedia edit-a-thons to make ladies seen on-line, constructed communities that assist and encourage, launched a feminist glossary to make the motion extra accessible, and ventured into multimedia storytelling via movies, podcasts and documentaries, like our current movie on the Ghazipur landfill. Every of those milestones jogs my memory of how far we’ve come — and the way a lot additional we nonetheless wish to go.
However greater than awards, campaigns, or recognition, it’s the those that make FII particular. Our readers, writers, editors, group members, and supporters — you’re the cause FII exists. Each remark, each donation, each story submission tells us that feminist media issues, that there’s area and want for voices that problem patriarchy, amplify marginalised tales, and construct solidarity.
After all, sustaining unbiased feminist media hasn’t been simple. There have been challenges — monetary, emotional, and logistical — however via all of it, our dedication has solely grown stronger. We’ve stayed true to our mission of creating feminism accessible, related, and rooted in lived realities. And we’ll proceed to take action, so long as we’ve your assist.
So at the moment, as FII turns 11, I wish to take a second to thank every one among you who has been a part of this journey — whether or not you found us yesterday or have been right here since 2014. You’re the cause we preserve going.
Right here’s to many extra years of feminist storytelling, collective motion, and alter. Right here’s to holding area for voices that have to be heard. And right here’s to doing it collectively.
With gratitude and solidarity,
Japleen 💜
Japleen smashes the patriarchy for a residing! She is the founder-CEO of Feminism in India, an award-winning digital, bilingual, intersectional feminist media platform. She can be an Acumen Fellow, a TEDx speaker and a UN World Summit Younger Innovator. Japleen likes to backyard, journey, swim and cycle.
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