#losha

Another woke academic in India revealed as a sexual predator. Deeply disturbed, hoping something gets done.

Excerpt: Pallavi Rao 

The genius of The List is that there is also no way Brahmin-savarnas can respond to it without looking ridiculous.

You attack the format, you look absurdly pedantic;

You attack the maker, your caste-location is in the spotlight;

You demand proof, you look like an asshole;

You ask survivors to out themselves; you still look like an asshole;

You ask women to have faith in due process, you look like a hypocrite;

You say it is unfeminist, you look exclusionary;

You stay silent, you look complicit;

You defend yourself or the other savarna men named, you look like a rape apologist;

You align yourself with Kafila feminists, you look like a sycophant;

You write 8,000-word defenses on the blog you founded and curate, you look narcissistic;

Raya Sarkar’s List and the attitudes of systemic bullying

Ever since Raya Sarkar’s List of Sexual Harassment Accused (LoSHA) in Indian academia went viral, it has been subject to much debate. As a feminist, I cannot deny that after I saw the list, I was concerned about how we can move on from here? While I was not concerned about the public shaming of the accused, I was concerned about what political actions might be taken as feminists to overthrow…