Podcasts Technology SOAS Radio What I did when the British media made our kind invisible - Feminist Sangeeta Pillai Lander

What I did when the British media made our kind invisible - Feminist Sangeeta Pillai Lander

Published: Jan. 15, 2018, 11:46 p.m.

b"\\u201cI believe there is little or nothing in mainstream British media about British Asian women. And I\\u2019d like the media to talk about us beyond honour killings and bride burning. Because you see, we\\u2019re awesome and sexy, and all sorts of other wonderful things.\\u201d - Sangeeta Lander Pillai talks to SOAS Radio about her upcoming erotic novel Soul Sutras, and her project Masala Monologues that adapts Eve Ensler\\u2019s masterpiece,\\xa0The Vagina Monologues, to archive unique and under-represented British Asian experiences. Collaborating with similarly positioned women in London by creating theatre pieces, digital audio-visual artworks, exhibitions, and TV scripts, Sangeeta\\u2019s movement has already begun. Click to listen to our hearty chat!\\n\\nSangeeta\\u2019s Sexy Wednesday Playlist:\\n\\nRoop Tera Mastana from Aradhana (1969)\\nDil Kya Kare from Julie (1975)\\nBruce Springsteen - I\\u2019m on Fire\\nChristina Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya, Pink - Lady Marmalade\\nMousee T - I\\u2019m Horny"