Kannammaa Writes

  I am a self-proclaimed feminist. I actively speak feminism on Instagram under the tutelage of my Facebook page, Karutthu Kannamamaa which is also managed by co-admins who are also my friends. I recently learned that my pictures are on lewd Tamil pages, captioned “Sexy Feminist Bitch waiting for customers.” LOL😂😂😂. This is the only way right-wing people can extend counter-narratives. It is also the easiest way to shut a woman up, leveraging age-old patriarchy that fixes a woman’s dignity and honor on her body. But I won't shut up.😈😈😈💅💅💅  In the initial days of Karutthu Kannammaa, Malaysian Indian men issued rape and murder threats against the admins, my ex-schoolmate, and me😄😄😄. My friend and I persisted and today, the page is famous in India and it is the Indian men’s turn to slut-shame us💤💤💤. I have received numerous slut-shaming texts in my Instagram DM.  If we want to break patriarchy effectively, we must first break the patriarchy within us. I...