Sarees on Screen
Podcast on South Asian Politics, Patriarchy and Pop Culture. Hosted by two queer brown feminists. New episodes every other Friday. Visit SareesOnScreen.com for show notes and additional content.
Episodes
12 episodes
Saucy Deep Dives: Verna
Trigger Warning: Discussions of sexual assault, r*pe, victim shaming, honor killing, and other forms of sexual violence and abuse. For anyone who may find these topics unsettling, we recommend prioritizing your mental heal...
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Episode 10
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52:16
South Asian Perspectives on Purity/R*pe Culture
Trigger Warning: Discussions of sexual assault, r*pe, victim shaming, honor killing, and other forms of sexual violence and abuse. For anyone who may find these topics unsettling, we recommend prioritizing your mental heal...
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Episode 9
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1:33:23
Behind The Screen: Introductions, Movies & Podcasting
On our very first “behind-the-screen” bonus episode, we talk movies, podcasting, and how we became friends in the first place despite hating almost everything at first sight.Jokes aside, we really did want to take a chance to reflect on ...
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1:06:47
Saucy Deep Dives: Mohabbatein
For our latest Saucy Deep Dive, we chose the early 2000s classic Mohabbatein starring Amitabh Bachchan, Shah Rukh Khan, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. In Mohabbatein, Shahrukh Khan comes to Gurukul to teach music and ...
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Episode 8
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1:19:32
The Glorification of Non-Consent in Cinema
Trigger warning: In this episode, we will be discussing issues such as stalking, voyeurism, r*pe, sexual harassment, assault, self-harm, and Islamophobia. For anyone who may find these topics unsettling, we recommend pr...
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Episode 7
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1:22:30
Saucy Deep Dives: Funny Boy
For our latest Saucy Deep Dive, we picked Funny Boy, a movie adapted by Deepa Mehta (an Indo-Canadian director) based on Shyam Selvadurai's 1994 novel of the same name. Funny Boy is a coming-of-age story about a boy called ...
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Episode 6
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1:18:29
Queer Media: Bollywood and Beyond
It’s been really encouraging to see increasing representations of queerness in our mainstream media. As grateful as we are as queer folk to have queer stories in our own languages, it's important to admit that some stories have been told with m...
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Episode 5
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1:38:10
Saucy Deep Dives: Third Person Singular Number ft. Raidahcal
In this episode, we are thrilled to be watching and discussing a Bangladeshi favorite Third Person Singular Number made by Mostofa Sarwar Farooki - one of the most famous contemporary directors from Bangladesh.We’ve also had the plea...
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Episode 4
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1:14:31
Sex and Sexuality in South Asian Media
Open conversations around sex and sexuality continue to be taboo in our society, but it’s been great to see a segment of people start to chip away at that reluctance to talk about such a fundamental part of all our lives.While we absolut...
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Episode 3
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58:29
Saucy Deep Dives: Khabi Khushi Khabie Gham
For this episode, we watched Khabi Khushi Khabie Gham, the iconic Karan Johar movie that shaped Y2K culture in South Asia. It has a special place in our hearts, but how does it fare on an intersectional feminist film rating system?&nbs...
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Episode 2
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1:05:40
Modern Feminist Narratives in Bollywood
In our first ever episode, we tackle how pop culture and mainstream media in Bollywood portray women and marginalized characters. To contextualize our discussion, we took note of the male and feminine gazes in cinema and art, and ho...
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Episode 1
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