Monday, May 20, 2013

The Unending Heartbreak of Great Expectations: Why I Can’t Watch The Mindy Project Anymore | The Crunk Feminist Collective

The Unending Heartbreak of Great Expectations: Why I Can’t Watch The Mindy Project Anymore | The Crunk Feminist Collective

"I acquiesce to the limitations of this analysis, however, knowing that Mindy Kaling’s job is not to represent me, or any or all other Desi women. It has, regardless, become clear to me that Mindy (Lahiri)’s feminism is not of a piece with mine, really, at all. My feminism is intersectional, radical, angry, loving and queered. Mindy’s seems to be about being traditionally successful and occasionally, sexually bold – not bad, per se, but limiting."

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