Aarushi Mittal

Action Shero Aarushi Mittal is a third year law student at Symbiosis Law School. She is passionate about Human Rights. ‘For me being an Action Shero at Blank Noise means lifting the veil from gender based violence and flipping perspectives. From my time at Blank Noise I seek knowledge and experience to build a community where gender based violence is just a concept and not an everyday reality.’
Aarushi is based in Gurgaon.

Amitha Murugesh

Action Shero Amitha recently graduated from Azim Premji University, with a BA in Combined Humanities (Literature, History and Philosophy) She has a background in research on the interaction between memory and the digital age especially focussing on photography and Instagram. Amitha is doing her internship from Bangalore. 

“I believe in a society where consent and choice are the foundational pillars in creating safer public spaces. The mission acknowledges that it is important to record public memory to make a systemic change which I think is essential.

I look forward to learning from my fellow sheroes! As well as understand how conversations around harassment and violence can be had in a safer way.

I am interning at Blank Noise because I want to learn to confront my own reservations and discomfort in an environment that stimulates growth everyday.”

Amuda.R

ನನ್ನ ಹೆಸರು ಅಮುದ.ಆರ್. ನಾನು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನವಳು. ನಾನು ಬಿ.ಎ ಓದುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ ಮತ್ತು ನನ್ನ ಕಾಲೇಜಿನ ಹೆಸರು ಎನ್‌ಎಂಕೆಆರ್‌ವಿ ಕಾಲೇಜು. ನಾನು #INeverAskForIt ಆಂದೋಲನದ ಭಾಗವಾಗಿದ್ದೇನೆ.  ಏಕೆಂದರೆ ಇದು ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳಾ ಮೇಲಿನ ಕಿರುಕುಳಕ್ಕೆ ಅವರ ಉಡುಪು ಕಾರಣವಲ್ಲ ಎಂಬ ನಂಬಿಕೆಯುಳ್ಳದ್ದಾಗಿದೆ. ಈ ಆಂದೋಲನವು ಹೆಣ್ಣು ಮಕ್ಕಳ ಸಮಸ್ಯೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಂದ್ರೀಕರಿಸಿದೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಘನತೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಅರಿವು ಮೂಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ನಾನು ಬಿಡುವಿನ ವೇಳೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಅಡುಗೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು,ಕಥೆ ಹೇಳುವುದು, ಹಾಡುಗಳನ್ನು ಕೇಳುವುದು, ಸಾಕ್ಷ್ಯ ಚಿತ್ರಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುವುದು ಮತ್ತು ಚಿತ್ರ ಬಿಡಿಸುವ ಹವ್ಯಾಸಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿದ್ದೇನೆ.

My name is Amuda.R.  I am from Bangalore. I am studying B.A and my college name is NMKRV college . I am building #INeverAskForIt because I believe garments are not the only reason for harassment this is fully concentrating on women problems to give good awereness and self esteem. In my free time I like to cooking, story telling,listening songs, documentary short films drawing & painting

ANNIE LANGFORD

Action Shero Annie graduated from Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada with a B.A. in Global and International Studies. She strives to be a global citizen, influenced by her work in Sub-Saharan Africa with government and NGOs. She is doing her internship from the heart of Toronto, where many activist initiatives are blossoming.

The #INeverAskForIt mission speaks to me because….

I believe that I’m living in a patriarchal system that’s designed to silence and shame myself and others who dare speak about their oppression. There are many excuses for the perpetuation of rape culture, survivors’ clothing being one narrative that many of us have internalized. I still find that people believe sexual violence is uncommon, either because they have normalized/not fully processed their experiences, or because they are cisgender males who haven’t experienced much sexual violence themselves. I resonate with the vision #INeverAskForIt creates of garments united to visually show the prevalence of these occurrences, and testimonials to open people’s minds to the realities of sexual violence and how it occurs.

What are you looking forward to the most in the internship: 

I’m looking forward to learning about how to bring people together and open dialogues about some of the most difficult topics to articulate. While combatting sexual violence has been a passion of mine for many years now and I’ve since been having difficult conversations about it, many of those conversations have been with myself and close friends. I’m excited to meet with other Action Sheroes/Heroes/Theyroes who share my interests and can open my mind to other ways of thinking about sexual violence.

What is your expected learning outcome from this internship: 

I’m hoping to build my comfort and strength in publicly talking about sexual violence, through working with other leaders who have chosen to live unapologetically. I expect to develop more tools to understand sexual violence, and ways of addressing it in everyday life. Developing my own style and capacity for community organizing is also a priority, as I feel I have a lot to learn from the thriving Blank Noise community. I also hope to learn from comparing different manifestations of patriarchal norms internationally.