HAIR IS POLITICAL.
Cutting my hair made me feel like it was mine again. Not my mother’s to dictate, not my grandmother’s worry over, not men’s to find me attractive, not society’s to define as feminine.
I am a goddamn woman because I say I am.
Photography: @papadam-productions
Coat : Zara
Leggings: India
Top: Akira
Shoes: Antonio Milani
burry me in this saree 🌺🌷
god this saree is too 🔥🔥
what do you mean its not spring/summer
yogi and me
I had a great time at the #atlantazinefest talking about diy in diaspora
“Bangle Banger is a space on the internet forged as a medium to represent and showcase the coalescing of a split diasporic identity. It is the purposeful othering of self to reclaim existence, culture, and identity through nurtured personal style. Because “fusion fashion” is often the conscientious symptomatic behavior of a larger form of self-acceptance. In light of hyphenated Americans such as Piyush Bobby Fucking Jindal, the celebratory nature of Bangle Banger nudges others who embody this diasporic mentality forward. We desperately need more. Bangle Banger has become more than about doing it for yourself. It’s become about doing it for each other.”
some photos that didnt make it to the original photo set
im just saying this exists
a day at the conservatory // 5.17.2015
#RECLAIMTHEBINDI #COACHELLASHUTDOWN
I honestly am so overjoyed at all the brown babes reclaim the bindi!!!!! you guys make me proud to be brown everyday. words cannot express the overwhelming feeling of solidarity and strength this movement has. brb crying.
feelin it
leather crop top, missguided
pashmina, india
necklace, moms
make up: nars weighless luminous foundation in tahoe, benefit gimme brow gel, loreal lipstick in zoe’s red
slowly forgetting my winter blues
I appreciate yall puttin up with my hiatus. i havent forgotten about bb. besides lakme fashion week got me fkd up and inspired to no end. this might be a potential outfit (pssst can you say lehenga bottom?!)
HAPPY 1 YEAR TO BANGLE BANGER
IN MARCH OF 2014, BB WAS CREATED BC I, ANJANA, NEEDED A PLACE TO RELEASE DESI LOOKS. THE INTERNET WAS A BETTER PLACE TO DO THAT THAN THE CONSERVATIVE PLACE I LIVED IN. SUPPORT FROM THE INTERNET GAVE ME COURAGE TO BE WHO I WAS IN REAL LIFE.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE SUPPORT AND ENORMOUS SOLIDARITY I’VE RECEIVED THROUGH THIS PROJECT. THANK YOU FOR UNDERSTANDING MY POLITICS AND MY VALUES, BOTH OF WHICH ARE FOUNDATIONS TO THIS BLOG.
THANK YOU TO ALL THE PPL WHO HELPED MAKE THIS BLOG A REALITY AND DIRECTLY CONTRIBUTED TO ITS SUCCESS: ashwindle, autre-mode, qeomany, onlynina, priyaprakash, two-browngirls, reclaimthebindi thekajalcollective
AND THANK YOU TO ALL THE BADASS BRWN BABES WHO CONSTANTLY INSPIRE ME TO NO END.
I HONESTLY CAN’T BELIEVE HOW MUCH WE’VE DONE IN ONE YEAR!
