BangaloResidency with Goethe Institute Bangalore

We are delighted to announce and welcome Sabine Felber, artist in residence with the 
I Never Ask For It campaign! 

This has been made possible with the generous support of the 
Goethe Institute BangaloREsidency. 

We also thank Srishti Institute of Art Design and Technology for their generosity and support towards hosting us as Blank Noise, and our fellow artist in resident, Sabine. 

Date : July until August 2015.

Widow. Desire. Conduct. Code. I Never Ask For It

Action Hero Sapna was widowed five years ago. Sapna is expected to wear white or dull colours and live a life of mourning. She contributes to the I Never Ask For It campaign with her desire to wear red. She was harassed and taunted for wanting to wear this garment. She says " It's my wish and my right. I will wear it . I Never Ask For It "

June 23rd marks International Widows Day.  

Build the I Never Ask For It campaign with your testimony . 

Garment is Witness. Evidence. Memory. 

What does being 'Action Hero' mean to you?

black board text by 'Yelahanka Action Heroes'
students at Srishti Institute of Art , Design and Technology in 2012
after a month long workshop with Blank Noise
on being 'Action Heroes'

Since 2012

Are you group/ organisation that formed after Delhi Gang Rape, 2012 ? ​( Do you know of a group )​We would like to list you and your area of work to create insight on recent organising. Please email in at blurtblanknoise@gmail with a short description of your focus area.We and many more get asked " what has changed since 2012 ?​ " Your new efforts are part of what's changing . Thank you. 

#INeverAskForIt Network-Nominate an 'Action Hero'!

Know someone or a group that does some incredible work on tackling‪#‎sexualviolence‬? Admire an actor, dancer, teacher, gynaecologist, programmer, rapper, singer, filmmaker, poet, neighbour, best friend for their zero tolerance for victim blaming? It even could be you!

Nominate them- or yourself- for the global ‪#‎INeverAskForIt‬ campaign. We'll be getting in touch with all nominees to build actions through which we can all say, #INeverAskForIt.

* Form designed by Action Hero , Rishita Nandagiri

Action Heroes on board as Evidence Gatherers For the I Never Ask For It campaign

Satya Gummuluri 
Ulm Germany
Satya is an artist originally from Bombay. She works with music, writing and
photography, as well as doing freelance translation, editorial and research
work. She has performed and recorded with jazz, world and improvised music
and dance groups in the US, Portugal and India.

Lijya Perayil 
Pune, India
I am currently a student of development at the Azim Premji University in
Bangalore. Conversations and spaces through which gender traverse leave
me fascinated. I love to  recycle, philosophize and travel.

Dr. Preeti Chawla
Bombay, India
I am a doctor & lecturer by profession, with an inclination for women
empowerment , child welfare and motivating the general masses towards
living a fuller life.

Sukriti Suryavanshi
Jaipur / Bangalore, India
My name is Sukriti Suryavanshi, I study Fashion and Design. I read Kamala
Das when no body is looking.

Abhisikta Dasgupta
Hyderabad, India
Hi, I am Abhisikta. I am an Engineer by profession but a rebel, a nomad and
an action hero at heart. I love reading, travelling, painting, dancing and I
speak 4 languages - English, Hindi, Bengali and Tamil (broken).

Ameya Gutta
Goa, India
I'm Ameya - Action Hero, aspiring filmmaker with a passion for
literature, media and culture, in-the-process feminist, lately bitten by the travel
bug.

Neeha Mujeeb
Istanbul, Turkey
Digital analyst, writer, global nomad

Abhishek Chaudhury
New Delhi, India
I am Abhishek Chaudhary, a visual artist and writer.

Anukriti Singh
Lucknow, India

Anubhav Pradhan

Delhi, India

Anubhav is a boring person who reads a lot of boring stuff, writes a lot of boring articles, and edits a lot of boring books. When not doing these boring things, he tries his best to walk, roam, and do his bit against the shrinking of public spaces, and sexism and misogyny.

Jesril Bastina,

Coimbotore,India,

I AM CURRENTLY DOING MY 10TH STD IN ST.FRANCIS SCHOOL . I'M GOOD IN WRITING POEMS AND I ALSO WANTED TO BE A BRAVE WOMAN AND IN FUTURE AS A FEMINIST AND I ALSO WANT TO EXHIBIT MY TALENT OF WRITING POEMS FOR A GOOD SOURCE LIKE MY RECENT POEMS ARE 'GIRLS ARE NOT FOR SALE' AND 'BEWARE OF DOGS' .

Nandini Nagarajan

Hyderabad, India 

Retired scientist living in Hyderabad. Traveled extensively  by train alone on work, also in teams by road. One develops an awareness of surroundings and reliance on judgment that never leaves you. Sadly, more hassles confront women in public today, rather than less. I believe that more women need to be aware, and prepared to move in and occupy the public space and I would like to contribute my tiny effort towards this.

Aru Bhartiya

Aru is involved in research(Economics). Her independent work has been on Menstruation,Society and Religion. She believes the key to finding solutions to a problem is knowledge, which one can gather from sharing and discussing experiences. She wants to be instrumental in creating spaces to facilitate these discussions.

Chirag Sharma 

I am Chirag, working in Pune as an IT Professional (Software Developer) at Infosys Limited.

In my quest to pursue my interest, I will be learning Spanish. In my me time, I like to cook, travel and meet people.  

I want to connect with blank noise because, I feel the urge to set things right, to give what is just for people affected by anykind of mishappening and misbehaving.

Gynaecologists We Trust: From Amba Azad and Team

Last week Amba Azad tweeted a call for contributions, titled ' Gynaecologists We Trust' .

The Crowdsourced List of Gynaecologists We Trust 

Initiated by @AmbaAzad and Team

This is an attempt to crowdsource a directory of trustworthy gynaecologists. Finding doctors who are on our side is hard enough, and when it comes to something as intimate as our internal plumbing, it's even more difficult.

We need gynaes who are well-trained, affordable, reassuring, and above all, respectful of any sexual or lifestyle choices we make.

We need doctors who know that not all people want their uterus, and that not all people with uteri are women.

We need medical expertise devoid of moral judgements regarding how we use our bodies.

And we need compassionate care that we can rely on when we are scared, in pain and sick, without any shaming for being promiscuous, queer, single, trans, abused, kinky, disabled, fat, childless, or any other aspect of our social identity that should have no relevance to the quality of medical care we deserve.

The folks who’ve spent time and energy filling out our survey to help us crowdsource this list have our gratitude! Our survey remains open, and if you have a positive experience with a gynaecologist whom you’d like to see included on this list, please do fill out the form yourself to share their info with us - http://goo.gl/forms/SL8WLOIqo9

If you have questions or feedback about this project, you can get in touch with us via email (docrecs@gmail.com), twitter (@AmbaAzaad) or by filling out the last question of our form along with an email address we can reach you at. (http://goo.gl/forms/SL8WLOIqo9).

Find a recommended gynaecologist in your city!