Her Kajal Won’t Smudge
by HKWS
April 17, 2025 6:30 am
Her Kajal Won’t Smudge is a podcast about South Asian women who are pushing back on desi social norms through art, content, dance, music, film, and more.
We ask every guest: What does feminism mean to you? In South Asian spaces, the word “feminist” is still linked to promiscuity, selfishness or a rejection of family values. We want to unpack that.
Our guests remind us that feminism isn’t one thing. It’s a way to be your fuller self, have voice, choice, and power in a culture obsessed with “what will people say?”
Social norms aren’t fixed. We create them, which means we can rewrite them too.
Recent Episodes
Mythili Prakash - Through my dance practice, I want to blur the lines between a Goddess on a pedestal and a human woman
3 months agoZara Suhail Mannan - We deserve to be free here as much as our male counterparts, this is my Pakistan too
3 months agoKirat Assi (Sweet Bobby) - What happened to me was not just catfishing, it was online entrapment
4 months agoTracy Vadakumchery - I want to give my clients permission to live outside of the confines of what it means to be a “good” Indian
4 months agoAshfika Rahman - I want victims of abuse to confront the viewer so we can no longer look away
4 months agoPrincess Pea - My headgear is a tool, a headspace where women can share our experiences
4 months agoAngela Saini - To say that there is fundamental difference between the minds of men and women just isn’t true
5 months agoJameela Jamil - The beauty and diet industries are teaching women to hate themselves for profit
5 months agoSuddaf Chaudry - You should always investigate what most people deem inconvenient
8 months agoHabiba Nowrose - When you have to fulfil someone else’s dream of the ideal woman, you tend to disregard what your inner voice is telling you to be
8 months ago