Gender and Feminism Society: BAME Representative

Hii, my name is Haarisah Bhamji and I'm a first year Comparative Literature student. I'm running to be BAME rep as I have thoroughly enjoyed attending the society meetings this year. Coming out of the summer of 2024, after the race riots I have found that running for BAME rep is more important than ever, as the world has become an increasingly violent place for BIPOC women. I have found that in many circles, feminist thought simply exists as reactionary and abstract, but feminism transcends the bounds of academia it is a practice. As your BAME representative I will focus on how systems such as colonialism, imperialism, classism and patriachy continue to impact the lives of women of colour around the world but also within our own country, allowing us to adopt a more nuanced percpetion of racial and gender based violence bettering our practice of feminism. As your BAME rep, I also seek to engage with literature, linguistics and the sciences and the impact BIPOC women have had within these disciplines but also how they have harmed us, after all a true intersectional feminist culture accounts for the failures of society and how we can better the world for women all around the globe :)