Nikita Aashi Chadha

Poetry

power – third space anthology, renard press, 2024
Out of sight, out of mind – water damaged paper anthology vol 3, 2023
Jalllianwalla bagh – where we find ourselves anthology, 2021
ghara – Juice magazine issue 2: mind and body, 2022
H IS FOR HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT, BLOOMSBURY LITERARY FESTIVAL 2021
THE GOOD IMMIGRANT AND OTHER , JUICE MAGAZINE ISSUE 1: BEING BROWN 2021

Articles

The articles below explore my lived experience of being an intersectional disabled person.

content warning(s). articles below may discuss the following topics: racism, medical racism, discrimination, transphobia, sex, sexism, medical gaslighting and other heavy topics

Endometriosis

viewpoint: if representations of endometriosis are not intersectional, they are damaging and inaccurate – discover society 2020
the double edged sword of pain vs pleasure: what having sex is like with endometriosis and adenomyosis – cysters 2021
none of us are visible until we all are – cysters 2021
there is nothing superficial about endometriosis – cysters 2020
use it or lose it: white privilege and the danger of a single story – cysters 2019

Race

holding two truths – voices of colour 2022
is this a safe space? – Cysters 2021
Turning Our Pain Into Their Profit: The Obsession With Trauma Porn and Minoritised Communities – cysters 2023
I’m Not Listening – Things to Remember When You’re Being Racially Gaslighted (Thank You, UK Government) – cysters 2021
White Saviourism – Why would I ask you to save me, when you can’t even save yourselves? – cysters 2019

Misc.

this is a man’s world – cysters 2020
Recommended Reads for 2020: Books That Will Challenge How You See The World – cysters 2020