Imogen Arate with Ritu Kurien

Poets and Muses: We chat with poets about their inspirations

This week, Ritu (https://www.instagram.com/nosferitu/) and I (https://poetsandmuses.com/imogen-arate/) discuss our respective poems, "I am the Desi man’s Fetish" and "Same Shoes," and gender stereotypes. Check out this episode to also hear about virtual poetry events taking place during the week of October 4th. Links to the topics we touched on: 1. Anti-homosexual laws in United Arab Emirates and Kenya: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/15/singer-in-the-1975-defies-uaes-anti-gay-law-by-kissing-man-at-concert and https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFKCN1SU1M7-OZATP 2. Menstruation and wild animals land and sea: https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/nature/grizzlybear-menstrual-odor.htm and https://www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/shark-attacks/reduce-risk/menstruation/ 3. Cow kills in India: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-20/cow-vigilantes-in-india-killed-at-least-44-people-report-finds 4. Rape list on a US Navy submarine: https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/05/17/sailors-created-rape-list-aboard-navys-2nd-sub-integrate-women.html 5. Historic all-female space foiled by wrong-size spacesuit: https://www.nbcnews.com/mach/news/nasa-scraps-all-female-spacewalk-because-space-suit-wrong-size-ncna987296 Picture of Ritu Kurien by Matthew Pascucci #poetrypodcasts #PoetsandMuses #ImogenArate #RituKurien #IamtheDesimansFetish #SameShoes #genderstereotypes #Dubai #UnitedArabEmirates #ASU #InternationalStudent #MastersinEnglishLiterature #nonbinary #bisexual #LGBTQIA #MichelFoucault #disciplineandpunishment #philosophers #AlbertCamus #GloriaAnzaldua #theoryinnarrative #America #freedom #bisexual #threesome #Westernwomenstereotypes #gender #sexuality #Kenya #VictorianLaws #Colonization #NarendraModi #PrimeMinisterofIndia #Hindu #Cowkillings #Kerala #BeefEatingConstest #Womensrights #Madonna #OpenYourHeart #scifi #BlackMirror #vendingmachinegirl #GameofThrones #TheDothraki #TheUnsullied #AgeofEmpire #racialhierarchy #plotarmor #PhoenixArtMuseum #JapaneseFriendshipGarden #astronautsuit #womensmonth #RupiKaur #inspirationwriter #PalabrasBookstore #videogame #replay