Queer-ing single-hood intimacy(ies)

resisting populist heteronormative imaginations

Authors

  • Gurpreet Kaur

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31273/fd.n8.2025.1986

Abstract

Dear friend-lover-partner…

There is an intimacy in belonging to these different relationships, hyphenated together. (un)belong you must, (un)break we would, love (distance and loneliness) may find me, you and us.

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Author Biography

  • Gurpreet Kaur

    Gurpreet Kaur (she/her) is a feminist researcher, writer and creative, based in Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, India. With more than a decade of experience, she has worked at the intersections of gender, labour, ecology, mental health and the arts, focusing on empowerment, women's collectivization, and social impact evaluation. Her approach is rooted in participatory and feminist methodologies, aiming to make research more accessible, creative, and poetic. She is deeply interested in feminist and queer pedagogies, exploring narratives centred on the body, affect, and queerness. Her work often delves into digital resistances, archival politics, and innovative ways of storytelling.

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Published

2025-07-14

Issue

No. 8 (2025): Human Rights in an Age of Populist Authoritarianism

Section

Voices of Dissent

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