Meghana Bahar

Meghana Bahar is an Intersectional Feminist, Women’s and Human Rights Activist, Gender & Media Strategist from Sri Lanka. She is pursuing her Master’s degree in Gender Studies at the University of Malaya, in Malaysia. She is a Consultant Writer and Engagement Coordinator for the Asia-Pacific arm of www.witness.org, serves on the board of editors for www.newceylonwriting.com, and an Advocate of www.musawah.org. ​

#Melanin

This word that keeps poppin’ on my Instagram feed Means so little, so it seems To crafty marketers and vacuous beauties Hash-tagging like tomorrow Will never come Kindled to autoignition point, Melanin shot golden stars out of their hiding places