Pia Alize Hazarika is an Illustrator based in Delhi, India. She runs a studio called Pig, but she’s been at it since I was in highschool. Admittedly, my friends and I would sit in our dorm room pouring over her blogspot full of cool girl illustrations.

It's hard out here for folks with big femme energy, but we got art to see us through - Alex and Abhinaya talked with us about their journeys through gender.

Bindi (n.) - third-eye; all-seeing accessory worn to accentuate big femme energy and a fantastic contour

We're talking feminism and 'fits today. Well, today and every day.

We're channeling '90s friendship bracelets, Buddha head vibes, incense burning realness in this shoot.

Often times women in media, especially Bollywood are portrayed as one dimensional and flat and so this is an attempt to critique and deconstruct those stereotypes. By calling them out, I hope we start to think more closely about how female characters are portrayed in desi media.