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• An Indian in the Wild, or, Decolonizing The Jungle Book

  by Lace Dagger

  "Any Indian reader who fails to distance themselves from this makes of themselves another jungle spectacle, to be observed, to be entertained by, but never to be taken seriously."

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• On Racism and Competitiveness in Queer Spaces

  by Lace Dagger

  "When I am 'nice,' I am not listened to. I have learned to be precise, driven, and forceful in my interactions with white women to accomplish the simple feat of being heard; pleasantness is a luxury I cannot afford."

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• Saffron Colonial and the Colonisation of Cuisine

  by Lace Dagger

  "Spices (and other materials) have always been front and centre in the colonial machine. To say Western Cuisine incorporating flavour notes of other cuisines is merely 'an exchange of cultures' is reductive and erasing."

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• Yoga in the West: A Colonial Machination of Appropriation

  by Lace Dagger

  "Yoga has been completely stripped of its power, strength, and glaring Indianness, repackaged into a symbol of contemptible, weak, nonthreatening, submissiveness: exactly what a colonial power looks for in a colony."

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