Tithi Bhattacharya
Tithi Bhattacharya is Associate Professor of South Asian history at Purdue University. She is a prominent Marxist feminist and one of the national organizers of the International Women's Strike on March 8, 2017. She is a vocal advocate of Palestinian rights and Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions. She is one of the authors of 'Feminism for the 99%: A Manifesto', which ties feminism to other modes of struggle, including anti-racism and anti-capitalism. On the topic of gender Bhattacharya has further authored the book The Sentinels of Culture. In addition, she has written on the politics of Islamophobia and the women in Islam.