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Nimmi Gowrinathan

Nimmi Gowrinathan
Nimmi Gowrinathan is a writer, scholar, activist and the founder of the Politics of Sexual Violence Initiative at the City College of New York, where she directs Beyond Identity: A Gendered-Platform for Scholar Activists. Her forthcoming book, Radicalizing Her, examines the complex politics of the female fighter (Beacon Press 2021).


Life in the Border Zones of Violence

Driving Through Flag Country
July 2, 2020  By Nimmi Gowrinathan
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On the Myth of Stockholm Syndrome and Women Guerrilla Fighters

“In the presence of her captors, to 'act crazy' would extend the length, and brutality, of her captivity.”
November 16, 2018  By Nimmi Gowrinathan
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