FLINTA* Voices create space to speak without restriction, without dilution, and without apology. We opened our platform to FLINTA* writers and creators who confront and redefine gendered realities, who understand empowerment not as a trend, but as necessity, and who expose patriarchy not as abstraction, but as lived experience.

red

i will paint my lips

a deep, dark, rich red, just like

my menstrual blood

About the Author

Sanjina Kashikar (they/she/he) is the co-founder and co-curator of the experimental reading series “AnArCHiEN” in the city of Aachen, and was a member of the now disbanded group “IFemA (International Feminists in Aachen)”. Often using pseudonyms, Sanjina Kashikar has published German and English prose and poetry in several magazines. Their debut novel “Rattenkönig” was published by Edition Outbird in March 2026.

@sanjina_karma