Samhita Mukhopadhyay
New York City, New York, United States
Music
The best kept secret in music
Press
"Samhita Mukhopadhyay has worn many hats: Americorps volunteer, teacher, sister, daughter, social activist and blogger. And in the end, isn’t that the message of feminism? Women can be anything they want, do anything they want and do it well? Samhita Mukhopadhyay sets the bar high." - Nirali Magazine
"An interview with Feministing editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay is like a fast-paced workshop on how to be a tireless wireless feminist." - AlterNet
Discography
Still working on that hot first release.
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Bio
Samhita Mukhopadhyay is an activist, writer and technologist based in Brooklyn, NY.
She has written and spoken extensively on race, media, technology and gender, with a specific focus on the intersection of race and gender, whether in popular culture or politics. She is the technology director at the Center for Media Justice an Oakland based org that provides media strategy and action for justice based grass-roots organizing groups and was recently named Executive Editor of Feministing.com.
Mukhopadhyay has been featured on multiple panels, including South by South West Interactive, Allied Media Conference, National Conference on Media Reform and Women, Action and Media, discussion, gender, race, sexuality and the internet.
She has a Bachelors degree in Sociology and Women's Studies from SUNY Albany and a Masters in Women's Studies from San Francisco State focused on blogging, gender, social networking technology and activism.
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