Editorial – Mental Health and Sexuality
Mental health, much like physical health, is a state of wellbeing and not just the absence of disease or infirmity. Because each of us is unique, with our own particular…
Where do we begin?
The connection between mental and emotional wellbeing and stigmatised identities is perhaps most easily understood and therefore a good entry point to the theme. Stigma and minority stress, specifically in…
When the Game is Set Against You, Why Play By The Rules?
“It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society.” — J. Krishnamurti Sexuality for folks from the queer community is not as straightforward as…
The Chronicles of the Changing Room: Reclaiming the Cubicle of Doom
I pride myself on being a fast learner. Yet it took me an embarrassingly long time to realise that shopping, for most women, not just me, is an excruciatingly exhausting…
“Darlings”: Two Women, One Story
Darlings, a recent Netflix release featuring Alia Bhatt and Shefali Shah and their endearing performances, wins our hearts. In the poster of the movie, we see Alia Bhatt pouting at…
Sunflowers on a Frosty Morning
A few days ago, in a telephonic conversation with my mother, I was made aware of the inadequacies of my gender; in her unforgiving tone, she rendered me a woman…
Two Poems: ‘A room of one’s own’ & ‘Sunshine’
A room of one's own You couldn't begin to say the self Before someone helps you finish — Self-centred Self-serving Selfish Sunshine 1 It isn't easy The topsoil of life…
This is how we do it
As I write this piece, I locate myself within the queer community and the mental health system. When I was studying psychology back in 1998 the representation of people like…