Anniversary Issue – January 2018

Editorial: The Anniversary Issue

Happy New Year! May we all have more to celebrate, enjoy and be happy about! We bring you this anniversary…

By TARSHI
January 2, 2018
Editorial: The Anniversary Issue
REVIEW: WHAT SEX WORK TAUGHT FEMINISM: TALES OF THE NIGHT FAIRIES
TALES OF THE NIGHT FAIRIES

Five sex workers – four women and one man – along with the filmmaker/narrator embark on a journey of storytelling….

By Moulshri Mohan
January 2, 2018
REVIEW: WHAT SEX WORK TAUGHT FEMINISM: TALES OF THE NIGHT FAIRIES
ILLEGALLY ADULT: THE STRANGE CASE OF ALISHA MAJOR

She was 17 when she was rescued from a dance bar. Now she’s 18 and she wants to go back. As an adult. And…

By Bishakha Datta
January 2, 2018
ILLEGALLY ADULT: THE STRANGE CASE OF ALISHA MAJOR
BEAUTY

And all my life I’ve lived alone. What it means to be beautiful, I’ve never known. I’ve had partners but…

By Almas Shamim
January 2, 2018
BEAUTY
SELF-CARE AND MASTURBATION – LET’S GIVE IT THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE IT DESERVES

I was speaking with my friend, Priya[1], about her health issues. She is fifty, unhappily married with an uninspiring sex…

By Jhilmil Breckenridge
January 2, 2018
SELF-CARE AND MASTURBATION – LET’S GIVE IT THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE IT DESERVES
COMING UP FOR AIR: WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO GROW UP QUEER?

Why are boys afraid to cry? Why don’t people associate boxers with women? Because ‘boys don’t cry’, and fighting ‘like…

By Zoya Achanta
January 2, 2018
COMING UP FOR AIR: WHAT WOULD IT BE LIKE TO GROW UP QUEER?
ISSUE IN FOCUS: LEAVING HOME AND RECLAIMING SELF

As I sit to write this piece, somehow the song Aap Ki Yaad Aati Rahi Raat Bhar from the 1978…

By Chayanika Shah
January 2, 2018
ISSUE IN FOCUS: LEAVING HOME AND RECLAIMING SELF
I COLUMN : FICTION AND SEXUALITY

Her eyes are open now, she looks at him. There is sadness there. “What my love? What happened?” he asks….

By Shikha Aleya
January 2, 2018
I COLUMN : FICTION AND SEXUALITY
BRUSHSTROKES: ILLUSTRATIONS THAT SUM UP BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU HAVE ADHD
BRUSHSTROKES: ILLUSTRATIONS THAT SUM UP BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU HAVE ADHD

What happens to love, romance and sex when you have a disorder like ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder)? Are they…

By Curated Content
January 2, 2018
BRUSHSTROKES: ILLUSTRATIONS THAT SUM UP BEING IN A RELATIONSHIP WHEN YOU HAVE ADHD
NIVEDITA MENON: ON FEMINISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY

Nivedita Menon is a feminist writer and a political and social activist. She is a professor of political thought at…

By Shweta Krishnan
January 2, 2018
NIVEDITA MENON: ON FEMINISM IN THE 21ST CENTURY
अपनी पहचान उजागर करने की मेरी कहानी

सहयोगी ब्लॉग के सौजन्य से लेखक अपनी पहचान गुप्त रखना चाहते हैं संपादक की ओर से – यह लेख सबसे…

By Anonymous
January 2, 2018
अपनी पहचान उजागर करने की मेरी कहानी
WHAT HAS COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION GOT TO DO WITH CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE?

When working with parents on child sexual abuse (CSA) prevention, I often get asked the question, “How old should my…

By Alankaar Sharma
January 2, 2018
WHAT HAS COMPREHENSIVE SEXUALITY EDUCATION GOT TO DO WITH CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE?
VIDEO PAGE: SITA SINGS THE BLUES
VIDEO PAGE: SITA SINGS THE BLUES

Sita Sings the Blues is an animated retelling of the Ramayana, an ancient Indian epic about the Hindu god Rama…

By Curated Content
January 2, 2018
VIDEO PAGE: SITA SINGS THE BLUES
TALKING ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY AS A FEMINIST MOTHER: IT ONLY GETS MORE COMPLICATED

“Mamma, look, that’s a boy giraffe, I can see his penis,” exclaims my four-year-old daughter in delight at her discovery…

By Shilpa Phadke
January 2, 2018
TALKING ABOUT GENDER AND SEXUALITY AS A FEMINIST MOTHER: IT ONLY GETS MORE COMPLICATED
एक बेमेल जोड़े की कहानी

शिवानी गुप्ता जुलाई महीने की तेज़ गर्मी की एक दोपहर में हम दोनों गर्मी से बचने के लिए दिल्ली के…

By Shivani Gupta
January 2, 2018
एक बेमेल जोड़े की कहानी