Anniversary Issue

REVIEW: ‘BOUND TO BE FREE’

‘Bound to be Free’ is a travelling exhibition of exquisitely shot personal and professional photographs, making its way from New…

By Neha Naqvi
December 1, 2014
REVIEW: ‘BOUND TO BE FREE’
Interview: Sheema Kermani

Sheema Kermani is a cultural activist, theatre practitioner, theatre director and a known Pakistani exponent of Indian classical dance. She had studied Bharatanatyam…

By TARSHI Team
December 1, 2014
Interview: Sheema Kermani
Being Naked in Istanbul: Why Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ is a Sham
Illustration of a turkish bath, where a group of women are bathing naked
December 1, 2014
Being Naked in Istanbul: Why Dove’s ‘Real Beauty’ is a Sham
BEYOND THE SIMPLE FORMULAS
Illustration of a woman with her kids and a man with kids, joined together by hair and beard

‘Woman? It’s simple, say the fanciers of simple formulas: she is a womb, an ovary; she is a female –…

By Shweta Krishnan
December 1, 2014
BEYOND THE SIMPLE FORMULAS
और जन्म हुआ गज़ल का !
Photo of a woman in a pride parade, holding up a small queer pride flag

तारशी की ईमैगज़ीन इन प्लेनस्पीक में हम इस महीने ‘बॉडी इमेज’ या शारीरिक छवि पर बात करेंगे। बॉडी इमेज वह…

By Nirantar
December 1, 2014
और जन्म हुआ गज़ल का !
The Editorial: Anniversary Issue

We are one year old! Yes, In Plainspeak has been publishing articles from around the Global South, especially India and…

By TARSHI
December 1, 2014
The Editorial: Anniversary Issue
PROVIDING SEXUAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS WITH DISABILITY
A woman dressed in a black and red dress and holding up a big red umbrella is looking behind. She has long blonde hair and a smile on her face.

I’ve been a sex worker for over 20 years. I’m a migrant sex worker based in Sydney, Australia but have…

By Rachel Wotton
December 1, 2014
PROVIDING SEXUAL SERVICES TO CLIENTS WITH DISABILITY
Reel Review: Blue Is The Warmest Color
poster for the film 'blue is the warmest colour', which shows two young girls facing each other intimately

There are many ways of looking at Blue is the Warmest Colour, last year’s French release about a love story…

By Bishakha Datta
December 1, 2014
Reel Review: Blue Is The Warmest Color
जिनपर हमें अभिमान है !
A collage of photos of various notable feminists including Madame Cama, Savitribai Phule, Ismat Chughtai, Sampat Pal Devi, and so on

जहाँ महिलाओं का अंतरिक्ष में पहला कदम महिला विकास की ओर एक बड़ा कदम है वहीं समाज में हो रहे…

By Dipika Srivastava
December 1, 2014
जिनपर हमें अभिमान है !
the fearless campaign
An illustration of a boy facing a tiger, while they're both on a boat, with a quote from Life of Pi written above.

[slideshow_deploy id=’1470′] In India, we are constantly confronted by images of what Indian women should be. Goddess on walls portray…

By Shilo Shiv Suleman
December 1, 2014
the fearless campaign
INTERVIEW: DR. PAYOSHNI MITRA
photo of activist Dr. Payoshini Mitra. She wears glasses and long hair, and is wearing a black sweater with an orange-and-black patterned scarf

Dr. Payoshni Mitra, a researcher, activist and writer working on gender issues in sport in India with special emphasis on intersexuality…

By TARSHI Team
December 1, 2014
INTERVIEW: DR. PAYOSHNI MITRA
DESIRE AGAINST DESIRE
Photo of a female protester holdingup the sign, "just had my first legal sex"

Post the historic Naz Foundation judgment of the Delhi High Court in July 2009, a prominent English news magazine carried…

By Oishik Sircar
December 1, 2014
DESIRE AGAINST DESIRE
BEING THIN… BEING ME
Photo of bodypositive activist Ekta Oza. She is wearing dark-rimmed glasses, a blue patterned kurta and her hair is tied back. She is looking to her left and laughing.

Which one of these is the right question to ask myself: When was the first time I realised I was…

By Ekta Oza
December 1, 2014
BEING THIN… BEING ME
ISSUE IN FOCUS: SEXUAL RIGHTS
An abstract drawing of a face, intertwined with different textures, animals like a bird and a snake, and trees.

It may be useful to visualize sexual rights as a large tree with deep roots and a vast canopy of…

By Radhika Chandiramani
December 1, 2014
ISSUE IN FOCUS: SEXUAL RIGHTS
SEXLESS IN THE CITY (FOR NO FAULT OF MINE)
A picture of disability rights activist Malini Chib sitting on a wheelchair. She is has black shoulder-length hair and is wearing glasses. Her top is white with black stripes and her trousers are black. The text beside her reads 'One Little Finger, Malini Chib'

If a woman likes a man, she seduces him with her charm, wit and humour. This, I have seen, works….

By Malini Chib
December 1, 2014
SEXLESS IN THE CITY (FOR NO FAULT OF MINE)
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