Body and Sexuality

Brushstrokes
Picture of three women standing in line, dressed in various bright clothing.

[slideshow_deploy id=’6065′] The following photographs question our notions of beauty and an ‘ideal’ body. Rahul Saharan shot a series of…

By Curated Content
June 1, 2015
Brushstrokes
Bodies Intercepted: Inside Medical Wards
A amn lying in a hospital bed, while a nurse stands near him and says 'I don't need informed consent to give you a sponge bath.'

The medical ward is often continuous with the world around it. One would like to think of it as an…

By Shweta Krishnan
June 17, 2015
Bodies Intercepted: Inside Medical Wards
Blood On Our Skirts
Picture of white fabric stained with red paint

[slideshow_deploy id=’6158′] I remember the first time I learnt of menstruation as a ten year old. One of our friends…

By Shambhawi Vikram
June 17, 2015
Blood On Our Skirts
Beauty
A pair of hands with wrinkles on them holding each other. One of the hands is wearing a gold band on their ring finger

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
June 17, 2015
Beauty
‘Trans Bodies, Trans Selves’: A Modern Manual By And For Trans People
Book cover for 'Trans Bodies, Trans Selves', showing a collage of bright colours with the name of book and author written on it

This article was originally published at NPR.org The growing number of people who identify as transgender is raising a lot…

By Curated Content
June 17, 2015
‘Trans Bodies, Trans Selves’: A Modern Manual By And For Trans People
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