Fashion and Sexuality
Editorial – Fashion and Sexuality
In tailoring the way we present ourselves to the world – be it as fashionista, frump or an artful fusion of the two – we think we are the ones making a choice about how we express our gender and sexuality along with other markers of our identity.
By TARSHI
October 19, 2023
Bridging the gaps in an evolving language
Fashion is a language that expresses survival, rebellion, freedom, visibility and invisibility, identity, representation and inclusion.
By Shikha Aleya
October 19, 2023
My Fashion and Gender Journey: How I discovered they are both fluid
How could I be trans if I didn’t tick off all the correct checkboxes demanded by politics, law, society and even the transgender community itself?
By Kirti
October 19, 2023
Embracing Self
Why must others judge her appearance and grace
When true beauty is not confined to a face?
In a world obsessed with the outer shell,
She knows in her heart inner beauty dwells.
By Shruti Sharma
October 19, 2023
Brushstrokes: The Many Shades of Fashion
For many people, fashion serves as a vehicle for expressing their unique identities, their political beliefs, and their sexual orientation.
By Pragya Solanki
October 19, 2023
Video: Dress Reform Movement | Sky Cubacub
What if we refused to assimilate? What if we collectively decided to dress in a way that made it so society could not render us invisible?
By Curated Content
October 19, 2023
अलादीन के जिन्न की तलाश
मेरा लिपस्टिक और लिपस्टिक के रंगों के साथ हमेशा से एक यौनिक रिश्ता रहा है। लिपस्टिक से मेरी पहचान निशानों और धब्बों के रूप में ही हुई थी।
By Muskan Nagpal
October 19, 2023
Interview – Kallol Datta
Clothes for me are our first line of defence. They are also our first act of providing relief.
By Shikha Aleya
September 20, 2023
The Complex Tapestry of Fashion: Identity, Expression, and Feminism in a Women’s College
While women’s colleges are certainly a step ahead of other institutions in creating spaces of liberation and encouraging freedom of choice, this rare advantage must expand itself onto the landscape of our entire country.
By Devanshi Panda
How Not To Do Body Positivity Fashion
For women like me, there is an enormous lack of options in addition to the market that relegates us to a corner of ‘plus-size brands’
By Trijita
September 20, 2023
Androgyny is a Quality of the Mind
As clear as I was about my sexuality, I was just as unclear about how I wanted to look and what felt good.
By Debashree
September 20, 2023
Looking outside, seeing inside
I find that my own clothes are all just pieces of a larger archive I’m slowly constructing: an archive of the women I love, a half-hearted attempt at mimicking what I love.
September 20, 2023
“हमारे जेब मत काटो!” – सुविधायुक्त कपड़ों की मांग का नारीवाद से रिश्ता।
क्रिस्टिन और सुरभि पितृसत्ता और औरतों के कपड़ों के बीच के संबंध को दिखाकर उनकी यौनिकता के ऊपर हक़ के बारे में कुछ ज़रूरी सवाल उठाते हैं।
By Kristin Francoeur and Surabhi Srivastava
September 20, 2023
ख़ूबसूरती विरोधाभास में बसती है
ख़ूबसूरती की परिकल्पना अगर एक मिथक है तो इसे नकारने का तरीक़ा भी ग़लत है।
By Shivani Gupta
September 20, 2023