Freedom and Sexuality
Editorial: Freedom and Sexuality
Freedom and sexuality – it sounds so liberating to some. But to some others, freedom is the spark that can…
By TARSHI
December 18, 2017
Interview: Shilpa Phadke
‘Why would you want to loiter?’ is an excellent question to ask feminist researcher, parent, educator and activist Dr. Shilpa…
By Shikha Aleya
December 18, 2017
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
By Shruti Arora: “I’ve never told this to anyone before, but I liked it when he kissed me. I wanted it,…
By Curated Content
A Café of Our Own?: The Politics of Queer Spatiality in Urban India
This essay is a brief rumination about queer café’s in urban India. Written as part reflection, part recollection, this essay…
By Swati Vijaya and Debanuj Dasgupta
December 18, 2017
100 Women: ‘Disabled women have sexual needs too’
Up to 10 million people in Iran are living with disabilities, campaigners say, but the culture surrounding the issue is…
By TARSHI
December 18, 2017
In Latin America, is there a link between abortion rights and democracy?
Three-quarters of all abortions in Latin America are performed illegally, putting the woman’s life at risk. Together with Africa and…
By Curated Content
December 18, 2017
The Blindness to my Desire
I won’t shy away from a kiss, In my head I have already devoured you. I don’t want you to…
By Kajol
December 4, 2017
Freedom and an F Word
What do you think of when you put the words freedom and sexuality together? Orgies? Polyamory? Sex with no unwanted…
By Radhika Chandiramani
December 4, 2017
The Nightmare of Shapewear
Caging the Free Body into a Sexual Silhouette At school, roughly in the 7th grade, we learn about tissues, veins,…
By Rajashree Gandhi
December 4, 2017
‘From Son to Father’
Dear Dad, There are times when I find writing a largely unproductive and tiresome exercise. For much of what is…
By Sahil Sood
December 4, 2017
Men hijack women’s happiness and sexuality even in their freest moments: Review of five films released in 2015-17
The women in Parched (2015) are sitting and chatting, seemingly free from their daily oppression for once, when a cell…
By Shaifali Agrawal
Freedom and sexuality: walking hand in hand with robots
Where we are now: In August this year the Supreme Court of India declared that privacy at its core includes…
By Suchitra Dalvie
December 4, 2017
Freedom’s Pride: Looking Back Ten Years On
In 2008, there were two important sets of events that happened: six weeks of intense hearings at the final arguments stage in the Naz Foundation case at the Delhi High Court, where section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was being challenged, and a bunch of folks in Delhi deciding that they were going to organize a Pride March. While these don’t seem obviously connected, they were both expressions of freedom, one in constitutional terms within the courtroom, and the other, a very public expression of freedom, taking to the streets.
By Siddharth Narrain
December 4, 2017
We need a sexual revolution in the Middle East – Mona Ethawi
Mona Eltahawy, author of ‘Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution’, speaks about how any social…
By Curated Content
December 4, 2017
This Pinup Series Portrays Indian Women (Accurately) As Sexually Liberated Badasses
“Badass Indian Pinups” – a series of paintings by Indo-Canadian artist Nimisha Bhanot shows Indian women breaking traditional stereotypes. Women…
By Curated Content