Humour and Sexuality

The Editorial: Humour and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Humour and Sexuality

“Humour is a rubber sword – it allows you to make a point without drawing blood.” Mary Hirsch, humourist Here’s…
By TARSHI
January 18, 2016
The Editorial: Humour and Sexuality
Interview: Throwback to Pramada Menon’s ‘Fat, Feminist and Free’
Interview: Throwback to Pramada Menon’s ‘Fat, Feminist and Free’
January 18, 2016
Interview: Throwback to Pramada Menon’s ‘Fat, Feminist and Free’
‘सेक्सी’ और मज़ाकिया महिलाओं से जुडी विसंगतियां
Comedian Aditi Mittal speaking into a mike.
‘सेक्सी’ और मज़ाकिया महिलाओं से जुडी विसंगतियां

क्रिस्टिन फ्रैंकर द्वारा पिछले वर्ष, एआईबी के बदनाम नाकआउट रोस्ट के दौरान कॉमेडियन अदिति मित्तल ने कार्यक्रम के पैनल पर…
By Kristin Francoeur
January 18, 2016
‘सेक्सी’ और मज़ाकिया महिलाओं से जुडी विसंगतियां
Don’t be a (Coyote) Dick; There Are No Classy Risqué Jokes
Two white dogs having anal sex.
Don’t be a (Coyote) Dick; There Are No Classy Risqué Jokes

“Vanna-cum?” – This was a Tamil-English booty call SMS I once received from a friend with benefits (reproduced here with…
By Guest Writer
January 18, 2016
Don’t be a (Coyote) Dick; There Are No Classy Risqué Jokes
Brushstrokes: The Sound of Laughter*
Drawing of a cow sitting under a tree. But the face of the cow is that of a man wearing sunglasses. The ends of a red gamcha around his neck flow in the wind.
Brushstrokes: The Sound of Laughter*

[slideshow_deploy id=’8255′] [slideshow_deploy id=’8268′] “I want to put forward laughter and detachment as ways of resisting and refusing patriarchy by…
By Debolina Dutta
January 18, 2016
Brushstrokes: The Sound of Laughter*
To Laugh Or Not to Laugh
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To Laugh Or Not to Laugh

“Everything is funny, if you can laugh at it.” – Lewis Carroll Lewis Carroll can be said to have a…
By Jasmine George
January 18, 2016
To Laugh Or Not to Laugh
Issue In Focus: What’s In a Joke?
Picture of British comedian Miranda Hart sitting down
Issue In Focus: What’s In a Joke?

Last January, armed gunmen stormed the Paris office of the French magazine Charlie Hebdo, killing 12 and injuring 11, because…
By Shweta Krishnan
January 4, 2016
Issue In Focus: What’s In a Joke?
Casually Sexist Humour and the Reasonable Limits of Feministing
Abish Matthew in a white shirt and black coat speaking into ear mike on a stage.
Casually Sexist Humour and the Reasonable Limits of Feministing

In March 2015, a popular Indian comic, Abish Mathew, performed at a college festival at the National Law University (NLU)…
By Noopur Raval
January 4, 2016
Casually Sexist Humour and the Reasonable Limits of Feministing
…‘Raised on These Jokes’…
A man's red underwear. "Stop and smell the" written over a penis-shaped cutout in the centre.
…‘Raised on These Jokes’…

“Tell me something,” the 15-year-old asked her mother, “what is it like the first time?” “You, in your age and…
By Shikha Aleya
January 4, 2016
…‘Raised on These Jokes’…
Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs
A film still of Deepika Padukone and Ranbir Kapoor dancing with Holi colours thrown on them. Over the picture is a screenshot of a tweet that reads, "Balam pichkari joh tune mujhe mari, toh seedhi saadhi chhori ne harassment ki FIR likha di. & she was taken seriously. #FeministBollySongs"
Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs

Twitter has been rumbling with chuckles and giggles over the last few days with a trending slew of Tweets and…
By Curated Content
January 4, 2016
Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs
Review: The Absurdities of Sexy and Funny Women
Comedian Aditi Mittal speaking into a mike.
Review: The Absurdities of Sexy and Funny Women

At the now infamous All India Bakchod Knockout roast last year, comedian Aditi Mittal told this joke about her fellow…
By Kristin Francoeur
January 4, 2016
Review: The Absurdities of Sexy and Funny Women
Video Page: Of Marriageable Age
Video Page: Of Marriageable Age
January 4, 2016
Video Page: Of Marriageable Age
Being Funny and Also Politically Correct: Is That a Paradox?
A school boy trying to move through several intersecting and haphazard green light rays without touching any. On top of the photo is written, "Trying to make a joke that doesn't offend anyone in 2015."
Being Funny and Also Politically Correct: Is That a Paradox?

I was involved in creating a social media presence for TARSHI that was rights-based and pleasure-affirming. It was not always…
By Tanisha Chadha
January 4, 2016
Being Funny and Also Politically Correct: Is That a Paradox?