Memory and Sexuality
Editorial: Memory and Sexuality
In our mid-month issue we have an interesting medley of articles many of which talk about the memory of and in the body. Rashi Kapoor presents a therapist’s perspective on body memory and healing, Debanuj Das Gupta offers us a deeply personal and political insight into AIDS, melancholia and queer memory…
By TARSHI
April 16, 2018
Sudha ji’s Love Story
Sudha ji’s indomitable spirit made me question if I was settling down for too little, if there was more that I should ask for, and if there is more that I deserve.
By Chandrabarna Saha
April 16, 2018
A Story of the Body: Understanding Memories and Sexuality
“I was not a wanted child. Of course I am a girl, and that explains it. It’s like no one really cares if I exist. My brothers are useless, but they are everything to them(her parents). It’s not like he (her lover) needs me either; I still take food for him everyday.”
By Rashi Kapoor
April 16, 2018
My First Memories of Dabbling into online BDSM still Empower me after more than a Decade
If not for these memories, my exploration of sexuality would perhaps have stopped a few years ago, when I was single for a long time and didn’t know if I could find someone like me.
By Asmi
AIDS, Melancholia & Queer memory
In this essay, I revisit my early struggles with AIDS diagnosis during the summer of 2003. The recollections allow me to rethink how the New York cityscape and coming out about my HIV status to my parents in India shapes a racialised experience with HIV and AIDS, family relations, and transnational migration. Such a racialised experience is erased within Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.
By Debanuj DasGupta
April 16, 2018
यादों के ताने बाने उलझाती सुलझाती मैं
चाय पीते–पीते अचानक बारिश की बूंदों की आवाज़ सुनाई दी। मैं ख़ुशी से बाहर झाकने लगी और तुमसे मैंने कहा…
By Pramada Menon
April 16, 2018
Issue in Focus: Memory and Sexuality – A Methodological Approach
A methodological approach to the study of memory and sexuality helps delineate interesting connections between the two: memory as a methodological tool for the study of sexualities, memory as an object of study, and the role of personal memory in the formation of individual sexualities.
By Varsha Chitnis
Interview: Satya Rai Nagpaul
Satya Rai Nagpaul, award winning cinematographer and FTII graduate, trans man, and trans rights activist, speaks about the influence and role of memory in his own life.
By Shikha Aleya
April 2, 2018
Paromitar Ek Din: Recalling Memories of Sexual Solidarity
Paromitar Ek Din is a study in female subjectivity – it is essentially a woman telling the story (or rather, recollecting the story) of another woman, and reflecting upon themes of sexuality, oppression, and gender-based discrimination.
By Rohini Banerjee
Trauma, the Body & Memory
In addition to healing from sexual trauma, which took a lot of work, the most joyful part of this journey has been a discovery of my own sexuality.
April 2, 2018
Queer Archiving: Memory, Law and Sexuality
Could we imagine QAMRA as an archive that is alive, and interventionist, that is enabling the creation of a new space for dialogue while assiduously documenting the lives, work and interventions of existing and older histories?
By T. Jayashree and Siddharth Narrain
April 2, 2018
How my Memory Introduced me to my Caste
Historically, morality has been a privilege of the Savarna, and sexuality has been the fort that Savarna men seek to protect through patriarchy.
By dyuti
April 2, 2018
Building Resilience from Memories
By creating a safe space to discuss these issues [of sexual abuse] and acknowledging these experiences, we can find a way to address the root cause and move forward in our healing process.
By ElsaMarie D'Silva
April 2, 2018
Brushstrokes: NSFW: Student’s Powerful Art Project Reveals the Lasting Effects of Sexual Assault
Emma Krenzer, a 19-year-old student has made waves with her art project, creating a map showing the lasting impact of human touch.
By Curated Content