Popular Media and Sexuality

Never Mind The Nipples: Sex, Gender and Social Media
A cartoon illustration of a clitoris with a face drawn on it, the caption below it reads, 'making masturbation female friendly'

Five snippets from three months. In August, Indian actress Poonam Pandey dons a bikini for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge…

By Bishakha Datta
October 1, 2014
Never Mind The Nipples: Sex, Gender and Social Media
रानी की कहानी
picture of a girl with a braid in her hair, beside the picture of a group of women sitting together all of whom have headscarves wrapped around their heads
October 1, 2014
रानी की कहानी
The Dirty Picture
Poster for the film 'dirty picture', shoeing actress vidya balan leaning against actor emraan hashmi

The Dirty Picture, directed by Milan Luthria (2011) has ushered in various debates around sexuality through its representation of sexuality…

By Sujatha Subramanian
October 1, 2014
The Dirty Picture
The Editorial: Popular Media and Sexuality
blocks of black text against a white background, spelling out the words 'media', 'sexuality', 'power' and so on

“The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its…

By TARSHI
October 1, 2014
The Editorial: Popular Media and Sexuality
Media and Sexuality
Painting depicting a woman with a television set in place of her reproductive organs who is also watching a television

    The painting depicts a woman with a television set in place of her reproductive organs who is also…

By Sakshi Bhatia
October 1, 2014
Media and Sexuality
Gender and Sesame Street
A picture of multicoloured puppets from the show 'sesame street'

My mother was not a role model for me when I was growing up – not in the traditional sense…

By Sashwati Banerjee
October 1, 2014
Gender and Sesame Street
Superman and Blackman: Two Queer Indulgences
picture of man dressed as superman lying down on a sofa, against a green background

#1 My computer desktop features one of the most recognizable icons of 21st century (Western) popular culture: Superman, in his…

By Oishik Sircar
October 1, 2014
Superman and Blackman: Two Queer Indulgences
Settle down – Kimbra
a screengrab from kimbra's music video, "settle down", which shows singer kimbra throwing her head back and singing. she is far and has short dark hair
October 1, 2014
Settle down – Kimbra
Poems
an abstract painting of various shades of green and blue

Girl, when you blow your boy, or boy, when you go down on her, or when both of you use…

By Akhil Katyal
October 1, 2014
Poems
Interview: Gender And Popular Science
A rough illustration of the human brain

Popular science stories can be exciting, educative and a lot of fun to read. But sometimes we come across that…

By Shweta Krishnan
October 1, 2014
Interview: Gender And Popular Science
How the popular media fails representation of women
Picture of Anshul Tewari, the founder of Youth Ki Awaaz. He's wearing a black shirt and dark rimmed glasses

Being a journalism student once, and having a network of seniors and batch mates who came from a journalism background,…

By Anshul Tewari
October 15, 2014
How the popular media fails representation of women
Discourse of desire
Picture of film scholar Shohini Ghosh. She's dressed in a red shirt, has white hair, and is sitting in front of a table full of food.

By: Nupur Sharma The Hindu. Shohini Ghosh at Lodhi Garden Restaurant, New Delhi. Photo: V.V. Krishnan Over a hearty meal, film…

By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
Discourse of desire
‘Popular Stereotyping’
A still from the film "Apur Sansar" showing a woman who's looking downwards. She's wearing a saree and her aanchal is draped around her head.

Time and again, our films underline the supremacy of man. Modernity is reduced to a matter of packaging. A modern…

By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
‘Popular Stereotyping’
That Hashtag Was My Colleague
A photo of a woman standing in the middle of a green meadow, leaning against a brown tree bark. She has shoulder length black hair and is wearing a light blue kurta

By Sonia Khan | Grist Media – Mon 18 Aug, 2014 Doubting doctors, corrupt cops, jeering lawyers and, of course,…

By Curated Content
October 15, 2014
That Hashtag Was My Colleague
वो ‘फिल्मी’ शरीर – सार्वजनिक स्थानों में नृत्य और आनंद को समझना
A still from the film Rangeela a girl in a white dress with floral patterns and a hat dances with one leg up

इस तरह से नाचना न केवल सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर अपनी मौजूदगी दर्ज करने का तरीका हो सकता है बल्कि यह अपने निजी शरीर में आनंद पाने का उपाए भी है – एक ऐसा आनंद जिसे आजतक केवल काम करते रहने में ही आनंदित होने तक सिमित कर दिया गया था।

By Meghna Bohidar
December 3, 2018
वो ‘फिल्मी’ शरीर – सार्वजनिक स्थानों में नृत्य और आनंद को समझना