Self-Care and Sexuality

A Self-care Approach to Life – and Sexuality
A Self-care Approach to Life – and Sexuality

Not everybody, everywhere, learns self-care, though most people learn how to wash their faces, brush their teeth, wear clean underwear, and lock the door to keep themselves safe.

By Shikha Aleya
February 3, 2017
A Self-care Approach to Life – and Sexuality
Video Page: Five Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout in Social Work
Five Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout in Social Work

This video encapsulates five simple tips for those in social work to avoid an exhaustion of energies, although they are equally valid for anyone doing any kind of sustained work.

By Curated Content
February 3, 2017
Video Page: Five Simple Ways to Avoid Burnout in Social Work
Romance Your Damn Self*
Romance Yourself

An experimental haircut, trying on a new pair of earrings, a bright lip colour, or even wearing a skirt when your legs aren’t waxed and walking confidently down the street: these are revolutionary acts of self-care and self-love.

By Deepa Ranganathan
February 3, 2017
Romance Your Damn Self*
On Mental Health and Being a Transman
On Mental Health and Being a Transman

I did everything to change my gender expression from masculine to feminine. I started wearing feminine clothes, started growing my hair, and I even had a boyfriend. But the more I pushed myself to be feminine, the more depressed I became.

By Jamal Siddiqui
February 3, 2017
On Mental Health and Being a Transman
It’s Time to Take Back Our Minds!
मानसिक स्वास्थ्य

Audre Lorde once said, “Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”

By Rituparna Borah
February 3, 2017
It’s Time to Take Back Our Minds!
Brushstrokes: Happy Doodles
The Way to Wellbeing in These Happy Doodles!

We found these heart-warming doodles that are dedicated to staying conscious of things that matter for our personal well-being and our relationships with others but that we tend to lose touch with from time to time.

By Curated Content
February 3, 2017
Brushstrokes: Happy Doodles
Interview: Radhika Chandiramani on What Self-Care and Sexuality Have to Do With Each Other

“Sexuality and self-care are related at many levels, right from the level of knowing what you want and what you don’t, how you feel about yourself, how you are able to communicate your desires and how you are able to enjoy your experiences.”

By Anjora Sarangi
February 3, 2017
Interview: Radhika Chandiramani on What Self-Care and Sexuality Have to Do With Each Other
Issue in Focus: The Fraught Relations between Care, Self-Care and Sexuality
The Fraught Relations between Self-Care, Care and Sexuality

My friend recounts how, growing up, there was one object around which cohered much intrigue and darkness and which, when brought to light and consciousness through accident, (usually) provoked much commotion, commotion of outrage, disgust and fear: her (used) panties.

By Mamatha Karollil
February 3, 2017
Issue in Focus: The Fraught Relations between Care, Self-Care and Sexuality
कैसे सीखा कि मैं खुद को प्यार करने की हकदार हूँ

अभी एक दिन, एक पुराना दोस्त और मैं व्हाट्सएप पर बात कर रहे थे। उन्होंने हाल ही में एक लड़की,…

By Guest Writer
February 15, 2017
कैसे सीखा कि मैं खुद को प्यार करने की हकदार हूँ
टेलीफोन के दूसरी ओर उम्मीद की किरण : आत्महत्या रोकने के लिए आसरा की हेल्पलाइन सेवा के अनुभव
आसरा टेलीफोन हेल्पलाइन

जॉनसन थॉमस [संपादक की ओर से: स्वयं की देखभाल करने का सीधा मतलब है अपनी मर्ज़ी से कोई भी ऐसा…

By Johnson Thomas
February 18, 2017
टेलीफोन के दूसरी ओर उम्मीद की किरण : आत्महत्या रोकने के लिए आसरा की हेल्पलाइन सेवा के अनुभव
Four Self-Care Resources for Days When the World is Terrible
Four Self-Care Resources for Days When the World is Terrible

The onslaught of news about violence against people of color seems to be endless these days. In the midst of all of this we remember the words of writer and activist Audre Lorde, who famously said that self-care is both an act of self-preservation and political warfare.

By Curated Content
February 18, 2017
Four Self-Care Resources for Days When the World is Terrible
अपने मन को वापस लेने का समय आ गया है
मानसिक स्वास्थ्य

ऑड्रे लार्ड ने एक बार कहा था, “अपनी देखभाल करने का ये मतलब नहीं कि मैं स्वार्थी हूँ, देखभाल स्वयं…

By Rituparna Borah
February 18, 2017
अपने मन को वापस लेने का समय आ गया है
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders

Stress, burn out, uncontrollable emotional outbursts, depression, anxiety, migraines and cancer, are some of the effects that human rights defense work has on women human rights defenders (WHRD)s around the world, and the ones that often make them quit their important work. AWID spoke with Jessica Horn, Senior Advisor for the African Institute for Integrated Responses to Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS (AIR) about the politics of self-care and well-being for WHRDs.

By Curated Content
February 18, 2017
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders
Women, Too, Have the Right to Fun
Women, Too, Have the Right to Fun

Relatively speaking, women, particularly upper-middle-class women, have greater legitimacy in the new privatized spaces of consumption like shopping malls and coffee shops than in public spaces like parks or promenades. However, these are far from uncontested spaces

By Curated Content
February 18, 2017
Women, Too, Have the Right to Fun
Self-Care and Masturbation – Let’s Give It the Female Perspective It Deserves
Self-Care and Masturbation – Let’s Give It the Female Perspective It Deserves

And that is sadly the case with so many women. Speak of exercise and nutrition as a path to wellbeing and self-care, sure. They will read Prevention and Health type of magazines, employ a personal trainer, go to a yoga class, or follow a dietician’s advice. But speak to them of yoni eggs, masturbation and self-pleasure, and you are suddenly not speaking a language they understand!

By Jhilmil Breckenridge
February 18, 2017
Self-Care and Masturbation – Let’s Give It the Female Perspective It Deserves
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