A digital magazine on sexuality, based in the Global South: We are working towards cultivating safe, inclusive, and self-affirming spaces in which all individuals can express themselves without fear, judgement or shame
We envision SISA spaces as non-judgmental, inclusive, rights-based and affirming spaces wherein people’s sexuality, their identities, wellbeing, choices, desires and pleasure are respected.
This article was originally published here. My social media timeline repulses me. It’s filled with cis-het conformity among other things, and there is nothing more alienating than the recurring reminder that everyone around me is not like me, does not look like me, does not live like me. Alienating, and lonely; but in cisgendered, heteronormative…
There may already be another organisation in the community to share resources with but for community-led initiatives, a shared perspective on Safe, Inclusive, Sexuality-Affirming (SISA) spaces is also important. Sometimes when the shared perspective is not there, that becomes a challenge.
This article was originally published here. It is a summer night in 2010 and my parents are asleep in the next room. In the sweltering darkness, I sneak out of bed and boot up our dusty living room desktop computer, logging onto my clandestine Livejournal account. With bated breath, I click through to a page…
This post was originally published here. While sex-positive spaces affirm our right to pleasurable sexuality, they might leave out experiences which are not-so-good or complicated. Our experiences of sexuality are unique to our socio-political and economic location, disability status, gender identity and sexual orientation, and so on. Everyday Feminism’s comic illustrates the complexity and diversity…
This post was originally published here. Why is it easier for us to be compassionate and accepting of our friends more than of ourselves? Why are we hard on ourselves but so generously offer our friends support and solace? This thought-provoking, luminously illustrated The School of Life video reminds us of self-compassion being essential to…
This article was originally published here. Even the Prime Minister cannot interfere with the baby’s bedtime. I pace in a darkened room, rocking my one-year-old to sleep with song. My mind is distracted with dread. I imagine millions of people turning on their television sets to hear how the next month would unspool. My husband…
The film Hot Girls Wanted followed the journey of five young women aged 18-25 years as they joined the pornography industry and also looked more broadly at at women in this age group and their motivation to join.