Brushstrokes

Brushstrokes: The AVR Method
A comic strip where two purple coloured figures can be seen snuggling on bed. There is a table with a laptop, two mobile phones, a slice of pizza, and a water bottle next to them. Behind the figures are two plants, a window and a bookshelf. On top left, ‘Let’s snuggle and forget the cruel world outside’ is written

From being comfortable doing nothing in someone’s company or cooking and laughing together, to confiding in them our hopes and fears, feeling safe letting someone seeing us at our best as well as through our not-so-good moments is like ‘coming home’ in the world.

By Curated Content
April 5, 2021
Brushstrokes: The AVR Method
Brushstrokes: ‘The Art of Aging’
A black and white photograph by Arianne Clément of Marie-Berthe.

As Clément subverts ageist norms around beauty with her camera-work, the women and men (ranging in age from 70 to 102 years) who reveal themselves in this project give us a glimpse into their inner world and the rich and vibrant ways in which they experience sensuality.

By Curated Content
March 15, 2021
Brushstrokes: ‘The Art of Aging’
Brushstrokes: Ageing and Sexuality
A photograph by Sujata Setia. A couple stands under a blue umbrella, holding each other, in a field.

Capturing moments of tenderness between these couples as they shine with affection, comfort, and laughter, Sujata’s photo-series reminds us that we don’t simply fall in love, but with time, nurture and strengthen intimacy.

By Curated Content
March 15, 2021
Brushstrokes: Ageing and Sexuality
Brushstrokes: Singlehood and Sexuality
Black and white image of a woman sitting in what seems like a waiting area. Three people can be seen sitting behind her

Alankrita Singh brings us a sparse and evocative series of photographs of women out in the world, by themselves. With a quiet defiance, it depicts women interacting with the world, at leisure, resisting the socio-cultural negativity they face when not under the care of men.

By Curated Content
February 1, 2021
Brushstrokes: Singlehood and Sexuality
BRUSHSTROKES: HAPPY DOODLES
A screenshot of an illustration by Buddha 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
January 4, 2021
BRUSHSTROKES: HAPPY DOODLES
Brushstrokes: 11 Assumptions About Being Butch – And Why They Need to Stop
A poster of the comic ‘11 Assumptions about being a butch (and why they need to stop)’ A person can be seen on the left side of the poster. There is a speech bubble next to the person with the text “People make many assumptions about me because of the way I dress.

The misconceptions associated with the varied manifestations of femininity can be exceedingly deleterious and reinforce gender roles, traditional patriarchal ideas, and stereotypes related to bodies, expressions and the way we experience our sexual and romantic relationships.

By Curated Content
December 1, 2020
Brushstrokes: 11 Assumptions About Being Butch – And Why They Need to Stop
Brushstrokes: Fiction Comic: Unwrinkled Saris And Just Another Evening
A poster of the fiction comic Unwrinkled Saris and Just Another Evening. In the background is a picture of the lower face of a person. The person is holding a red lipstick between their teeth. The lipstick has an inscription that says FAE. The person is wearing gold coloured earrings. A green coloured blouse and saree is also visible

In a society ruled by heteronormative patriarchal structures, expressing one’s gender or sexuality outside the trimmings of what is socially acceptable is an act of resistance.

By Curated Content
November 2, 2020
Brushstrokes: Fiction Comic: Unwrinkled Saris And Just Another Evening
Brushstrokes: 5 Fantastic Ways to Engage in Feminist Hookup Culture
Film poster of ‘Someone Great’

While navigating hook-up culture, we may exercise our agency to express our sexuality but at the same time, may face risks to our safety and bodily integrity as well as obstacles engendered by misogyny, rape culture, heteronormativity, and double standards.

By Curated Content
October 5, 2020
Brushstrokes: 5 Fantastic Ways to Engage in Feminist Hookup Culture
Brushstrokes: Decriminalisation of Abortion in India
A slide of the graphic recording of the webinar series by CREA and CommonHealth. On a white background are coloured illustrations to give the effect of spiral writing pads and notes. A hand is visible till the forearm holding a pen and writing ‘The Implications of MTP Amendment on Access Beyond COVID-19’. The pointers are typographically presented.

The graphic representations of a three-part webinar series organised by Common Health and CREA address these questions and attempt to build an understanding of the decriminalisation of abortion and how it could ensure access to safe, affordable, timely and rights-based services.

By Curated Content
September 1, 2020
Brushstrokes: Decriminalisation of Abortion in India
Here is how Anti- Feminist Trolls would ‘Save’ Free Speech

Originally published in Everyday Feminism: Here is how Anti- Feminist Trolls would ‘Save’ Free Speech In an increasingly digital world,…

By Curated Content
August 3, 2020
Here is how Anti- Feminist Trolls would ‘Save’ Free Speech
Brushstrokes: Closets
A part of the webcomic ‘Closets’

Robot Hugs, in their insightful comic, take on closets as inherently oppressive structures built to uphold what is acceptable and…

By Curated Content
July 1, 2020
Brushstrokes: Closets
Brushstrokes: Do These People ‘Look Healthy’ to You? Here’s Why It Sucks to Judge Health by Appearance

We often look at people and, based on their appearance, assume that they are ‘healthy’ or not. Here is an…

By Curated Content
June 1, 2020
Brushstrokes: Do These People ‘Look Healthy’ to You? Here’s Why It Sucks to Judge Health by Appearance
Brushstrokes: Welcome home, buddy

On our search for a companion, we often find ourselves putting our best foot forward. What happens when the tables…

By Curated Content
May 1, 2020
Brushstrokes: Welcome home, buddy
Brushstrokes: Finding Home
Excerpt from comic, "Finding Home"

For a lot of queer people, ‘home’ can hold complicated meanings. The space of one’s home can be fraught with bigotry and alienation, and be far from safe or comforting. And so, there is a quest to find alternate ‘homes’, to find a space where we feel truly accepted, safe and protected.

By Curated Content
April 1, 2020
Brushstrokes: Finding Home
Brushstrokes:The Lurid Covers of 20th-Century Pulp Fiction
picture of a pulp fiction novel cover

Considering how sexuality was a running (and selling) theme in pulp fiction stories, and female sexuality was employed as a means to titillate and attract readers, the covers often reflected this.

By Curated Content
March 2, 2020
Brushstrokes:The Lurid Covers of 20th-Century Pulp Fiction
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