asexuality

Editorial – Sexuality and Coupledom
A colourful mosaic of human limbs and random geometric shapes

If we are to reimagine coupledom and sexuality, we need to expand and challenge our ideas about togetherness, romance, love, intimacy, desire, sex, attachment, and so on.

By TARSHI
February 15, 2022
Editorial – Sexuality and Coupledom
Brushstrokes: Why Being Asexual Doesn’t Mean I’m ‘Broken’
Asexual not Broken

There are a lot of prejudices and misconceptions about asexual people. This comic on Everyday Feminism sensitises us to asexuality through a deeply felt real-life story of finding love as an asexual person.

By Curated Content
February 1, 2022
Brushstrokes: Why Being Asexual Doesn’t Mean I’m ‘Broken’
Are they people or just a number?
A photograph of a smartphone on a wooden surface. The sides of the phone are black, and the display has a white background with a kissing-face emoticon in the centre and two red heart emoticons on either side.

You see, numbers are tricky, data is tricky. More importantly, data is dehumanising. Add sexuality and intimacy to this and the waters get even murkier. Maybe it’s good to leave a few things unaffected by too much data. Maybe we do not want to talk about data and sexuality. Maybe we instead want to talk about why data around gender and sexuality must not be recorded, and instead, maybe focus on why we should honour every kind of sexual preference which is within the purview of the safe and consensual.

By Asmi
May 15, 2021
Are they people or just a number?
Brushstrokes: Healthy Relationships

Just as there are diverse ways of expressing and experiencing one’s sexuality, pleasure, too, is experienced in multiple forms and through multiple practices in each relationship.

By Curated Content
February 3, 2020
Brushstrokes: Healthy Relationships
एक (अ)यौनिक अस्तित्व
An abstract illustration of a person with a green-coloured head and hair painted in yellow and magenta. They are also wearing glasses

मैं अपनी यौनिकता को अपनी पहचान का अलग हिस्सा नहीं मानती। मैं अलग व्यक्ति नहीं हूँ क्योंकि मैं एसेक्शुअल हूँ। यह सिर्फ़ आकार देता है कि मैं कौन हूँ, वैसे ही जैसे मेरी राजनीतिक राय या धार्मिक विश्वास मेरे दुनिया के प्रति नज़रिए को आकार देते हैं।

By Kavya Kartik
May 1, 2019
एक (अ)यौनिक अस्तित्व
Through the Non-Heteronormative Looking Glass
Sunlight coming through the glass, and falling between the two set of straightly lined chairs.

No one ever really talks about how queer people in STEM fields navigate hostile spaces. ‘STEM’ stands for ‘Science, Technology, Engineering, Math’. We Indians, of course, are well aware of what these fields entail because our parents, neighbours and teachers often push us towards them. Pursuing a career in the humanities/arts means deviating from the norm, so it makes sense that sexualities and gender identities which are considered ‘deviant’ often flourish in these fields.

By Kavya Kartik
July 1, 2016
Through the Non-Heteronormative Looking Glass
An (A)sexual Awakening
Modern Art

I had my sexual awakening in college. Or rather, the realisation that I would never have a ‘sexual awakening’ hit…

By Kavya Kartik
February 1, 2016
An (A)sexual Awakening
Writing Erotic Poetry
nk pen sitting on a paper. The paper is filled with cursive handwriting in blue.

My discovery of erotic poems was, as they put it, ‘by chance’. A friend of mine had suggested a book…

By Aindrila Chaudhuri
March 1, 2015
Writing Erotic Poetry