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Interview: Kripa Joshi
On a peach coloured background, a woman of colour jumping. She is wearing purple ballet shoes and a purple one-piece swimsuit with white-grey patterns scattered on it. Her eyes are wide open and her hands are stretched open on both sides. Her hair is brown and open. She is throwing multi-coloured confetti. Beneath her is a blue circle. In a semicircle to her right is the typography, in purple: Throw kindness around like confetti!

There have been several recent examples of actors, movies and events being called out because of their lack of representation, like for the Oscars. With social media it is easier to create and distribute diverse art and also to voice the need for diversity. So it needs engagements and awareness in society. Change will happen once enough people demand that change.

By Shikha Aleya
June 15, 2021
Interview: Kripa Joshi
India’s raped comic ‘super hero’ returns to fight acid attacks
A dark-skinned girl riding a tiger. They are in air as the tiger takes a leap - with the Sun right behind them. The sky is orange-blue as in sunset or sunrise.

“The reason I chose this subject is because there’s a clear co-relation between rape and acid attacks. The patriarchy, the social stigma and the attitude towards victims are the same in both. In fact, I think the lack of empathy for acid attack survivors is ten times more because their scars are visible,” he says.

By Curated Content
November 15, 2016
India’s raped comic ‘super hero’ returns to fight acid attacks
Editorial: Representation and Sexuality
A photograph of two yellow flowers blooming amid grass. Dark green leaves are emerging from behind the flowers' petals.

We are, all of us, trying to hold steady, and to hold space for each other and for ourselves. And so, instead of trying to put together a collection of ‘all new’ articles, this time we are republishing some ‘ever fresh’ ones on the theme of Sexuality and Representation.

By TARSHI
June 15, 2021
Editorial: Representation and Sexuality
Brushstrokes: Here’s What It Really Means to Be a Furry

Who is a Furry? What’s a ‘fursona’ – is it like a persona? What’s Furry fandom all about? What happens at Furry conventions? Do they dress up in animal suits? Christine Denewithe answers all these questions, and more, in this enchantingly executed comic.

By Curated Content
November 1, 2021
Brushstrokes: Here’s What It Really Means to Be a Furry