Feminism
We humans are sometimes able to squeeze kindness out of a stone. And love out of nowhere.
Maintaining the streak meant maintaining contact
The convergence of technology and romance opens up a complex network of possibilities…
Digital abuse is not merely a technical or legal issue, but an emotional and social experience.
People are becoming lonelier, and their desire for connection, stronger.
Intimacy – whether sexual, emotional, or relational – cannot be treated as raw material for consumption without consequence
…something truer than thought starts to climb upwards.
My mother will be so ashamed of me for ‘dying for sex’.
To remind us of what spaces that are safe, inclusive and self-affirming for each person could look like, we have curated a selection of articles from the last five years of In Plainspeak for this anthology – our gift to wish you a wonderful 2026.
I’ve essentially thought of movement as a kind of freedom, but one that has the capacity to destabilise you in some way. My most creative moments are when I’m not moving, when I am in fact rooted and still.
Standing behind the camera, with a microphone in one hand, I have felt this power imbalance first hand. The camera may humanise the person in front of it more than a text analysis would, but the modes of production remain in someone else’s hands.
Gender has perplexed me throughout life. I never quite understood femininity or masculinity much – I mostly lived in what other people thought I was. One thing I did know always is that I never, ever, want to be seen as a man. But can I still hold masculinity?
Growing up is a tedious task in our society because of the institutionalised practices, societal constructs and boxed identities and expressions that we are expected to adhere to. Anything beyond these implies harm, danger, and deviance.