Masturbation

Editorial: Anthology Issue – Wellbeing and Sexuality
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Happy New Year! As 2021 begins and we are filled with a sense of hope and desire for better times, we resolve to find ways of sustaining ourselves while caring for others. And so, in this anthology issue we republish articles about wellbeing.

By TARSHI
January 4, 2021
Editorial: Anthology Issue – Wellbeing and Sexuality
SELF-CARE AND MASTURBATION – LET’S GIVE IT THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE IT DESERVES
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Our body is home. We exercise, we eat right. We adorn it with jewels and tattoos. We live well and breathe easier if our home (our body) is clean, fed and rested. Come home to yourself. Masturbation is one of the easiest ways home.

By Jhilmil Breckenridge
January 4, 2021
SELF-CARE AND MASTURBATION – LET’S GIVE IT THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE IT DESERVES
VIDEO PAGE: THE IMPORTANCE OF VULNERABILITY
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In a way, the expression of vulnerability can be a foundation of trust and mutual support in a relationship, often leading to a sharing of burdens and the building of a deepened connection and solidarity.

By Curated Content
January 4, 2021
VIDEO PAGE: THE IMPORTANCE OF VULNERABILITY
Editorial: Sexuality and Pleasure
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Fragile and fleeting like soap bubbles, pleasure shines with many colours. But its iridescence is frightening for many. Perhaps because its colours change in unpredictable and uncontrollable ways, and though fragile and fleeting, it is a world in itself

By TARSHI
February 17, 2020
Editorial: Sexuality and Pleasure
 Hairy Caterpillars and I
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There is someone in my life who had a terrible childhood, has had several liaisons and whose father married twice. He says that he hated his father. How would his father react to his son’s liaisons if he were alive? If I love a cyborg or a person of the same gender, how will my father react?

By Anupom Kumar Hazarika
October 1, 2019
 Hairy Caterpillars and I
SELF-CARE AND MASTURBATION – LET’S GIVE IT THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE IT DESERVES

I was speaking with my friend, Priya[1], about her health issues. She is fifty, unhappily married with an uninspiring sex…

By Jhilmil Breckenridge
January 2, 2018
SELF-CARE AND MASTURBATION – LET’S GIVE IT THE FEMALE PERSPECTIVE IT DESERVES
From Village to City: ‘Housemaids’ and their Sexual Desires
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A few days ago, my cousin saw Anita masturbating while going to sleep. And while having a discussion around this, I realised how, even after its being noticed, nobody wanted to talk about finding ways to discuss it with her in a pleasure-affirming manner.

By Medha Kalsi
May 15, 2017
From Village to City: ‘Housemaids’ and their Sexual Desires
Self-Care and Masturbation – Let’s Give It the Female Perspective It Deserves
Self-Care and Masturbation – Let’s Give It the Female Perspective It Deserves

And that is sadly the case with so many women. Speak of exercise and nutrition as a path to wellbeing and self-care, sure. They will read Prevention and Health type of magazines, employ a personal trainer, go to a yoga class, or follow a dietician’s advice. But speak to them of yoni eggs, masturbation and self-pleasure, and you are suddenly not speaking a language they understand!

By Jhilmil Breckenridge
February 18, 2017
Self-Care and Masturbation – Let’s Give It the Female Perspective It Deserves
‘I Am A Woman, And I Masturbate. Stop Demonising Me For It’
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By Nishtha Relan This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. I have faint memories of…

By Curated Content
February 17, 2015
‘I Am A Woman, And I Masturbate. Stop Demonising Me For It’
Never Mind The Nipples: Sex, Gender and Social Media
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Five snippets from three months. In August, Indian actress Poonam Pandey dons a bikini for the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge…

By Bishakha Datta
October 1, 2014
Never Mind The Nipples: Sex, Gender and Social Media