Men

The Examined Life of Masculinities  
Two men with beards face each other

The inability to correctly identify, express and soothe (all three without exception, and in no particular order) inner vulnerabilities and imperfections is the weakest link between asserting masculinities and being able to properly live their full potential.

By Mona Mishra
October 15, 2019
The Examined Life of Masculinities  
My Experiences In BDSM As Well As Vanilla Interactions With Men
wallpaper pattern showing fishes where one fish is highlighted

My interaction with men started once I finished school and most men in my life have been decent to me, to say the least. However, there are different sides of maleness or manhood that I have come to experience.

By Asmi
October 1, 2019
My Experiences In BDSM As Well As Vanilla Interactions With Men
Brushstrokes: Harassment

Whether it is by checking harassment from fellow men, or by questioning one’s own internalisation of subtly sexist and harmful behaviour, there’s a whole range of ways to go about making a positive shift

By Curated Content
October 1, 2019
Brushstrokes: Harassment
Making women out of men: Mystifying queer desires, staging queerness in Siraj’s Māyā Mridanga
An abstract art of a spiral starting with fiery orange and yellow in the middle, with shades of blue on the outside.

Māyā Mridanga infinitely problematises the nature vs. nurture debate that is central to sexuality studies. The novel seems to suggest that a certain kind of male body – feminine, smooth, shapely – is the ideal raw material for making a chhokra out of a biological man. Ustaad Jhaksa, whose life the novel documents[2], repeatedly emphasises on this act of nurturing, moulding and pruning of a feminine male body for which he has fatherly affection as well as a lover’s lust.

By Kaustav Bakshi
September 1, 2017
Making women out of men: Mystifying queer desires, staging queerness in Siraj’s Māyā Mridanga
Toeing a Difficult Line – When and How to Talk about Men’s Relationship with Abortion
Actor Ryan Gosling, bare-chested. Over the photo is written in white, "Hey girl, just want to let you know that I respect your autonomy to make your own healthcare decisions."

Mainstream media is beginning to pay attention to men’s relationship with abortion – a welcome counterpoint to the anti-woman, anti-abortion rhetoric Men’s Rights Activists (MRAs) spew on the topic.

By Kristin Francoeur and Surabhi Srivastava
May 1, 2016
Toeing a Difficult Line – When and How to Talk about Men’s Relationship with Abortion
ICRW Parivartan: Coaching Boys into Men
A group of young boys stand in a row, with a few of them sitting down in the front holding cricket bats. the text at the bottom reads, "come, come my friend, shine like a star".
September 1, 2014
ICRW Parivartan: Coaching Boys into Men