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Nepalese women on a protest march. They are carrying a poster that reads in Hindi, "Women Against Violence Day". They are wearing white caps, and holding placards.

Nepal has been occupying the news headlines for the last few months, either due to the devastating earthquake that killed…

By Shubha Kayastha

September 1, 2015

Voices: Nepal, are you still my home?

Black and white drawing of a young boy whistling. Around him is written "drugs", "alcohol", "love affair", "dirty jokes", "cigarettes", "AIDS" in clockwise direction. With each of these words is drawn a representation of that word.

Review: Sexuality in Moral Science and Adolescent Education Textbooks

Textbook Regimes: A Feminist Critique of Nation and Identity is a book published by Nirantar that explores the linkages between…

By Nirantar

August 1, 2015

Review: Sexuality in Moral Science and Adolescent Education Textbooks

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In Plainspeak publishes one issue every month, with a single theme running across two months. Our aim is to expand safe, inclusive self-affirming spaces.

CURRENT ISSUE:

September 2023: Fashion and Sexuality

From codpieces and corsets to thongs and navel piercings, fashion is influenced by socio-cultural and sartorial norms. Diverse competing or complementary strands make up the warp and weft of fashion in the mainstream and conterculture/s. Fashion, therefore, assumes the bespoke role of signalling support for the status quo or staging a struggle against it. How do individuals navigate the dynamic process of self-fashioning to embody the politics of a certain aesthetic? How does fashion provide a frame for the playing out of body politics? What makes the process of dressing up or down joyful and self-affirming? In this issue of In Plainspeak, we will weave together some of these connecting threads between fashion and sexuality.

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October 2023: Fashion and Sexuality

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