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Of filter coffee, marriage and mixed celebrations of sexuality
Of filter coffee, marriage and mixed celebrations of sexuality

Marriage also feels complicated when one approaches it through the lens of feminism. Marriage throws in two people and often their families into a system designed to perpetuate patriarchy, subjugate women, and bind men and women (in heteronormative marriage) into strict roles in the marriage.

By Vani Viswanathan
March 1, 2022
Of filter coffee, marriage and mixed celebrations of sexuality
The Birds and the Bees: On Play and Sexuality
A screengrab from the Hindi movie Padosan showing a man holding a pillow.

How would we see the world really, if we were open to the idea that it is not purpose but play that drives us to seek companionship, be it an orchid seeking a pollinator or a human seeking another?

By Shweta Krishnan
December 1, 2021
The Birds and the Bees: On Play and Sexuality
 Age no bar
A picture of two hands holding each other

While the idea of older adults and sex is a taboo in itself, the idea of older adults exploring their sexuality, by engaging in same-sex relationships, or by experimenting with the way the look, or by becoming more sexually active, causes even greater discomfort.

By Aamena
March 1, 2021
 Age no bar
Reproducing Caste: Savarna Eugenics, Then and Now
'Pro-race' cervical cap

Today Marie Stopes is better known for her eponymous clinics, which provide contraception and safe abortion services in 37 countries…

By Kristin Francoeur
October 3, 2017
Reproducing Caste: Savarna Eugenics, Then and Now
Why We Need to Bridge the Gap between Sex Workers’ Movements and Abortion Rights Activism
A leafless tree with red umbrellas hung on its branches.

Abortion and sex work share the distinction of being topics on which even feminist activists sometimes find it difficult to remain non-judgmental, confronting feminists with the question: to what lengths are we really willing to go to respect and enable women’s choices and bodily autonomy?

By Kristin Francoeur and Surabhi Srivastava
April 5, 2016
Why We Need to Bridge the Gap between Sex Workers’ Movements and Abortion Rights Activism
Book Review: Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India
Book cover. A baby resting on her mother's torso and shoulder looks wide-eyed at the camera. Title of the book "Birth in the age of AIDS" is written in red on top of the photo, and the subtitle "Women, reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India" is written in red at the bottom. Screen reader support enabled. Book cover. A baby resting on her mother's torso and shoulder looks wide-eyed at the camera. Title of the book "Birth in the age of AIDS" is written in red on top of the photo, and the subtitle "Women, reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India" is written in red at the bottom.

Cecilia Van Hollen’s 2013 ethnography (published by Stanford University Press) of low caste, low-income women living with HIV in Tamil…

By Kristin Francoeur
December 1, 2015
Book Review: Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India
Reproductive Technologies – A Feminist Analysis
Photo zoomed in on a pregnant woman's belly, which is unclothed. Her hands rest at the top and bottom of her belly.

In the last two decades the use of reproductive technologies[1] (RTs) has become an inevitable and often indispensable part of…

By Rupsa Mallik
July 1, 2015
Reproductive Technologies – A Feminist Analysis
Notes On Body and Sexuality From The Abortion Discourse
Against an orange background, the bold text reads: "Abortion Rights, Social Justice, Building the Movement for Reproductive Freedom"

Rebecca Traister, in her recent article for the New Republic, titled Let’s Just Say It: Women Matter More Than Fetuses…

By Surabhi Srivastava and Kristin Francoeur
June 1, 2015
Notes On Body and Sexuality From The Abortion Discourse