Sexuality
Review: The Absurdities of Sexy and Funny Women
At the now infamous All India Bakchod Knockout roast last year, comedian Aditi Mittal told this joke about her fellow…
By Kristin Francoeur
January 4, 2016
The Editorial: HIV and Sexuality
On World AIDS Day, we published the first issue of this month’s In Plainspeak with the theme HIV and Sexuality. Global funding…
By TARSHI
December 15, 2015
Interview – Kiran Deshmukh
किरण देशमुख वैम्प प्लस की अध्यक्ष हैं। हमने एचआईवी एवं यौनिकता के विषय पर किरण के साथ ईमेल के द्वारा…
By TARSHI Team
December 15, 2015
December 15, 2015
Issue In Focus: Dealing With HIV—Has India Missed the Bus?
HIV remains exceptional in that it carries the seemingly immutable burden of being synonymous with immoral behaviour. Open and safe…
By Mona Mishra
December 1, 2015
Book Review: Birth in the Age of AIDS: Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India
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
The Editorial: Feminism and Sexuality
“Ab dil karta hai haule haule se Main toh khud ko gale lagaun Kisi aur ki mujhko zaroorat kya Main…
By TARSHI
November 15, 2015
इससे पोर्न (कामुक सामग्री) का क्या लेना देना? भारत में नारीवाद, यौनिकता, पोर्नोग्राफी और मर्दानगी
मैं अपनी एक अमेरिकन दोस्त के साथ बातचीत कर रहा था जो स्वयं को दूसरी लहर की नारीवादी मानती हैं…
By Harjant Gill
Video Page: Lata Mani on Neoliberalisation and Gender
Watch media theorist, linguist and philosopher, Wolfgang Sutzl interview feminist historian and cultural critic Lata Mani about the impact of neoliberalism…
By Curated Content
November 15, 2015
![Magenta-coloured poster. On the top is written, "#MondayMythBusting". Below in white is written, next to a cross sign, "Feminism only fights for the rights of [straight, cis] women." Below it is written next to a tick mark sign, "My feminism will be intersectional, or it will be bullshit. -- Flavia Dzodan"](https://www.tarshi.net/inplainspeak/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/3-thegem-product-justified-square-m.jpg)
The F-Word: 10 Common Myths About Feminism Debunked
This article was originally posted in the Feminism in India blog. Feminism has earned a bad name for itself in recent…
By Curated Content
November 15, 2015
Sex Isn’t Chromosomes: The Story of a Century of Misconceptions About X & Y
By Ian Steadman The influence of the XX/XY model of chromosomal sex has been profound over the last century, but…
By Curated Content
नारीवाद, यौनिकता और विकलांगता पर कुछ विचार
नहलाए जाने और नए कपड़े मिलने पर बुला बहुत खुश नहीं होती थीं। खाना वह ख़ुशी-ख़ुशी ले लेती थीं –…
By Gunjan Chandak Khemka
November 1, 2015
Issue In Focus: What’s Porn Got To Do With It?
During a recent conversation with an American friend who is a self-professed feminist of the second-wave variety and hence regards…
By Harjant Gill
November 1, 2015