Sexuality
Who gets to imagine this utopian sociality, or future, of the queer movement?
I always thought I’d get married in a white mekhla-sador, the paht soft and warming, so in cool weather please.
We carve strangers’ words onto our skin
like tattoos to be flaunted while hiding away
everything that we are from within.
हमें नहीं बनना महान
हमें इंसान ही रहने दो।
Maraa means ‘tree’ in Kannada and it is the nature of a tree that we wish to embody, with strong roots, branches in different directions, growing tall but also wilting, dying and beginning again.
मुझे आज भी वो दिन याद है जब मेरे पिता ने मुझे हस्तमैथुन करते हुए देखा लिया था।
मेरे जेंडर के बारे में उनकी प्रतिकारिता हमारी बातचीत में हर जगह होती है, लेकिन वह मुझे यह भरोसा देने में भी देर नहीं लगातीं कि मेरी ग़ैर-विषमलैंगिकतावादी यौनिकता ने उन्हें कभी परेशान नहीं किया।
ज जब मैं अपनी माँ और चेची के अनुभवों के बारे में एक इंटरसेक्शनल यानी अंतर्विभागीय नारीवादी नज़रिए से लिख रही हूँ, तो मैं यह सोचती रह जाती हूँ कि उनके शारीरिक और भावनात्मक श्रम का भुगतान कौन करेगा।
Sexuality and the workplace are closely related, and a safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental human right.
The larger question is, who gets to bring all of themselves to the workplace, and who is either not allowed, or feels scared, or is bullied for doing so?
It is evident that the workplace is not just a site for economic production but also a space where bodies are shaped, controlled, and violated.
Frontline workers, often recruited from the communities organisations work with, face heightened risks to their health, safety, and wellbeing as their work extends beyond the walls of an office.
Moving from the broader implications of the digital workspace it is essential to discuss specifically how these platforms influence the exploration of sexual identity.
What are the acts of reading that we allow young people, that we allow each other? And what does that say about the worlds we want and need?