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Digital Intimacies and Sexuality – Editorial
We humans are sometimes able to squeeze kindness out of a stone. And love out of nowhere.
By TARSHI
February 17, 2026
Hybrid Spaces for Your Happy Places: A Reflection on Digital Intimacies and the Future of Humans
Sex robots never have a headache or expect you to contribute to the housekeeping.
By Suchitra Dalvie
The Illusion of Connection and Choice in the Digital World
People are becoming lonelier, and their desire for connection, stronger.
By Aratrika Datta
February 17, 2026
February 17, 2026
Can’t Help Blending With You
…something truer than thought starts to climb upwards.
By Taarina Therese Chandiramani
February 17, 2026
Body-doubling in the Digital Age
My mother will be so ashamed of me for ‘dying for sex’.
By Apoorva Ravi
February 17, 2026
February 17, 2026
February 17, 2026
Editorial – Anthology Jan 2026
To remind us of what spaces that are safe, inclusive and self-affirming for each person could look like, we have curated a selection of articles from the last five years of In Plainspeak for this anthology – our gift to wish you a wonderful 2026.
By TARSHI
January 16, 2026
Interview – Tishani Doshi
I’ve essentially thought of movement as a kind of freedom, but one that has the capacity to destabilise you in some way. My most creative moments are when I’m not moving, when I am in fact rooted and still.
By Shikha Aleya
January 16, 2026
On Learning and Becoming: “To Whom Do I Owe the Woman I Have Become?”
We become women before we become a woman. Of course, we don’t need to try hard to do so…We learn the sides and folds of the gendered box we are in before we gain the perspective to decide we don’t fit in and build a customised box or choose to have no box at all.
By Anjali
Meanings and Meaninglessness
Gender has perplexed me throughout life. I never quite understood femininity or masculinity much – I mostly lived in what other people thought I was. One thing I did know always is that I never, ever, want to be seen as a man. But can I still hold masculinity?
By Sudipta Das
January 16, 2026
How would it be if we grew up embracing sexuality?
Growing up is a tedious task in our society because of the institutionalised practices, societal constructs and boxed identities and expressions that we are expected to adhere to. Anything beyond these implies harm, danger, and deviance.
By Sreejani
January 16, 2026
To Exist is to Defy
The novel turns the idea of masculinity on its head through the story of Brit, a boy who is as sharp as he is fragile. Born with osteogenesis imperfecta, Brit’s bones break easily, but his spirit doesn’t.
By Abhigya Singh
January 16, 2026
Not Quite Anything
He didn’t wear his identity on his sleeve, and therefore he seemed more real than most people who did.
By Taarina Therese Chandiramani
January 16, 2026