{"id":23658,"date":"2022-10-02T23:32:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T18:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/?page_id=23658"},"modified":"2026-10-15T15:01:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T09:31:12","slug":"in-plainspeak","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1663767778870{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561127795961{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<style>#gem-featured-posts-slider-6ad94139cb568 .gem-featured-post-title { letter-spacing: px !important; }#gem-featured-posts-slider-6ad94139cb568 .set { background-color: #5bb464; }<\/style><style><\/style> <div class=\"preloader 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class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p>Our fantasies are our personal \u2018playgrounds in the head&#8217;<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By TARSHI<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29852 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-editorial category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 tag-consent-and-boundaries tag-disability-and-desire tag-fanfiction-and-sexuality tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-and-queer-fantasy tag-gaari-folk-songs tag-gender-and-sexuality tag-imagination-and-desire tag-k-drama-romance tag-pleasure-and-agency tag-queer-futures tag-sexual-expression tag-sexual-fantasies tag-sexual-health-and-wellbeing tag-sexuality-and-self-discovery tag-womens-voices tag-5795\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-fantasy-and-sexuality-2\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Editorial\u00a0\u2013 Fantasy and Sexuality<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"editorial\">Editorial<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 issueinfocus col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29842 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-issueinfocus tag-consent-and-boundaries tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-perspectives-on-sexuality tag-gender-norms-and-sexuality tag-pleasure-and-agency tag-queer-sexuality tag-sexual-desire-and-pleasure tag-sexual-expression tag-sexual-fantasies-and-shame tag-sexual-health-and-wellbeing tag-sexual-rights-in-india tag-sexual-shame-and-guilt tag-talking-about-sexual-fantasies tag-women-and-sexual-desire\" data-default-sort=\"0\" data-sort-date=\"1792062748\"> <div class=\"wrap clearfix\"> <div class=\"image post-29842 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-issueinfocus tag-consent-and-boundaries tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-perspectives-on-sexuality tag-gender-norms-and-sexuality tag-pleasure-and-agency tag-queer-sexuality tag-sexual-desire-and-pleasure tag-sexual-expression tag-sexual-fantasies-and-shame tag-sexual-health-and-wellbeing tag-sexual-rights-in-india tag-sexual-shame-and-guilt tag-talking-about-sexual-fantasies tag-women-and-sexual-desire\"> <div class=\"image-inner \"> <picture> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/transparent-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"attachment-thegem-product-justified-square-xl\" alt=\"Beyond Shame: Room for Fantasy\" \/> <\/picture> <div class=\"post-featured-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/beyond-shame-room-for-fantasy\/\"> <picture> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vithika-Yadav_Oct-2026-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg 1x\" sizes=\"100vw\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Vithika-Yadav_Oct-2026-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"blue skies filled of stars\" \/> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"overlay\"> <div class=\"overlay-circle\"><\/div> <div class=\"links-wrapper\"> <div class=\"links\"> <div class=\"caption\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/beyond-shame-room-for-fantasy\/\" class=\"portfolio-item-link\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Beyond Shame: Room for Fantasy<\/span> <\/a> <div class=\"description \"> <div class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p>Approach imagination with curiosity and other people with care<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By Vithika Yadav<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29842 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-issueinfocus tag-consent-and-boundaries tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-perspectives-on-sexuality tag-gender-norms-and-sexuality tag-pleasure-and-agency tag-queer-sexuality tag-sexual-desire-and-pleasure tag-sexual-expression tag-sexual-fantasies-and-shame tag-sexual-health-and-wellbeing tag-sexual-rights-in-india tag-sexual-shame-and-guilt tag-talking-about-sexual-fantasies tag-women-and-sexual-desire\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/beyond-shame-room-for-fantasy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Beyond Shame: Room for Fantasy<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"issueinfocus\">Issue In Focus<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 voices col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29828 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-alternative-forms-of-intimacy tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-and-queer-speculative-fiction tag-feminist-fantasy-novels tag-feminist-utopias tag-gender-norms-and-sexuality tag-marriage-and-motherhood tag-n-k-jemisin tag-octavia-butler tag-queer-fantasy-literature tag-queer-futures tag-queer-kinship tag-romantasy-and-sexuality tag-sexuality-and-imagination tag-speculative-fiction-and-gender tag-ursula-k-le-guin\" data-default-sort=\"0\" data-sort-date=\"1792062709\"> <div class=\"wrap clearfix\"> <div class=\"image post-29828 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-alternative-forms-of-intimacy tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-and-queer-speculative-fiction tag-feminist-fantasy-novels tag-feminist-utopias tag-gender-norms-and-sexuality tag-marriage-and-motherhood tag-n-k-jemisin tag-octavia-butler tag-queer-fantasy-literature tag-queer-futures tag-queer-kinship tag-romantasy-and-sexuality tag-sexuality-and-imagination tag-speculative-fiction-and-gender tag-ursula-k-le-guin\"> <div class=\"image-inner \"> <picture> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/transparent-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"attachment-thegem-product-justified-square-xl\" alt=\"Strange Worlds, Other Intimacies\" \/> <\/picture> <div class=\"post-featured-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/strange-worlds-other-intimacies\/\"> <picture> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John_Anster_Fitzgerald_1819-1906_-_The_Fairys_Lake_-_T01083_-_Tate-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg 1x\" sizes=\"100vw\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/John_Anster_Fitzgerald_1819-1906_-_The_Fairys_Lake_-_T01083_-_Tate-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"599\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"Image credit: John Anster Fitzgerald (1819 -1906) The Fairy&#039;s Lake,\" \/> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"overlay\"> <div class=\"overlay-circle\"><\/div> <div class=\"links-wrapper\"> <div class=\"links\"> <div class=\"caption\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/strange-worlds-other-intimacies\/\" class=\"portfolio-item-link\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Strange Worlds, Other Intimacies<\/span> <\/a> <div class=\"description \"> <div class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p>Magical and strange worlds<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By Chitrangi Kakoti<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29828 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-alternative-forms-of-intimacy tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-and-queer-speculative-fiction tag-feminist-fantasy-novels tag-feminist-utopias tag-gender-norms-and-sexuality tag-marriage-and-motherhood tag-n-k-jemisin tag-octavia-butler tag-queer-fantasy-literature tag-queer-futures tag-queer-kinship tag-romantasy-and-sexuality tag-sexuality-and-imagination tag-speculative-fiction-and-gender tag-ursula-k-le-guin\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/strange-worlds-other-intimacies\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Strange Worlds, Other Intimacies<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"voices\">Voices<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 voices col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29824 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-crash-landing-on-you tag-desire-and-longing tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-perspectives-on-romance tag-intimacy-and-relationships tag-k-drama-romance tag-korean-drama-love-stories tag-korean-dramas-and-romantic-fantasies tag-mills-and-boon-romance tag-patriarchy-and-romantic-relationships tag-romantic-fantasies tag-unattainable-lovers tag-women-and-desire\" data-default-sort=\"0\" data-sort-date=\"1792062675\"> <div class=\"wrap clearfix\"> <div class=\"image post-29824 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-crash-landing-on-you tag-desire-and-longing tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-perspectives-on-romance tag-intimacy-and-relationships tag-k-drama-romance tag-korean-drama-love-stories tag-korean-dramas-and-romantic-fantasies tag-mills-and-boon-romance tag-patriarchy-and-romantic-relationships tag-romantic-fantasies tag-unattainable-lovers tag-women-and-desire\"> <div class=\"image-inner \"> <picture> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/transparent-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"attachment-thegem-product-justified-square-xl\" alt=\"The Paradoxical Desire for Korean Dramas\" \/> <\/picture> <div class=\"post-featured-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/the-paradoxical-desire-for-korean-dramas\/\"> <picture> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Rituparna_Oct26-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg 1x\" sizes=\"100vw\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Rituparna_Oct26-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"a plate with a strawberry on it\" \/> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"overlay\"> <div class=\"overlay-circle\"><\/div> <div class=\"links-wrapper\"> <div class=\"links\"> <div class=\"caption\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/the-paradoxical-desire-for-korean-dramas\/\" class=\"portfolio-item-link\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Paradoxical Desire for Korean Dramas<\/span> <\/a> <div class=\"description \"> <div class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p>Our waiting will one day be rewarded<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By Rituparna Borah<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29824 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-crash-landing-on-you tag-desire-and-longing tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-feminist-perspectives-on-romance tag-intimacy-and-relationships tag-k-drama-romance tag-korean-drama-love-stories tag-korean-dramas-and-romantic-fantasies tag-mills-and-boon-romance tag-patriarchy-and-romantic-relationships tag-romantic-fantasies tag-unattainable-lovers tag-women-and-desire\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/the-paradoxical-desire-for-korean-dramas\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Paradoxical Desire for Korean Dramas<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"voices\">Voices<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 voices col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29810 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-bisexual-erasure tag-bisexuality tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-intimacy-and-attraction tag-sexting tag-sexual-arousal tag-sexual-desire tag-sexual-fantasies\" data-default-sort=\"0\" data-sort-date=\"1792062626\"> <div class=\"wrap clearfix\"> <div class=\"image post-29810 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-bisexual-erasure tag-bisexuality tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-intimacy-and-attraction tag-sexting tag-sexual-arousal tag-sexual-desire tag-sexual-fantasies\"> <div class=\"image-inner \"> <picture> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/transparent-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"attachment-thegem-product-justified-square-xl\" alt=\"I Want to Want You\" \/> <\/picture> <div class=\"post-featured-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/i-want-to-want-you\/\"> <picture> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Taarina_Oct-26-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg 1x\" sizes=\"100vw\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Taarina_Oct-26-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"illustration of an empty theatre stage with red curtains spotlights\" \/> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"overlay\"> <div class=\"overlay-circle\"><\/div> <div class=\"links-wrapper\"> <div class=\"links\"> <div class=\"caption\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/i-want-to-want-you\/\" class=\"portfolio-item-link\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">I Want to Want You<\/span> <\/a> <div class=\"description \"> <div class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p>Before one answer closes all the other possibilities<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By Taarina Therese Chandiramani<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29810 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-bisexual-erasure tag-bisexuality tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-intimacy-and-attraction tag-sexting tag-sexual-arousal tag-sexual-desire tag-sexual-fantasies\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/i-want-to-want-you\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">I Want to Want You<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"voices\">Voices<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 voices col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29813 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-bdsm-and-consent tag-child-sexual-abuse tag-expressive-writing-and-healing tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-kink-and-consent tag-pansexuality tag-sexual-agency tag-sexual-fantasies tag-sexual-healing tag-sexual-violence-survivors tag-sexualities tag-sisa-spaces tag-survivor-narratives tag-trauma-and-sexuality tag-twilight-fanfiction\" data-default-sort=\"0\" data-sort-date=\"1792062411\"> <div class=\"wrap clearfix\"> <div class=\"image post-29813 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-bdsm-and-consent tag-child-sexual-abuse tag-expressive-writing-and-healing tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-kink-and-consent tag-pansexuality tag-sexual-agency tag-sexual-fantasies tag-sexual-healing tag-sexual-violence-survivors tag-sexualities tag-sisa-spaces tag-survivor-narratives tag-trauma-and-sexuality tag-twilight-fanfiction\"> <div class=\"image-inner \"> <picture> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/transparent-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"attachment-thegem-product-justified-square-xl\" alt=\"Sparkly, Spicy, and Smutty\" \/> <\/picture> <div class=\"post-featured-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/sparkly-spicy-and-smutty\/\"> <picture> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sparkly-spicy-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg 1x\" sizes=\"100vw\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Sparkly-spicy-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"opened book beside crystal ball\" \/> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"overlay\"> <div class=\"overlay-circle\"><\/div> <div class=\"links-wrapper\"> <div class=\"links\"> <div class=\"caption\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/sparkly-spicy-and-smutty\/\" class=\"portfolio-item-link\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sparkly, Spicy, and Smutty<\/span> <\/a> <div class=\"description \"> <div class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p>My fantasy notes have formed a map of my sexuality<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By Nonx<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29813 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-bdsm-and-consent tag-child-sexual-abuse tag-expressive-writing-and-healing tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-kink-and-consent tag-pansexuality tag-sexual-agency tag-sexual-fantasies tag-sexual-healing tag-sexual-violence-survivors tag-sexualities tag-sisa-spaces tag-survivor-narratives tag-trauma-and-sexuality tag-twilight-fanfiction\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/sparkly-spicy-and-smutty\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Sparkly, Spicy, and Smutty<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"voices\">Voices<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 voices col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29838 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-bundelkhand-culture tag-gaari-folk-songs tag-gaari-wedding-songs tag-gender-and-cultural-traditions tag-gender-and-social-norms tag-mahakoshal-folk-traditions tag-sindoori-river tag-wedding-rituals-in-india tag-women-and-oral-histories tag-women-and-sexuality-2 tag-womens-agency tag-womens-expression tag-womens-folk-songs tag-womens-voices-and-traditions\" data-default-sort=\"0\" data-sort-date=\"1792062360\"> <div class=\"wrap clearfix\"> <div class=\"image post-29838 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-bundelkhand-culture tag-gaari-folk-songs tag-gaari-wedding-songs tag-gender-and-cultural-traditions tag-gender-and-social-norms tag-mahakoshal-folk-traditions tag-sindoori-river tag-wedding-rituals-in-india tag-women-and-oral-histories tag-women-and-sexuality-2 tag-womens-agency tag-womens-expression tag-womens-folk-songs tag-womens-voices-and-traditions\"> <div class=\"image-inner \"> <picture> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/transparent-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"attachment-thegem-product-justified-square-xl\" alt=\"On the Pretext of \u2018Gaari\u2019\" \/> <\/picture> <div class=\"post-featured-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/on-the-pretext-of-gaari\/\"> <picture> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-for-Shirishs-article-Hindi-and-Eng-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg 1x\" sizes=\"100vw\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-for-Shirishs-article-Hindi-and-Eng-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"Picture of a landscape\" \/> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"overlay\"> <div class=\"overlay-circle\"><\/div> <div class=\"links-wrapper\"> <div class=\"links\"> <div class=\"caption\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/on-the-pretext-of-gaari\/\" class=\"portfolio-item-link\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">On the Pretext of \u2018Gaari\u2019<\/span> <\/a> <div class=\"description \"> <div class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p> A narrow window for women to speak<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By Shirish Khare<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29838 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-bundelkhand-culture tag-gaari-folk-songs tag-gaari-wedding-songs tag-gender-and-cultural-traditions tag-gender-and-social-norms tag-mahakoshal-folk-traditions tag-sindoori-river tag-wedding-rituals-in-india tag-women-and-oral-histories tag-women-and-sexuality-2 tag-womens-agency tag-womens-expression tag-womens-folk-songs tag-womens-voices-and-traditions\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/on-the-pretext-of-gaari\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">On the Pretext of \u2018Gaari\u2019<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"voices\">Voices<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 voices col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29835 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-ableism-and-dating tag-accessible-dating-apps tag-dating-apps-and-accessibility tag-disability-and-dating-in-india tag-disability-and-sexuality tag-disability-inclusion tag-disability-representation-in-indian-media tag-disability-rights tag-disabled-people-and-desire tag-disabled-people-and-relationships tag-inclusive-technology tag-inspiration-porn tag-romance-and-disability tag-romantic-agency\" data-default-sort=\"0\" data-sort-date=\"1792062145\"> <div class=\"wrap clearfix\"> <div class=\"image post-29835 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-ableism-and-dating tag-accessible-dating-apps tag-dating-apps-and-accessibility tag-disability-and-dating-in-india tag-disability-and-sexuality tag-disability-inclusion tag-disability-representation-in-indian-media tag-disability-rights tag-disabled-people-and-desire tag-disabled-people-and-relationships tag-inclusive-technology tag-inspiration-porn tag-romance-and-disability tag-romantic-agency\"> <div class=\"image-inner \"> <picture> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/transparent-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"attachment-thegem-product-justified-square-xl\" alt=\"The Ghost Town in the Machine: Who Gets to be in the Fantasy?\" \/> <\/picture> <div class=\"post-featured-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/the-ghost-town-in-the-machine-who-gets-to-be-in-the-fantasy\/\"> <picture> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Prarthana-Pai_Oct-26-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg 1x\" sizes=\"100vw\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Prarthana-Pai_Oct-26-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"a handicap sign painted on the side of a wall\" \/> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"overlay\"> <div class=\"overlay-circle\"><\/div> <div class=\"links-wrapper\"> <div class=\"links\"> <div class=\"caption\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/the-ghost-town-in-the-machine-who-gets-to-be-in-the-fantasy\/\" class=\"portfolio-item-link\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The Ghost Town in the Machine: Who Gets to be in the Fantasy?<\/span> <\/a> <div class=\"description \"> <div class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p>When you are not part of the fantasy<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By Prarthana Pai<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29835 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-voices tag-ableism-and-dating tag-accessible-dating-apps tag-dating-apps-and-accessibility tag-disability-and-dating-in-india tag-disability-and-sexuality tag-disability-inclusion tag-disability-representation-in-indian-media tag-disability-rights tag-disabled-people-and-desire tag-disabled-people-and-relationships tag-inclusive-technology tag-inspiration-porn tag-romance-and-disability tag-romantic-agency\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/the-ghost-town-in-the-machine-who-gets-to-be-in-the-fantasy\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Ghost Town in the Machine: Who Gets to be in the Fantasy?<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"voices\">Voices<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 fiction-poetry col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29821 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-fiction-poetry tag-audre-lorde-and-the-erotic tag-erotic-imagination tag-exploring-sexual-desires tag-fanfiction-and-sexuality 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Growing up and becoming a woman isn\u2019t the funfair I thought it&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By Tejal K<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29821 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-fiction-poetry tag-audre-lorde-and-the-erotic tag-erotic-imagination tag-exploring-sexual-desires tag-fanfiction-and-sexuality tag-fanfiction-communities tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-fujoshi-culture tag-gender-and-desire tag-sex-education tag-sexual-expression tag-sexual-fantasies-and-self-discovery tag-sexual-imagination tag-sexuality-and-gender tag-women-and-sexual-desire\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/where-the-mind-leads\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Where the Mind Leads<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fiction-poetry\">Fiction &amp; Poetry<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 fiction-poetry col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29818 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-fiction-poetry tag-desire-beyond-sex tag-emotional-intimacy tag-everyday-intimacy tag-fanfiction-and-sexuality tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-intimacy-and-desire tag-romantic-fantasies tag-sexual-curiosities tag-sexual-fantasies tag-sexual-self-discovery tag-sexuality-and-relationships\" data-default-sort=\"0\" data-sort-date=\"1792062032\"> <div class=\"wrap clearfix\"> <div class=\"image post-29818 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-fiction-poetry tag-desire-beyond-sex tag-emotional-intimacy tag-everyday-intimacy tag-fanfiction-and-sexuality tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-intimacy-and-desire tag-romantic-fantasies tag-sexual-curiosities tag-sexual-fantasies tag-sexual-self-discovery tag-sexuality-and-relationships\"> <div class=\"image-inner \"> <picture> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/transparent-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"attachment-thegem-product-justified-square-xl\" alt=\"Inwards, from the Edge of the Shire\" \/> <\/picture> <div class=\"post-featured-content\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/inwards-from-the-edge-of-the-shire\/\"> <picture> <source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-for-Garimas-article-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png 1x\" sizes=\"100vw\"> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-for-Garimas-article-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.png\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"photograph of two women captured while dancing. One woman is twirling the other in the glow of setting sun\" \/> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"overlay\"> <div class=\"overlay-circle\"><\/div> <div class=\"links-wrapper\"> <div class=\"links\"> <div class=\"caption\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/inwards-from-the-edge-of-the-shire\/\" class=\"portfolio-item-link\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Inwards, from the Edge of the Shire<\/span> <\/a> <div class=\"description \"> <div class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p>Tell me. Fantasies.<\/p>\n<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"post-author-outer\"> <div class=\"author\"> <span class=\"author-name\">By Garima<\/span> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"caption post-29818 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-fiction-poetry tag-desire-beyond-sex tag-emotional-intimacy tag-everyday-intimacy tag-fanfiction-and-sexuality tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-intimacy-and-desire tag-romantic-fantasies tag-sexual-curiosities tag-sexual-fantasies tag-sexual-self-discovery tag-sexuality-and-relationships\"> <div class=\"title\"> <span class=\"title-h6 \"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/inwards-from-the-edge-of-the-shire\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Inwards, from the Edge of the Shire<\/a><\/span> <\/div> <div class=\"info\"> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fantasy-and-sexuality-2\">Fantasy and Sexuality 2<\/a><span class=\"sep\"><\/span> <a class=\"additional-meta\" data-filter-type=\"taxonomies\" data-attr=\"category\" data-filter=\"fiction-poetry\">Fiction &amp; Poetry<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"portfolio-item fantasy-and-sexuality-2 hindi col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author appearance-type- post-29850 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-hindi tag-gender tag-traditions tag-women-and-sexuality-2 tag-womens-voices tag-5805 tag-5814 tag-5804 tag-5806 tag-5809 tag-5816 tag-5803 tag-5808 tag-5817 tag-5807 tag-5811 tag-5815 tag-5813 tag-5810 tag-5818\" data-default-sort=\"0\" data-sort-date=\"1792061994\"> <div class=\"wrap clearfix\"> <div class=\"image post-29850 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-hindi tag-gender tag-traditions 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src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/Image-for-Shirishs-article-Hindi-and-Eng-scaled-thegem-product-justified-square-xl.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" class=\"img-responsive\" alt=\"Picture of a landscape\" \/> <\/picture> <\/a><\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"overlay\"> <div class=\"overlay-circle\"><\/div> <div class=\"links-wrapper\"> <div class=\"links\"> <div class=\"caption\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/gaari-ki-bahane\/\" class=\"portfolio-item-link\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">\u0917\u093e\u0930\u0940 \u0915\u0947 \u092c\u0939\u093e\u0928\u0947<\/span> <\/a> <div class=\"description \"> <div class=\"subtitle\"> <span class=\"text-body\"><p>\u0938\u092e\u093e\u091c \u0928\u0947 \u092c\u094b\u0932\u0928\u0947 \u0915\u0940 \u090f\u0915 \u0924\u0902\u0917 \u0916\u093f\u0921\u093c\u0915\u0940 \u0916\u094b\u0932 \u0930\u0916\u0940 \u0925\u0940, \u0924\u093e\u0915\u093f \u0926\u0930\u0935\u093e\u091c\u093c\u093e 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data-filter=\"hindi\">\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940<\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><!-- .portflio-set --> <div class=\"portfolio-item-size-container\"> <div class=\"portfolio-item col-xs-6 col-sm-6 col-md-6 item-animations-not-inited post-hide-date show-caption-border post-has-author post-29847 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-fantasy-and-sexuality-2 category-hindi tag-consent-and-boundaries tag-fantasy-and-sexuality tag-gender-and-sexuality tag-lgbtq-rights-in-india tag-pleasure-and-desire tag-self-discovery-2 tag-sexual-and-reproductive-health-and-rights tag-sexual-fantasies tag-sexual-health-and-wellbeing tag-sexual-shame tag-5796 tag-1129 tag-5798 tag-5795 tag-4816 tag-5801 tag-5799\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div><!-- .row--> <\/div><!-- .full-width --> <\/div><!-- .portfolio--> <\/div><!-- .portfolio-preloader-wrapper-->[\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1664891773338{margin-right: 15px !important;margin-left: 20px !important;border-right-width: 35px !important;padding-left: 50px !important;}&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;page-sidebar&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561384059088{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Older Issues<\/h2>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6ad94139f38e7 {margin-top: 45px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6ad94139f38e7\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2026&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:center&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><div id=\"thegem-divider-6ad94139f3909\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div><div id=\"style-ef46e46\" data-style-uid=\"ef46e46\" class=\"blog blog-style-compact-2 clearfix item-animation-move-up pagination-disable\" data-next-page=\"2\" data-pages-count=\"45\"> <article id=\"post-29683\" class=\"no-image item-animations-not-inited clearfix post-29683 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-commitment-and-sexuality category-editorial tag-body-and-sexuality tag-chosen-family tag-commitment tag-commitment-and-relationships tag-commitment-and-sexuality tag-community-and-commitment tag-emotional-intimacy tag-feminist-spaces tag-gender-and-sexuality tag-lgbtqia-relationships tag-love-and-commitment tag-marriage-and-commitment tag-queer-communities tag-queer-intimacy tag-queer-relationships tag-relationships tag-sexual-identity tag-sexualities tag-vulnerability\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-left\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-commitment-and-sexuality\/\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Editorial_Aug-2026-scaled-thegem-news-carousel.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive img-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"two roads between trees Forking forest path\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right-conteiner\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-commitment-and-sexuality\/\">Editorial \u2013 Commitment and Sexuality<\/a><\/div> <div class='gem-news_title-excerpt'> <p>Paths can loop back, spiral, zigzag, curve, twist and turn, or simply meander<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-meta\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-date small-body\">September 14, 2026<\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-zilla-likes\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/article><!-- #post-29683 --> <article id=\"post-29520\" class=\"no-image item-animations-not-inited clearfix post-29520 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-editorial category-information-and-sexuality tag-ai-and-sexuality tag-bodies-and-desire tag-deepfakes tag-digital-media-and-sexuality tag-digital-rights tag-gender-and-sexuality tag-information-and-sexuality tag-media-representationd tag-medical-misinformation tag-misinformation tag-relationships-and-intimacy tag-sexuality-education tag-srhr tag-young-people-and-sexuality\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-left\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-information-and-sexuality\/\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Final-editorial-Information-and-sexuality-thegem-news-carousel.png\" class=\"img-responsive img-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"An illustration of a character trying holding onto flowers. About growth. BY Olga Mrozek for IPPF x Fine Acts\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right-conteiner\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-information-and-sexuality\/\">Editorial \u2013\u00a0Information and Sexuality<\/a><\/div> <div class='gem-news_title-excerpt'> <p>Sift the sense from the nonsense.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-meta\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-date small-body\">July 13, 2026<\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-zilla-likes\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/article><!-- #post-29520 --> <article id=\"post-29325\" class=\"no-image item-animations-not-inited clearfix post-29325 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-editorial category-the-self-and-sexuality tag-talksexuality tag-desire tag-gender tag-identity-and-family tag-identity-construction tag-indentity-formation tag-queer-experience tag-queer-lives tag-self-and-sexuality tag-selfhood tag-sexualities tag-sexuality-and-identity tag-sexuality-in-india tag-trans-athletes tag-trans-bodies tag-trans-rights-india\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-left\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-the-self-and-sexuality\/\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Editorial_SelfSexuality-scaled-thegem-news-carousel.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive img-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"a square wooden frame hanging on a wall\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right-conteiner\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-the-self-and-sexuality\/\">Editorial \u2013 The Self and Sexuality<\/a><\/div> <div class='gem-news_title-excerpt'> <p>Jiggle the frame.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-meta\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-date small-body\">May 18, 2026<\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-zilla-likes\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/article><!-- #post-29325 --> <\/div>[vc_btn title=&#8221;View More&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tarshi.net%2Finplainspeak%2Fcategory%2Feditorial%2F|title:Editorial|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2025&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:center&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><div id=\"thegem-divider-6ad9413a099bc\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div><div id=\"style-278c380\" data-style-uid=\"278c380\" class=\"blog blog-style-compact-2 clearfix item-animation-move-up pagination-disable\" data-next-page=\"2\" data-pages-count=\"44\"> <article id=\"post-28961\" class=\"no-image item-animations-not-inited clearfix post-28961 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-anthology-issue-january-2026 category-editorial tag-anthology-issue tag-feminism tag-feminism-storytelling tag-feminist-politics tag-gender tag-hope-and-resistance tag-identity-politics tag-lgbtqia tag-love tag-pleasure tag-queerness tag-relationships tag-safe-and-inclusive-spaces tag-sex tag-sexualities tag-sisa-spaces tag-social-justice\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-left\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-anthology-jan-2026\/\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Untitled-design-thegem-news-carousel.png\" class=\"img-responsive img-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"a branched-out tree under a blue sky\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right-conteiner\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-anthology-jan-2026\/\">Editorial \u2013 Anthology Jan 2026<\/a><\/div> <div class='gem-news_title-excerpt'> <p>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 \u2013 our gift to wish you a wonderful 2026. <\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-meta\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-date small-body\">January 16, 2026<\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-zilla-likes\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/article><!-- #post-28961 --> <article id=\"post-28882\" class=\"no-image item-animations-not-inited clearfix post-28882 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-cse-and-affirming-ecosystems category-editorial tag-affirming-ecosystems tag-bodily-autonomy tag-comprehensive-sexuality-education tag-consent tag-desire tag-digital-spaces tag-ecosystem-thinking tag-editorial tag-gender tag-inclusive-education tag-lgbtqia tag-love tag-parenting-and-sexuality tag-participatory-culture tag-pleasure tag-relationships tag-schools-and-communities tag-sex tag-sexual-and-reproductive-health-rights tag-sexualities tag-sexuality-education-in-india tag-sexuality-educators tag-sports-and-sexuality tag-tarshi tag-youth-and-sexuality\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-left\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-cse-and-affirming-ecosystems\/\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/CSE-editorial-thegem-news-carousel.png\" class=\"img-responsive img-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"Community Needs Care - an illustration with hands watering a flower\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right-conteiner\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-cse-and-affirming-ecosystems\/\">Editorial\u2013 CSE and Affirming Ecosystems<\/a><\/div> <div class='gem-news_title-excerpt'> <p> CSE\u2019s \u2018natural habitat\u2019 is often considered to be the classroom, but as our contributors show us, CSE also lives, breathes and thrives in habitats as disparate as neighbourhood parks, jobs-training centres, playgrounds and sports fields, law schools, family discussions, and digital spaces.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-meta\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-date small-body\">December 16, 2025<\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-zilla-likes\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/article><!-- #post-28882 --> <article id=\"post-28688\" class=\"no-image item-animations-not-inited clearfix post-28688 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-editorial category-friendship-and-sexuality-2 tag-caste tag-collective-care tag-desire tag-digital-spaces tag-emotional-intimacy tag-erotic-play tag-family tag-female-friendship tag-feminism tag-films tag-friendship tag-gender tag-intimacy tag-joy tag-law tag-leisure tag-loneliness tag-love tag-neighbourhood tag-peace tag-pleasure tag-poetry tag-queer-relationships tag-sensual-play tag-sex tag-sexualities tag-simone-de-beauvoir tag-sisa-spaces tag-transient-friendships tag-vignettes tag-womens-college\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-left\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-friendship-and-sexuality\/\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Untitled-design-thegem-news-carousel.png\" class=\"img-responsive img-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"An illustration that plays on the word solidarity with different cups holding hands\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right-conteiner\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-friendship-and-sexuality\/\">Editorial\u2013\u00a0Friendship and Sexuality<\/a><\/div> <div class='gem-news_title_excerpt'> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-meta\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-date small-body\">November 17, 2025<\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-zilla-likes\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/article><!-- #post-28688 --> <\/div>[vc_btn title=&#8221;View More&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tarshi.net%2Finplainspeak%2Fcategory%2Feditorial%2F|title:Editorial|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading text=&#8221;2024&#8243; font_container=&#8221;tag:h4|text_align:center&#8221; google_fonts=&#8221;font_family:Abril%20Fatface%3Aregular|font_style:400%20%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221;]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><div id=\"thegem-divider-6ad9413a12721\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div><div id=\"style-972606b\" data-style-uid=\"972606b\" class=\"blog blog-style-compact-2 clearfix item-animation-move-up pagination-disable\" data-next-page=\"2\" data-pages-count=\"42\"> <article id=\"post-27675\" class=\"no-image item-animations-not-inited clearfix post-27675 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-anthology-issue-jan-2025 category-editorial tag-bdsm tag-cse tag-desire tag-editorial tag-feminism tag-gender tag-kink tag-lgbtqia tag-pleasure tag-queering tag-queerness tag-sexualities tag-sisa-spaces\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-left\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-january-2025-anthology-issue\/\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/1080x1350-1-1-thegem-news-carousel.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive img-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"A remote landscape with mountain peaks and a few trees. There is a yellow windmill and a small path leading up to it. The sky is a shade of green-blue and the landscape is largely shades of green apart from the windmill.\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right-conteiner\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-january-2025-anthology-issue\/\">Editorial: 2025 Anthology Issue<\/a><\/div> <div class='gem-news_title-excerpt'> <p>It is time perhaps to go off the beaten path!<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-meta\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-date small-body\">January 13, 2025<\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-zilla-likes\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/article><!-- #post-27675 --> <article id=\"post-27532\" class=\"no-image item-animations-not-inited clearfix post-27532 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-editorial category-parents-teachers-and-cse tag-birds-and-bees tag-comprehensive-sexuality-education tag-cse tag-desire tag-femininity tag-gender tag-gender-norms tag-gender-roles tag-masculinity tag-relationships tag-sexualities tag-sexuality-education tag-sexuality-educator tag-sisa-spaces\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-left\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-parents-teachers-and-cse\/\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Teo-Georgiev-for-Fine-Acts_social_media_Instagram-1-thegem-news-carousel.jpg\" class=\"img-responsive img-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"A lighthouse in the middle of a sea with light coming out of it on the left and right in the form of outstretched hands. It is an illustrated photo with most of it in dark shades to simulate night time.\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right-conteiner\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-parents-teachers-and-cse\/\">Editorial &#8211; Parents, Teachers, and CSE<\/a><\/div> <div class='gem-news_title-excerpt'> <p>Each time a child or adolescent asks a question that may be (even indirectly) related to sexuality, many parents and teachers get squirmy and nervous. This may be because they themselves do not have the information required, but in most cases, it has more to do with the \u2018hush-hush\u2019 that surrounds sexuality.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-meta\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-date small-body\">December 18, 2024<\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-zilla-likes\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/article><!-- #post-27532 --> <article id=\"post-27387\" class=\"no-image item-animations-not-inited clearfix post-27387 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail category-editorial category-gender-and-sexuality tag-desire tag-femininity tag-gender tag-gender-norms tag-gender-roles tag-masculinity tag-relationships tag-sexualities tag-sisa-spaces\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-left\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-image\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-gender-and-sexuality\/\"><img width=\"144\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Bibi_FineActs_CoGenerate_2_OriginalSize-thegem-news-carousel.png\" class=\"img-responsive img-circle wp-post-image\" alt=\"Four hands coming together from the four corners of the image to solve a multi-coloured jigsaw puzzle.\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-right-conteiner\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/editorial-gender-and-sexuality\/\">Editorial &#8211; Gender and Sexuality<\/a><\/div> <div class='gem-news_title-excerpt'> <p>Gender and sexuality are like constituent parts of a jigsaw puzzle that keeps morphing in such a way that nothing ever \u2018fits\u2019 for long, and the game begins anew each time.<\/p> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-item-meta\"> <div class=\"gem-news-item-date small-body\">November 19, 2024<\/div> <div class=\"gem-news-zilla-likes\"> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <\/article><!-- #post-27387 --> <\/div>[vc_btn title=&#8221;View More&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; link=&#8221;url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.tarshi.net%2Finplainspeak%2Fcategory%2Feditorial%2F|title:Editorial|target:_blank&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561127784484{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561127795961{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]<div class=\"clearboth\"><\/div><style>#thegem-divider-6ad9413a1b5d8 {margin-top: 50px !important;}<\/style><div id=\"thegem-divider-6ad9413a1b5d8\" class=\"gem-divider  \" style=\"\" ><\/div>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1663767778870{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561127795961{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1561127784484{margin-top:&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29853,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23658","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23658"}],"version-history":[{"count":309,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29889,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23658\/revisions\/29889"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}