{"id":7328,"date":"2015-11-15T11:05:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-15T05:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak?p=7328"},"modified":"2018-08-08T14:16:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T08:46:47","slug":"the-editorial-feminism-and-sexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarshi.net\/inplainspeak\/the-editorial-feminism-and-sexuality\/","title":{"rendered":"The Editorial: Feminism and Sexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAb dil karta hai haule haule se<\/em><\/p>\n

Main toh khud ko gale lagaun<\/em><\/p>\n

Kisi aur ki mujhko zaroorat kya<\/em><\/p>\n

Main toh khud se pyaar jataun\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

[“My heart now tells me<\/p>\n

To hug myself tenderly<\/p>\n

What need do I have for anyone else?<\/p>\n

I’m just going to love myself.”]<\/p>\n

Lyrics to Sheila Ki Jawaani<\/em><\/a> (Tees Maar Khan<\/em>, 2010)<\/p>\n

The feminist movement has come a long way, beating upon the shores in wave after persistent wave. And as with the boundless sea, the strength of the waters depends on tides high and low; and upon where you\u2019re standing \u2013 whether you\u2019re at the top of a watchtower, sunbathing on the sand, or floating lost in a little boat. But no matter where you are, you can\u2019t help asking: How deep is the ocean?<\/p>\n

Our Feminism and Sexuality issue asks this and more: how deep, how far, for how long, who else, where from, where to, what for?<\/p>\n

As promised, our mid-month issue is at full tide: Jyotsna Khatry finds herself stuck between a desire to start a family happily ever after, and her feminist values that make her see the deal is far from sweet<\/a> in her I Column. Japleen Pasricha in hers thinks she was perhaps born a feminist<\/a>: indignation against seemingly mundane events comes more naturally to her than most. Shilpa Phadke is both a feminist and a mother, and things sometimes get more complicated<\/a> with feminist mothering, as she recounts, sealing the I Column trio.<\/p>\n

Shweta Krishnan talks about the complications of the role of culture in how we construe our bodies<\/a> and vice versa in her Review of the new hot-on-the-stands book about female sexuality, Emily Nagoski\u2019s Come As You Are<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Our bonus Issue In Focus<\/a>, has Paromita Vohra\u2019s intricate thoughts on the complexities of the selfie and what it might see\/say about us.<\/p>\n

Dipika Srivastava has translated<\/a> Harjant Gill\u2019s What\u2019s Porn Got To Do With It?<\/em> (Issue in Focus) into Hindi for this month\u2019s Hindi section.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not all, three Blog-Roll articles dealing with common myths about feminism<\/a>, Pakistan\u2019s lesser known feminist history<\/a>, and the discovery that your sex isn\u2019t about your chromosomes<\/a> are waiting for you to dive in!<\/p>\n

Our November 1st<\/sup> issue of Feminism in Sexuality carried two Issues In Focus, each with its own perspective: Harjant Gill\u2019s observations on Indian masculinity<\/a> with his third wave feminist-bred lens, and Kristin Francoeur\u2019s foray into the nuances of sexual consent<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jasmine George featured in the I Column, articulating her experiences with young feminist entrepreneurship<\/a>, while Alejandra Sard\u00e1-Chandiramani talked about the issues of sexuality and social movements in Latin America<\/a> in a video Interview with TARSHI.<\/p>\n

The feminist and sexuality discourse seeks to allow everyone their Voices. Shikha Aleya spoke of socks and sexuality<\/a> as she dug into history for herstories. Gunjan Chandak intersected sexuality with the disability discourse<\/a>, without which, she argued, there can be no true feminism.<\/p>\n

Mansi Thapliyal\u2019s portraits of Delhi\u2019s women<\/a> post the December 2012 gang rape is a poignant rendering of resilience amidst vulnerability in the big-city night.<\/p>\n

The Tech Corner features a handy activist toolkit for feminist movement building<\/a>. The EroTICs India project on feminism, sexuality and the Internet<\/a> takes its place in the Innovations Corner, and the young anarcha-feminist e-magazine Eyezine<\/a><\/em> pushes radical boundaries in the Reading Corner.<\/p>\n

Keep a lookout for our December issue: on World AIDS Day, we publish our first issue on HIV and Sexuality.<\/p>\n

Until then, happy reading!<\/p>\n

The TARSHI Team<\/p>\n

Picture courtesy: <\/em>Wikiart<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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