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Brushstrokes: 4000 Years for Choice
Foods of various kinds have been historically used to prevent conception and to induce abortion. 4000 Years For Choice celebrates the practices…
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October 1, 2015
Brushstrokes: 11 Assumptions About Being Butch – And Why They Need to Stop
The misconceptions associated with the varied manifestations of femininity can be exceedingly deleterious and reinforce gender roles, traditional patriarchal ideas, and stereotypes related to bodies, expressions and the way we experience our sexual and romantic relationships.
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Brushstrokes: #FeministBollySongs
Twitter has been rumbling with chuckles and giggles over the last few days with a trending slew of Tweets and…
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January 4, 2016
Brushstrokes: #100DaysofLaundry
But what about the “moments we don’t Instagram”? What about the uglier parts of our physical lived realities? What about the parts of our body, our identities, our sexuality we don’t perform on social media, but are still an intrinsic part of who we are?
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September 4, 2018
Brushstrokes – Miss Moti Comics
“Moti” is often used as a slur, a denigrating epithet translating as “Fatty”, that is used to shame and to degrade; but when the “t” sound is pronounced differently, it becomes “moti”, a pearl – shining, precious, priceless.
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January 2, 2019
Brushstrokes – Miss Moti Comics
“Moti” is often used as a slur, a denigrating epithet translating as “Fatty”, that is used to shame and to degrade; but when the “t” sound is pronounced differently, it becomes “moti”, a pearl – shining, precious, priceless.
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October 15, 2018
Brushstrokes
[slideshow_deploy id=’5886′] In India, non-heterosexual couples cannot openly celebrate their love and their relationships or form families. However, Indians living…
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May 1, 2015
Brushstrokes
[slideshow_deploy id=’6065′] The following photographs question our notions of beauty and an ‘ideal’ body. Rahul Saharan shot a series of…
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June 1, 2015
Bodice-Rippers and Bad Education: Do Romance Novels Lead to Sexual Mistakes?
While we’ve grown used to hearing porn blamed for society’s ills, it’s now the medium’s comparatively matronly cousin – romance novels – that have come under scrutiny.
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Bleached Girls: India and its Love for Light Skin
Bleaching syndrome is not a superficial fashion, it’s a strategy of assimilating a superior identity that reflects a deep-set belief that fair skin is better, more powerful, prettier. And it’s not limited to India; skin bleaching is also common in the rest of Asia and in Africa.
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October 15, 2018
Beyond the Hashtags: How Online Activism Led to Women Reclaiming the Street
Essentially, the ‘reclaim the night’ or ‘take back the night’ movement fights for a woman’s right to be out and about post sunset.
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Beyond Premchand and Manto: Hindi Theatre is Finding Inspiration in the Writings of Vijaydan Detha
Every contemporary debate, from homophobia and intolerance, finds an echo in the Rajasthani writer’s stories. Vijaydan Detha’s Dohri Zindagi starts…
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Being Queer In A Delhi Campus: Plenty Pride Marches But Not Enough Mechanism To Sustain It
The war continues as queer collectives, LGBTQ support groups, and college students across the country rally for safer, more inclusive educational institutions.
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Because ‘Sex-ed’ Classes Taught Us Nothing, And Porn Is Only ‘Entertainment’
By Kirrat Sachdeva This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz. Talking about the need…
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Beauty is The Beast: How Women Let Their Looks Matter
The young Suchitra Sen – then plain Krishna Dasgupta – apparently once sat on a school bench and announced that she would be remembered long after her death. An ordinary middle class girl who was one of nine siblings, and an average student bereft of any artistic talent, all Sen had was her looks. But apparently, that was enough. “She was conscious of her great beauty… and behaved as if she… deserved every bit of the natural selection,” wrote Susmita Dasgupta in a thoughtful Facebook note.
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