Mamatha Karollil
Queer Heterosexual, Heterosexual Queer: Two Tales of Queer Love 100 Years Apart
The lovers enact many recognizable hetero-normative romantic tropes – the wronged petulant woman pacified via kisses and caresses, the woman too tired for sex who then tries to placate the sulking male lover.
By Mamatha Karollil
Reading Off a Black Mirror: Shame, Distress and (Sexual) Privacy Laws
One summer afternoon some moons ago, a man at work assigned to help me move numbers on an excel sheet…
By Mamatha Karollil
September 16, 2019
चर्चा का विषय – देखभाल, स्वयं की देखभाल और यौनिकता के बीच बोझिल संबंध
जब इन प्लेनस्पीक के संपादकों ने पहले-पहल मुझसे स्वयं की देखभाल और यौनिकता के विचार को साथ जोड़कर कुछ लिखने…
By Mamatha Karollil
Issue in Focus: The Fraught Relations between Care, Self-Care and Sexuality
My friend recounts how, growing up, there was one object around which cohered much intrigue and darkness and which, when brought to light and consciousness through accident, (usually) provoked much commotion, commotion of outrage, disgust and fear: her (used) panties.
By Mamatha Karollil