A digital magazine on sexuality, based in the Global South: We are working towards cultivating safe, inclusive, and self-affirming spaces in which all individuals can express themselves without fear, judgement or shame
ख्वाबों को बुनान और उसके साथ खेलना – एक अलग ही अहसास है। तुम राजा, तुम रंक। तुम लेखक तुम निर्देशक। तुम्हारा बस चलता है। हम सब के अंदर अलग ख्वाब भरे हुए हैं।
आख़िर यह कहने का क्या फ़ायदा कि मेरा शरीर मेरा है जब असल में हमारा मतलब यह है कि मेरा शरीर आंशिक रूप से मेरा है और बाकी शरीर मेरे माँ-बाप, जिम, मैं जिन लोगों को चाहती हूँ और वे मुझे नहीं चाहते उनका, मीडिया, समाज और अनगिनत अनजान लोगों का है, जिन्हें लगता है कि वे मुझे राय दे सकते हैं और बता सकते हैं कि मुझे कैसा दिखना चाहिए।
Why do we always assume that violence is done to us by someone else and not that we do it to ourselves quite easily and then have a million explanations to justify why we do not eat, why we use Fair and Lovely face cream, why we spend hours in the gym under duress, and why we focus incessantly on how much one has gained or lost in kilos and not in a metaphysical sense?
In the uncertainty and volatility of the pandemic, Pramada Menon examines what has changed for herself, for the world, and for the various attributes of the workplace – mentorship, conversations, power, and purpose, among others.
The simple truth is that my body and I are having an affair. We each obsess about the other, ask questions and desire each other so much, that it often borders on the shameless. My body is more in love with me, I suspect, than the other way around.