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The Editorial: Women and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Women and Sexuality

What does it mean to be a woman? Are you born one, or as Simone De Beauvoir writes in The…
By TARSHI
March 16, 2015
The Editorial: Women and Sexuality
The Editorial: Comprehensive Sexuality Education
The Editorial: Comprehensive Sexuality Education

Remember the ‘first time’? And probably, you, like many of us, were plagued by fears of  ‘What if…?’ But instead…
By TARSHI
February 15, 2015
The Editorial: Comprehensive Sexuality Education
The Editorial: Music, Dance and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Music, Dance and Sexuality

“Does my sexiness upset you? Does it come as a surprise that I dance like I have diamonds at the…
By TARSHI
January 15, 2015
The Editorial: Music, Dance and Sexuality
The Editorial: Anniversary Issue
The Editorial: Anniversary Issue

We are one year old! Yes, In Plainspeak has been publishing articles from around the Global South, especially India and…
By TARSHI
December 1, 2014
The Editorial: Anniversary Issue
The Editorial: Mobility and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Mobility and Sexuality

Movement. Stillness. Travel. Free flow. Restrictions. Borders. Us and Them. Movement takes us closer to our destinations and sometimes forced…
By TARSHI
November 1, 2014
The Editorial: Mobility and Sexuality
Settle down – Kimbra
Settle down – Kimbra
October 1, 2014
Settle down – Kimbra
The Editorial: Popular Media and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Popular Media and Sexuality

“The writer cannot be a mere storyteller; he cannot be a mere teacher; he cannot merely X-ray society’s weaknesses, its…
By TARSHI
October 1, 2014
The Editorial: Popular Media and Sexuality
Brushstrokes: Women In Sports
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Brushstrokes: Women In Sports

[slideshow_deploy id=’3852′] Women have historically engaged in sporting events, very often fighting dominant stereotypes and stigma to do so. But…
By TARSHI
September 1, 2014
Brushstrokes: Women In Sports
The Editorial: Sports and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Sports and Sexuality

Sports and Sexuality: many who hear the two terms together wonder how they are connected and what sexuality has got…
By TARSHI
September 1, 2014
The Editorial: Sports and Sexuality
The Editorial: Disability and Sexuality
On a yellow background, the text "Disabled and Sexual. Deal With It." is written inside a red rectangular box.
The Editorial: Disability and Sexuality

What can persons with disability do and not do? Can they have sex? Should they have sex? However well-intentioned they…
By TARSHI
August 1, 2014
The Editorial: Disability and Sexuality
The Editorial: Art and Activism
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The Editorial: Art and Activism

Art has the potential of reaching out to wide and diverse audiences and speaks to them in different ways. Therein…
By TARSHI
July 1, 2014
The Editorial: Art and Activism
In conversation with Sheema Kermani
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In conversation with Sheema Kermani

Sheema Kermani is a cultural activist, theatre practitioner, theatre director and a known Pakistani exponent of Indian classical dance. She had studied Bharatanatyam…
By TARSHI
July 1, 2014
In conversation with Sheema Kermani
The Editorial: Law and Sexuality
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The Editorial: Law and Sexuality

Is Law restrictive and limiting or can it be liberating and provide people a sense of agency when it comes…
By TARSHI
June 1, 2014
The Editorial: Law and Sexuality
The Editorial: Body Image
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The Editorial: Body Image

Do you love your eyes and hate your knees? Or do you sometimes wish your XXX were different? Replace XXX with any body part of your choice. We have all been there – griping, never satisfied, and never owning our own beauty. How do we perceive and evaluate our own bodies? What do we love? What do we loathe? And why?
By TARSHI
May 1, 2014
The Editorial: Body Image
The Editorial: Safe Abortion
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The Editorial: Safe Abortion

This month we bring a range of contributions on the issue of Safe Abortion from activists working at the grassroots for the sexual and reproductive rights of women to have access to safe abortion.

By TARSHI
April 1, 2014
The Editorial: Safe Abortion
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