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QUEER ON THE INTERNET: THE POLITICS OF VISIBILITY
Original illustration by Aniqa Haider.
QUEER ON THE INTERNET: THE POLITICS OF VISIBILITY

This post was originally posted here. By A. Salman May 27, 2021 — “I really lack the imagining of a…
By Curated Content
April 18, 2022
QUEER ON THE INTERNET: THE POLITICS OF VISIBILITY
Queer Fanfiction: Changing The Hetero Narrative Of Pop Culture
Queer Fanfiction: Changing The Hetero Narrative Of Pop Culture

This article was originally published here. I read my first piece of fanfiction at the age of fifteen. It was…
By Feminism in India
November 15, 2021
Queer Fanfiction: Changing The Hetero Narrative Of Pop Culture
Pune students ‘draft law to protect inter-caste, inter-religious marriages’
The five students who ‘drafted the law’.
Pune students ‘draft law to protect inter-caste, inter-religious marriages’

Five students from Pune have drafted a law to protect ‘inter-caste and inter-religious marriages’ from crimes such as honour killings….
By Curated Content
October 16, 2017
Pune students ‘draft law to protect inter-caste, inter-religious marriages’
Public. Autonomous. Anonymous. Group. Sexting. At AWID 2016. Oh yeah!
A close-up image of a text message. At the top is the number of the sender, which is half hidden. Below that is the date the text messages were sent and it reads “Sat, 10 Sep 2016.” The sender’s message is below the date in a blue text bubble and the text says, “If I am close to you I want to press all your keys!! SMS 18:58.” The receiver’s message appears below in a yellow text bubble and says, “Press the Enter Key! SMS 19:00.”
Public. Autonomous. Anonymous. Group. Sexting. At AWID 2016. Oh yeah!

Sexting is ALL about consent. Consent to RECEIVE a sext, consent to portray yourself in one. Keep this in mind, because one of the reasons sexting receives such a bad rap is because of what might happen after – dissemination of intimate images and content WITHOUT CONSENT.

By Curated Content
December 15, 2021
Public. Autonomous. Anonymous. Group. Sexting. At AWID 2016. Oh yeah!
Providing Sexual Services to Clients with Disability
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Providing Sexual Services to Clients with Disability

Sex workers also are renowned for being educators – teaching people about safer sex practices and letting them explore their sexual expression in a safe and supportive environment. Seeing a sex worker can assist in one’s rehabilitation, allowing people to rediscover their sexual functioning after an accident and also learn to adapt to new sexual positioning with their new limited mobility.
By Curated Content
April 18, 2016
Providing Sexual Services to Clients with Disability
PRIVATE PARTS: OBSCENITY AND CENSORSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE
An illustration with a pink background. To the left, the torso of an individual with long hair, wearing a shirt, belt and shorts is visible. To the right are a smartphone, diary and a magazine that has a woman's face and the typography: 'Love' and 'Sex'.
PRIVATE PARTS: OBSCENITY AND CENSORSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE

Around the world, LGBTQ+ activists, queer ‘sex-positive’ feminists, sex-workers, artists and educators are leading the charge against the increasingly complex webs of regulation and censorship of sexuality online, where corporate policies intersect with restrictive state law.
By Curated Content
September 15, 2020
PRIVATE PARTS: OBSCENITY AND CENSORSHIP IN THE DIGITAL AGE
Postpartum Depression: Deromanticising Motherhood
illustration of a woman who's face is covered holding a baby to her chest. her face is half hidden.
Postpartum Depression: Deromanticising Motherhood

As depicted in various forms of media, society has unrealistic expectations of how mothers and motherhood should be – enamoured by their babies, to feel only happiness at being a mother, being completely focused on their babies, living in the ‘glow of motherhood’. Being depressed is simply not seen as an acceptable response.

By Curated Content
June 15, 2018
Postpartum Depression: Deromanticising Motherhood
Post-2015 negotiations: A historic opportunity to include people of all ages
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Post-2015 negotiations: A historic opportunity to include people of all ages

Posted By Roseline Kihumba at 12:34, 04 March 2015 There was yet another opportunity for the HelpAge network to take…
By Curated Content
September 15, 2015
Post-2015 negotiations: A historic opportunity to include people of all ages
Positive Power!
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Positive Power!

On the occasion of World AIDS Day 2015, I could not help but ponder on what the day means to…
By Curated Content
December 15, 2015
Positive Power!
Porn. Panic. Ban.
Quote written on a grey background: "If we really want to have a meaningful conversation around porn, it's time we stopped talking about its imagined harms."
Porn. Panic. Ban.

I’m convinced we’re having the wrong conversation around digital porn. If we really want to have a meaningful conversation around porn, it’s time we stopped talking about its imagined harms. It’s time we started talking about actual harms. It’s time we started talking about the fault lines of consent.
By Curated Content
April 18, 2016
Porn. Panic. Ban.
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
"Free XXX movie" written in bold. A small photo over it reads "censored". Two more small blurred pictures are dropped over it.
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.

By Karthik Shankar This post is part of TARSHI’s #TalkSexuality campaign on Comprehensive Sexuality Education in collaboration with Youth Ki Awaaz.  It was fifth grade;…
By Curated Content
February 15, 2015
Porn For All Its Pleasures, Is Not Reality. It’s Entertainment.
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders

Stress, burn out, uncontrollable emotional outbursts, depression, anxiety, migraines and cancer, are some of the effects that human rights defense work has on women human rights defenders (WHRD)s around the world, and the ones that often make them quit their important work. AWID spoke with Jessica Horn, Senior Advisor for the African Institute for Integrated Responses to Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS (AIR) about the politics of self-care and well-being for WHRDs.
By Curated Content
February 18, 2017
Politicising Self-Care and Wellbeing in Activism as Women Human Rights Defenders
Poem of desire and (dis)ability
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Poem of desire and (dis)ability

they say my body is broken they look at me with pity but little do they know when i scream…
By Curated Content
August 16, 2017
Poem of desire and (dis)ability
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities

This post was originally posted here. By Nivea Jain September 30, 2021 — While the social dimensions of gender inequality…
By Curated Content
April 18, 2022
Place and Gender: Towards Feminist and Inclusive Cities
People Were Quick To Assign Me The Label Of Tomboy
People Were Quick To Assign Me The Label Of Tomboy

This article was originally published in Feminism in India At the age of eight, dresses became scarce in my cupboard….
By Feminism in India
December 15, 2020
People Were Quick To Assign Me The Label Of Tomboy
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