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The Nightmare of Shapewear
Photograph of celebrity Plastic Surgeon Dr Robert Rey's Shapewear range at Target
The Nightmare of Shapewear

Caging the Free Body into a Sexual Silhouette At school, roughly in the 7th grade, we learn about tissues, veins,…
By Rajashree Gandhi
December 4, 2017
The Nightmare of Shapewear
‘From Son to Father’
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‘From Son to Father’

Dear Dad, There are times when I find writing a largely unproductive and tiresome exercise. For much of what is…
By Sahil Sood
December 4, 2017
‘From Son to Father’
Men hijack women’s happiness and sexuality even in their freest moments: Review of five films released in 2015-17
Scene from a Hindi movie 'Angry Indian Goddesses'. The six protagonists are standing together laughing, in a disco with bright lighting.
Men hijack women’s happiness and sexuality even in their freest moments: Review of five films released in 2015-17

The women in Parched (2015) are sitting and chatting, seemingly free from their daily oppression for once, when a cell…
By Shaifali Agrawal
December 4, 2017
Men hijack women’s happiness and sexuality even in their freest moments: Review of five films released in 2015-17
Freedom and sexuality: walking hand in hand with robots
A human and a robot shaking hands. Only see the hands and arms of both is seen.
Freedom and sexuality: walking hand in hand with robots

Where we are now: In August this year the Supreme Court of India declared that privacy at its core includes…
By Suchitra Dalvie
December 4, 2017
Freedom and sexuality: walking hand in hand with robots
Freedom’s Pride: Looking Back Ten Years On
Photo from a queer pride march. We can see the back of two men holding hands. On the back of one's tee shirt is witten "Human rights for all" in caps by a red marker. The photo is cropped such that we can see only their torso and hands. In the background we can see more people walking in the march.
Freedom’s Pride: Looking Back Ten Years On

In 2008, there were two important sets of events that happened: six weeks of intense hearings at the final arguments stage in the Naz Foundation case at the Delhi High Court, where section 377 of the Indian Penal Code was being challenged, and a bunch of folks in Delhi deciding that they were going to organize a Pride March. While these don’t seem obviously connected, they were both expressions of freedom, one in constitutional terms within the courtroom, and the other, a very public expression of freedom, taking to the streets.
By Siddharth Narrain
December 4, 2017
Freedom’s Pride: Looking Back Ten Years On
We need a sexual revolution in the Middle East – Mona Ethawi
On a foggy winter morning, a woman protestor waves a victory sign, looks upwards, and shouts what could be possibly be a slogan. She wears a pink and white coloured headscarf and a grey coat. There are hoards of other protestors in the background too.
We need a sexual revolution in the Middle East – Mona Ethawi

Mona Eltahawy, author of ‘Headscarves and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution’, speaks about how any social…
By Curated Content
December 4, 2017
We need a sexual revolution in the Middle East – Mona Ethawi
This Pinup Series Portrays Indian Women (Accurately) As Sexually Liberated Badasses
Nimisha Bhanot's painting titled "Money, Kitty Parties & Clothes Is All A Bahu Knows". A brown woman sits on a stool with her legs crossed, red wine in right hand, and cards in the left. She wears a cut-sleeves lehnga; heavy white jewellery in the neck and wrists; and mehndi in hands, full arms, and feet. The lehnga is pulled-up till the knee, showing her legs. She weas a bindi, a nose ring, and a red lisptick, and is staring straight-ahead expression-less.
This Pinup Series Portrays Indian Women (Accurately) As Sexually Liberated Badasses

“Badass Indian Pinups” – a series of paintings by Indo-Canadian artist Nimisha Bhanot shows Indian women breaking traditional stereotypes. Women…
By Curated Content
December 4, 2017
This Pinup Series Portrays Indian Women (Accurately) As Sexually Liberated Badasses
The Gifts of Time
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The Gifts of Time

Even negotiations related to the use of contraception or types of sexual acts in consensual relationships become difficult for a young girl because of her fear of displeasing her partner. But if one is fortunate, time helps us acquire some sets of skills and the language to speak up against violence and enforce decisions surrounding one’s sexual and social life.
By Ramya Anand
November 1, 2017
The Gifts of Time
Issue In Focus: A Travelling Sexuality
Painting of a woman standing free and elegantly on top of a moving bus, at sunset. Her hair flows back and one arm and leg are raised up in a graceful motion. From her hair flows bright pink and white glitter,
Issue In Focus: A Travelling Sexuality

Travel and sexuality throws up different thoughts and feelings for us all. For me, it threw up the term travelling sexuality. I like it. Travelling sexuality. It sounds exotic or intellectual, adventurous, dangerous, depending on who you are and how you live life. A travelling sexuality could describe the way we evolve as sexual beings, shifting and changing identities.
By Shikha Aleya
March 1, 2016
Issue In Focus: A Travelling Sexuality
The Confidence of a Married Woman
In Plainspeak English Audit In Plainspeak English Audit 100% 10 A Hindu bride placing a ring on the groom's finger. Screen reader support enabled. A Hindu bride placing a ring on the groom's finger.
The Confidence of a Married Woman

I envy confident women. It could be the way a woman speaks her mind, the way she dresses, or just…
By Surbhi Dewan
February 1, 2016
The Confidence of a Married Woman
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
Photo of a woman lying down. The photo focusses on her torso - she is wearing a black crop top, and blue jeans. Her one hand is on her waist.
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women

This post is a part of TARSHI‘s #TalkSexuality Campaign. By Shruti Arora “I’ve never told this to anyone before, but…
By Curated Content
August 31, 2015
Why Sexuality & Sexual Freedom Need To Be Discussed Beyond Violence Against Women
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