masculinity

My Experiences In BDSM As Well As Vanilla Interactions With Men
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My Experiences In BDSM As Well As Vanilla Interactions With Men

My interaction with men started once I finished school and most men in my life have been decent to me, to say the least. However, there are different sides of maleness or manhood that I have come to experience.

By Asmi
October 1, 2019
My Experiences In BDSM As Well As Vanilla Interactions With Men
Masculinity, queer representation, and the motifs of movement in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’
A shot from the film featuring the two female leads, one is preparing a paan with the other’s face resting on her shoulder. Both the women are smiling.
Masculinity, queer representation, and the motifs of movement in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’

The film has all the makings and trimmings of a commercial thriller – a dynamic story, song and dance, an action-packed climax – and at the same time, it is a cinephile’s film.
By Srishti Gupta
May 3, 2022
Masculinity, queer representation, and the motifs of movement in ‘Dedh Ishqiya’
Issue In Focus: What’s Porn Got To Do With It?
Two men hanging out on a side of a road, by their motorcycle. One wearing a blue tee sits on the motorcycle with his elbows on the handle. The other, in a blue shirt, stands resting his elbows on the first one's shoulder.
Issue In Focus: What’s Porn Got To Do With It?

During a recent conversation with an American friend who is a self-professed feminist of the second-wave variety and hence regards…
By Harjant Gill
November 1, 2015
Issue In Focus: What’s Porn Got To Do With It?
Editorial: Friendship and Sexuality
Editorial: Friendship and Sexuality

The statement “We are just friends”, does it make you wonder? Just friends? As in – merely friends? As in…
By TARSHI
February 15, 2018
Editorial: Friendship and Sexuality
Editorial: Femininities and Sexuality
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Editorial: Femininities and Sexuality

Are certain forms of femininities denigrated more than others? Not just by misogynists but also by feminists? Is there a particular way of manifesting an ‘appropriate’ femininity, one that is just right, and is not ‘too girly’ or ‘too tomboyish’?

By TARSHI
December 15, 2020
Editorial: Femininities and Sexuality
Editorial – Celebrating Sexuality
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Editorial – Celebrating Sexuality

100 issues, 8 years! Thank you, dear readers and contributors! As we planned for this issue to put on our…
By TARSHI
March 15, 2022
Editorial – Celebrating Sexuality
Editorial – Gender and Sexuality
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Editorial – Gender and Sexuality

Gender and sexuality are like constituent parts of a jigsaw puzzle that keeps morphing in such a way that nothing ever ‘fits’ for long, and the game begins anew each time.
By TARSHI
November 19, 2024
Editorial – Gender and Sexuality
Coming out as small
A close-up photograph of grass and daisies.
Coming out as small

They lay eyes on him, they see a body out of the gym. A black, thick beard, in a need…
By Abdullah Erikat
August 10, 2023
Coming out as small
Brushstrokes: Body
image from the photoseries 'Body' by Veer Mishra
Brushstrokes: Body

“Every type of body is beautiful, and more importantly every type of body is different,” says artist Veer Mishra while describing Body, his series of illustrations. This ‘difference’ is the essence of what he tries to portray through his art.
By Curated Content
May 1, 2019
Brushstrokes: Body
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