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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
PDA: Slippery Slope from Law to Moral Policing
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PDA: Slippery Slope from Law to Moral Policing

Sexuality is taboo in our context, and expressions of it publicly or even in the home setting outside the bedroom, especially by those who are not in ‘legitimate’ relationships ‘alarm the modesty’ and are generally considered anti-culture or simply categorised as Western concepts.
By Yoshita Srivastava
September 1, 2020
PDA: Slippery Slope from Law to Moral Policing
Nightmares of Being Chased by an Angry Mob
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Nightmares of Being Chased by an Angry Mob
Someone like me, who was always vocal about sexuality, would feel invalidated speaking frankly about sex. Most doctors themselves weren’t comfortable discussing anything remotely pertaining to be a challenge in the sexual wellness area.
By Pooja Priyamvada
September 1, 2022
Nightmares of Being Chased by an Angry Mob
ILLEGALLY ADULT: THE STRANGE CASE OF ALISHA MAJOR
ILLEGALLY ADULT: THE STRANGE CASE OF ALISHA MAJOR

She was 17 when she was rescued from a dance bar. Now she’s 18 and she wants to go back. As an adult. And…
By Bishakha Datta
January 2, 2018
ILLEGALLY ADULT: THE STRANGE CASE OF ALISHA MAJOR
Illegally Adult: The Strange Case of Alisha Major
Black-and-white photo of Indian bharatnatyma dancer Rukmini Devi holding a mudra. She is wearing traditional dance clothing with flowers in her head, and jewellery on the forehead, ears, and neck. The image is from the chest up.
Illegally Adult: The Strange Case of Alisha Major

She was 17 when she was rescued from a dance bar. Now she’s 18 and she wants to go back. As an adult. And dance again. That’s what Alisha wrote in a letter to the Child Welfare Committee.
Alisha’s letter may be one of a kind. It doesn’t matter. It may even be a scam of sorts, in that she was pushed to write it. Doesn’t matter. What’s interesting is the jumble that it throws up, if you look at her choices through eyes that are not hers.
By Bishakha Datta
June 17, 2016
Illegally Adult: The Strange Case of Alisha Major
A ‘Room’ of One’s Own – Sexuality, Self-expression, and Safe Spaces on Clubhouse
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A ‘Room’ of One’s Own – Sexuality, Self-expression, and Safe Spaces on Clubhouse

In theory, the concept of the app is a great one – it provides women, queer people, and people belonging to oppressed castes the tea-stall, cigarette-shop type of public spaces for conversation that are available to upper-caste cis het men. The relative anonymity acts like a safe cover, and the app affords a certain autonomy and agency to marginalised people to regulate the kind of conversation that goes on in rooms moderated by them.
By Srishti Gupta
April 1, 2022
A ‘Room’ of One’s Own – Sexuality, Self-expression, and Safe Spaces on Clubhouse