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The Touch
solitary green plant on parched and heavily cracked brown soil.
The Touch

That day, in bed, Aymen and Ruben hugged each other like Siamese twins in their mother’s womb. Vulnerable, yet whole.
By Andy Stephen Silveira
April 18, 2024
The Touch
Labour of Love
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Labour of Love

Pleasure, in the world, is not equally distributed.
By Ria Arya
March 17, 2023
Labour of Love
Three Poems: ‘Untitled’, ‘Alchemy’ & ‘Third date’
A photograph depicting two hands reaching towards each other, but not touching, in a darkened backdrop
Three Poems: ‘Untitled’, ‘Alchemy’ & ‘Third date’

He said ‘tender’ today/in such a way/I thought/I’d definitely like him saying/dirty things to me
By Carol D'Souza
February 1, 2022
Three Poems: ‘Untitled’, ‘Alchemy’ & ‘Third date’
Probing the Screen: Pleasure in the Virtual World
Wall-art of a face till the bridge of the nose. The face is coloured in peach, grey, and shades of blue. The eyes, green, are lined in black and have spots of yellow, brown, and blue colour around them. Under the left eye, there are yellow dots. The hair is streaked with purple and blue.
Probing the Screen: Pleasure in the Virtual World

The virtual world allows me to challenge the hold of patriarchy on my ‘effeminate’ body; in a sense, it allows me to evade the policing of desire that my body shares with another, its flows and slippages, the messy and the unkempt. While virtual sex offers a window to revisit the sensual, it is also not immune to limitations and insecurities.
By Neel
June 15, 2021
Probing the Screen: Pleasure in the Virtual World
Sweet Sixteen
An image of a half cut pear resembling the shape of a vagina. There are seeds around it.
Sweet Sixteen

At sixteen, the senior boy I loved, touched me down there and said, this is what boyfriends do, this is what love feels like – uncomfortable.
By Tapaswinee
December 1, 2020
Sweet Sixteen
Brushstrokes: NSFW: Student’s Powerful Art Project Reveals the Lasting Effects of Sexual Assault
Photo of art student Emma Krenzer. She is dressed in a white t-shirt and black trousers, with her hair tied in a ponytail.
Brushstrokes: NSFW: Student’s Powerful Art Project Reveals the Lasting Effects of Sexual Assault

Emma Krenzer, a 19-year-old student has made waves with her art project, creating a map showing the lasting impact of human touch.
By Curated Content
April 2, 2018
Brushstrokes: NSFW: Student’s Powerful Art Project Reveals the Lasting Effects of Sexual Assault