On Jouissance and the Feminine: Revisiting Lacan’s Encore – Abhijay Rambabu
Introduction Jacques Marie Emile Lacan (1901–1981) was a highly influential French psychoanalyst and psychiatrist, best known for his original interpretations…
The Altimetry of Displacement: Reading Queer Biracial Belonging in Postcolonial Literature – Sanandita Chakraborty
Everyone has a journey with their language languages are the way we see this world. They are deeply connected to…
Sex and the City: Decoding the Series Sociologically – Upali Bhattacharya
Rewatching Sex and the City as a show today can be both confusing and liberating. Confusing, in the sense, that…
Rated A: Soft-Porn Cinema and Mediations of Desire in India – A Discussion with Darshana S. Mini
Darshana Sreedhar Mini is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication Arts, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She is the author…
The Vagina Monologues by Eve Ensler (2018): A Review by Shivani Waldekar
I watched ‘The Vagina Monologues’ on stage in one of Mumbai’s theatres around five years ago while studying at the…
Liminal Privacy: Quest For Public Intimacy – Medhavi Gupta
A few days ago, I was travelling in a car with my family and we passed by a famous park…
A Match Made in Heaven: Exploring Love, Sex, and Relationships From a Disabled Lens – Kavya Mukhija and Aparajita Chatterjee
Despite the overall U.S. first-marriage rate for ages 18 to 49 being 48.9 per 1,000, for people with disabilities, it…
Pedagogical Lessons on Sex-Gender-Sexuality and Feminism(s) in Why Women Kill (Season 1) – Vijitha Rajan
Why Women Kill is a dark comedy-drama anthology series from the United States, made by Marc Cherry. Each season features…
Gender, Sexuality, and Indian Cinema: Queer Visuals edited by Srija Sanyal (2023): A Review by Ramsha Aveen
Cinema is not only a powerful tool of leisure, entertainment, and culture in society but importantly a reflection, even if…
Sexuality Reimagined: MSM in Modern India by Shailja Tandon (2023): A Review by Nupur Pattanaik
In Sexuality Reimagined: MSM in Modern India (published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2023), Shalija Tandon examines the question of how…