By Samidha and Shambhavi Madhan of Prajnya Continued from Conceptualising a Feminist Internet-I Tech-enabled sexuality for persons with disabilities Lawyer and disability rights activist Amba Salelkar spoke about technology beyond the Internet. She said that the idea of how sex is supposed to happen is entirely ableist – two ‘beautiful’ people at the peak of […]
Decoding India’s Proposed Online Porn Ban – II
This is the third in a series of posts reporting on the day-long “Tangled, Like Wool” meeting held in New Delhi in January 2014. While the publication and transmission of online pornography is already an offence in India, two 2013 petitions — one filed in the Rajya Sabha and one in the Supreme Court — […]
Porn Consumption and Privacy: A Legal Perspective
Does viewing porn in a private space morally harm the viewer? Which private acts may or may not be criminalised? This is the second in a series of posts reporting on the day-long “Tangled, Like Wool” meeting held in New Delhi in January 2014. Through talks, presentations and discussions, the meeting explored the links between […]
Porn and Violence: Navigating the Grey Areas
This is the first in a series of posts reporting on the day-long “Tangled, Like Wool” meeting held in New Delhi in January 2014. Through talks, presentations and discussions, the meeting explored the links between pornography, gender, sexuality and the freedom of speech.
Pornographic Love
Richa Kaul Padte explores Pornographic Love, one of the three websites that received a Feminist Porn Award in 2013, and asks the question: What makes this website different from mainstream porn portals? A busty shaved blonde is photographed lying on her back, legs spread and raised in the air, as she stares into the camera. […]
Snippets from “Tangled, Like Wool”, New Delhi
Point of View and CREA held “Tangled, Like Wool” a day-long meeting of activists, NGOs, researchers, bloggers, media persons and other stakeholders for exploring the links between pornography, gender, sexuality and the freedom of speech, held on January 28, 2014 at New Delhi. It was the second meeting of the second phase of the EroTICs […]
Decoding India’s Proposed Online Porn Ban – I
If we accept that nothing is wrong with sexual arousal, what is wrong in reading a text or watching a cartoon, online porn, or using a powder to create sexual arousal? This is the fourth in a series of posts reporting on the day-long “Connect Your Rights!” meeting held in Mumbai in November 2013. The […]