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 — […]
Review: Savita Bhabhi Movie
In India’s first animated pornographic movie based on the eponymous online cartoon series, the svelte Savita Bhabhi uses her charm on a womanising minister to end draconian online censorship and curbs on free speech imposed by him. Life imitates art, it is said, far more than art imitates life. In the Savita Bhabhi cartoon series, […]
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 […]