A poem on non-consensual touch within a relationship.
Tag: body politics
My Body, a Language of Vulnerability
A poem on beauty standards set by society and the war many of us are forced to fight with ourselves on a daily basis.
To Those Five Women: Are You Still Collecting Your Pieces?
Victims do not possess the luxury to process. They have to go on.
Looking At My Body Through Everyone’s Gaze But My Own
Unfortunately, we still live around people who cannot tolerate the sight of cleavage, and it’s normalised. That’s where we have failed miserably.
The Heredity of Shame in Women
Instead of growing up with the confidence that boys do, young girls grow up with a lot of self-doubt and incertitude.
Our Bodies Are Political
How did the land of the alluringly sensual 'Kama Sutra' become a place of caged desires, closeted sexuality, and coveted freedom?
Body Rules
A poem in light of the recent Karnataka high court judgement where Justice Krishna S. Dixit granted the rape accused anticipatory bail on illogical grounds.
Under Lockdown: The Intimate Politics of the Body
The poem on the politics of living in closed spaces.
Your Body as a Weapon: The Rise of the ‘Revenge Body’ Online
Typically such bodies are built in order to make your ex-lover want you back. But you’re too good for them now.
Size+: ‘My Body is My Business’
Body shaming is rampant, and love is no longer on the menu.