A poem on the overwhelming nature of cis normativity for a queer person.
Tag: masculinity
Ma, We Are Beautiful Women – Aren’t We?
The poem talks about the experience of having gender dysphoria.
It’s an Old Story, Ma
This poem speaks about the different shades of a queer person and the fear he goes through.
‘Toxic Masculinity’: What Does It Mean, Where Did It Come From – And Is the Term Useful or Harmful?
“Toxic masculinity” has been used to explain everything from the election of Donald Trump to why Ross from Friends is awful. But what does it actually mean?
Women and the Flaming Patriarchy
A poem based on the observations of a queer person on how women are trapped by patriarchal norms within their own homes.
Book Review: Why It’s Not Easy to Become a Man in Today’s India
Shannon Philip’s new book shows the fragilities that drive the aggression of young men in Delhi.
‘My Gayness Won’t Make Your Child Gay, Uncle’
A poet from a middle-class family in a small town writes about the daily turmoils of being queer in a homophobic world.
A Personal Narrative on Queer Dissent
In India, queer dissent has been very visible in the recent past and it gives me a sense of kinship, familiarity and resonance during difficult times where the road ahead looks …
How Does One Become ‘Man Enough’?
'I still ask myself, what if my mother never gave birth to me?'
Phobics in the World
A poem against various injustices caused across the fabric of history in the name of social phobias like homophobia, biphobia, transphobia and many others.