Porn Archives

Porn, Curvy Women, Deep Voices: The Visually Impaired Have the Same Sexual Desires as You and I

It is a misconception that it doesn’t matter what a blind person’s companion looks like because they can’t see them. My research work led me to interact with visually impaired youth – a romantic boy who loved curvy women, a teenage girl who was curious about porn.

Devika Sharma July 27, 2016

Vice

Inside the World of Pimple Porn

Pimple-popping is part of a whole subculture, something much larger than I could have ever imagined.

Sharanya Gopinathan June 30, 2016

Love and Sex

Why I Choose Not to Get Off On Porn

In a world where female sexuality isn’t supposed to exist, watching porn is still seen as sexual liberation. But an acknowledgement of the same desires are invalidated by the medium’s treatment of women, both on screen and behind-the-scenes. How can we celebrate our sexuality through porn while condoning a sexist, exploitative industry that functions on men’s terms?

Kahini Iyer June 29, 2016

POV

Could Your 12-year-old Be Asking for Nudies from a Porn Star?

The blatant objectification of adult film actress Nikita Bellucci by 12-year-olds begs the question: Do we need better parental controls and age restrictions for social media?

Jackie Thakkar June 29, 2016

Books

The Right to Sex: What could ethical sex look like?

In a world where we are talking about sex more than ever only to find it just as frustrating to navigate, Amia Srinivasan’s 6-part essay collection The Right to Sex serves as a manifesto on what direction this conversation can, perhaps, take.

__vinenot__||digvi June 26, 2016

Love and Sex

Opposites Distract: What Happens When Your Partner and You Can’t Agree on the Choice of Porn?

I’m someone who wants her escape erotica to look like the Mills & Boons version from her teenage years. Gentle, loving, slow and sensuous. My partner, unfortunately, belongs to the other end of the porno spectrum. He likes his porn to be brutal; the more depraved it is, the better he enjoys it.

Anonymous June 18, 2016

Love and Sex

The Blue Lagoon Of Sector 38

When I was growing up, I could pick up a porn film and a few life lessons for ₹15. No more. The arrival of high-speed internet, has marked the end of a pornographic era.

Karan Mujoo June 1, 2016

Gender

Why Do Men Spread Their Legs and Women Cross Theirs?

In India, years of conditioning demand women to be submissive and almost invisible in public, while boys are rarely made conscious of their bodies. As a result, young boys grow up to become adults who don’t think twice before taking up extra space even at the cost of someone else’s inconvenience.

Amrita Paul May 26, 2016

Love and Sex

Why Indian Women Need to Tell More Lust Stories

Erotica for women, by women, is only just coming of age, even though the earliest writings of female desire go back to 600 BC. The new novel, Kama: The Story of the Kama Sutra, hopes to change that.

Kavya J May 7, 2016

Love and Sex

Apna Haath Jargon-naath

Human beings have come up with a plethora of terms to describe the simple act of pleasuring yourself. We scuttle about inventing a series of shorthand signs that all sound distinctly violent.

Damian D'souza April 15, 2016