How Musk’s Twitter buyout may do more to cage the bird than to free it.
Written by Alisha M. "The bird is free," tweeted Elon Musk, a pithy celebratory response to his successful buyout of Twitter. Musk's main ambition for Twitter was to transform it into "an inclusive arena of free speech." However, it turns out that the self-described...
The Allocishet Vision in Schools: A Digital Perspective
Digital surveillance of students by schools, reprehensible in itself, also disproportionately harms queer, trans and gender non-conforming youth Written by Pras Introduction While schools have always been sites of surveillance; monitoring what...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report (July to September 2022)
Freedom of Expression The arrest of comedian Apoorwa Kshitiz Singh once again raised questions regarding freedom of speech; a right guaranteed by the Nepal Constitution. Singh was arbitrarily arrested on charges of attacking and defaming the Newa culture, practices...
कोही किन अश्लील ?
लेखक - सानो प्रयास आफ्नो कला देखाउन, कला बढाउन, ताली र प्रशंसाहरु पाउन सबैलाई मनपर्छ । सामाजिक संजालमा ध्यान आकर्षण गर्दै लाइक्स बढाउने र भाइरल हुन चाहनेहरु पनि छन्। टिक-टक, इन्स्टा, फेसबुक आदिमा विभिन्न प्रकारले कतिले मनोरञ्जन गर्छन् भने कतिले अभिनय गरेर...
My Curiosity Led to Discovery – Discovery of Self-Pleasure.
Written by Mahima Pradhan Illustration by Mahima Pradhan When I was a high school student, I read a book titled ‘Eleven Minutes’ by Paulo Coelho which presents the story of a young girl named Maria who pursues a career in prostitution in order to make money...
नेपालमा नागरिक पत्रकारिताको बृहत्तर परिवेश
लेखकः वर्षा बराल यो लेख अंग्रेजीबाट नेपालीमा अनुवाद भएको हो | यो लेख अंग्रेजीमा पढ्न यता अनुवाद: बिभु लुइँटेल इन्टरनेट र उन्नत प्रविधिको विकासले पारम्परिक सञ्चारलाई नयाँ खालको सञ्चारतर्फ डोहोर्याउन प्रशस्तै बाटो खोलेको छ । नयाँ सञ्चार विधिको विकासशील रुप हो मोबाइल...
The meaning of a woman’s sexual expression
Illustration by Yozana Magar Written by: Babita Rai This piece was originally translated from Khas Nepali language. You can find the original article here Translated by: Bibhu Luitel The story of self-censorship 'Do women masturbate, too?' This...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report on Digital Rights in Nepal (October – December 2021)
Government’s ambitious plans on digitization but without proper data protection law in place The government of Nepal has made ambitious plans under Digital Nepal Framework. However, the offices have failed to adopt digital technologies to make the administrative...
Less of Who I am?
Article by Bichen, Photo by Bichen's Girlfriend Taking 'Gender Studies' as my minor was never really my intention. It started with me taking one class out of pure curiosity. Never thought there was much to it until the classes started making me question the...
इन्टरनेटलाई नयाँ हाउगुजी नबनाऔं
लेखक कविता बाहिङ बाल्यकालमा तपाईंहरूलाई कसैले, ‘यो नगर, त्यो नगर, तिमी सानो छौ, तिमीलाई आउँदैन, तिमी सक्दैनौ, तिम्रो लागि यो ठीक होइन’ भन्दा कस्तो महसुस हुन्थ्यो ? मलाई चाहिँ अरूले त्यसो भन्दा म त्यो काम गर्न सक्छु जस्तो लाग्थ्यो । अहिले सम्झिन्छु, सानो...