Digital Sex Work: An Inside Perspective
Written by Autobiographer Sex work can be defined as the exchange of specific sexual services. The experiences of people who engage in sex work are incredibly diverse and influenced by social structures and economic realities. While some individuals may freely...
अनलाइन जातवाद; अनुभव र प्रभाव
-राधिका परियार मैले फेसबुक चलाउन थालेको सन् २०१३ हो, जति बेला नाम राधिका कार्की राखे । मैले किन कार्की राखे भन्ने कुरा हिमाल खबरमा प्रकाशित लेखमास्पष्ट पारेकि छु । सन् २०१५ देखि २०१९ सम्म मैले राधिका मात्र राखेर चलाए, त्यो समय नाम पछाडिको थर सोध्नेहरुको हरेक...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report (Apr – June 2023)
अभिवाक्ति स्वतन्त्रता र प्रविधिमा आधारित/ अनलाईन हिंसा जूनको महिनालाई प्राईड मान्थ भनिन्छ | विविध पहिचान बोकेका क्वेर समुदाय (लैंगिक पहिचान, लैंगिक अभिव्यक्ति, यौनिक अभिमुखीकरण, र यौनिक विशेषता) भएका व्यक्तिहरूले यस महिनालाई उत्सवको रूपमा मनाउने गर्दछन् । सो उत्सव...
My Love-Hate Relationship with Dating Apps
Written by Bibhu I installed Tinder for the first time a few years ago to ‘get over’ an ugly breakup. Extraordinarily soon after pledging singlehood, I needed to fall into one dalliance then another. Or so to speak, my body asked for one. My best friend had...
Quarterly Media Monitoring Report (Jan – Mar 2023)
गोपनीयता र डाटाको गोपनीयताको गफ पछिल्लो तीन महिनामा गोपनियता भंग भएका केहि घटनाहरु हामीले अवलोकन गर्यौँ । यी घटनाहरुलाई हेर्दा यो राज्य पक्ष र सेवा प्रदायकको प्रत्यक्ष लापरवाही थियो, साथै यसको परिणाम अनलाइन माध्यमबाट हुने विभिन्न हिंसा (जस्तै मानसिक हिंसा) को कारक पनि...
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...