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...
Beyond Just Internet
Written by रिम्सोङ्मा (Rimsongma), Art by her friend Pleasure of practicing Agency, Autonomy and Self-Determination My first experience with porn was back in 2008. Watching porn was hugely uncomfortable and shameless thing. Obviously, because it was about sex, but...
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...
Look at me now
Article and photograph by : edamame The year is 2009. I am wearing my favorite tights, the black see-through ones with bright neon blue lines that create long spirals around the length of my legs when I put them on. I am topless; lying on my stomach with my ass on...
Body, Society & Tech: Dating as a Trans Woman in Nepal
Author Rukshana Kapali It was the chilly morning of Yamari Punhi. Haaaaaaaaaaaaaaiiii as I stretched my arms and feet outright, the freezing air kissed my skin, Aaaachhoooooooo, I pulled them in my fāngā. As I squeeze in my body, gently massage my...
यौनिक अभिव्यक्तिमाथि नियन्त्रण किन?
लेखक - रीता बरामु समाज लामो कपाल पाल्ने र कानमा मुन्द्रा लाउने हजारभन्दा बढी केटालाई ‘चुल्ठेमुन्द्रे’ भन्दै प्रहरीले नियन्त्रणमा लिई कपाल काटिदिएको र मुन्द्रासमेत निकाल्न लगाएको घटना धेरै वर्ष भएको छैन । प्रहरीले त्यसरी नै होटेलको कोठाबाट जोडीहरू...
Pleasure Corners of the Internet
I was 13 when I saw someone else other than me naked. It was an unsolicited photo of a long haired, pale-skin white women masturbating. It was sent to me by an unknown adult man on Facebook with whom I had talked for merely few minutes. I looked at it,...
The problem with Nepal’s porn ban
On 21 September 2018, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology declared that it was going to ban digital pornography. It claimed that the premise for the ban was article 121 of the Criminal Code of 2074 which states that “the internet has made it easy to...