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Amrita Narayanan
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A tooth fairy for the hymen
We might think of the hymen as the correlate of milk teeth that serve a purpose early in life and then fall away when they become unnecessary. Instead, the hymen became immortalised as a symbol for a set of anxieties and losses that are inculcated into young women as if these were the natural effects of heterosexual sex, writes Amrita Narayanan
27 January 2024, 23:46 IST
A tooth fairy for the hymen
27 January 2024, 23:46 IST
The hotbed
Pity politics shapes the public imagination towards identifying women as distressed subjects under all and any circumstances. Of course, rape is an awful social reality, but it is not the only form of sex under patriarchy that women are interested in talking about, writes Amrita Narayanan
23 December 2023, 22:25 IST
The hotbed
23 December 2023, 22:25 IST
The coloniality question in sexual politics
Everybody is interested in the sexual politics of other cultures: it’s the reason a Netflix series like ‘Indian Matchmaking’ is as internationally popular as ‘Emily in Paris’ is in India.
23 September 2023, 23:59 IST
The coloniality question in sexual politics
23 September 2023, 23:59 IST
What men can’t bear...
The taboo on public physical affection involving women remains an integral part of patriarchal sexual politics because the psychological theatre of patriarchy relies upon female bodies to represent male anxieties, leaving men ‘free’, writes Amrita Narayanan
26 August 2023, 22:01 IST
What men can’t bear...
26 August 2023, 22:01 IST
Disowned excitements
When there is a taboo on public female excitement, women will tend to cut themselves off from this motivating euphoria, experiencing unease where they should feel desire, writes Amrita Narayanan
22 July 2023, 19:15 IST
Disowned excitements
22 July 2023, 19:15 IST
Unsteady liberties
Amrita Narayanan describes how women experience, escape from, and grieve for sex under patriarchy
20 May 2023, 19:15 IST
Unsteady liberties
20 May 2023, 19:15 IST
