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Big Truths About The Big-O: AOI’s Orgasm Anxiety Survey
Is sex only a straight line to orgasms? What’s mental health got to do with orgasms? Are orgasms guaranteed if you have a partner?
Aug 11, 2022
Coping with sexual sadness: Here’s what we learnt
We spoke to some Agents and put down some tips to help us all with the feeling of loss, rejection, unfulfillment, the sense of being a sexual-have not
Dec 17, 2023
He Had Sex With Me. Then Told Me I Wasn't Man Enough
A train journey and a sexual encounter with a closeted man makes Vibhu Vasudev ask why men hold rigid ideas about masculinity.
Nov 06, 2023
I Was Happy To Give Them My (W)hole Heart, But They Wanted Kids And A Desi Bahu
I’ve had a heart defect since childhood. So, how do I find love in a world that’s obsessed with the body?
Oct 09, 2023
Why Are Most Contraceptives Only For Those Who Can Get Pregnant? The Gender Discrimination in Contraception
If there was a male birth control pill in the market, would you use it (or ask your partner to use it)?
Jan 01, 1970
Why Do We Talk About Histories of Ishq and Sexuality?
What do stories of Rukhmabai, Pillay, Lal Kitaab enable for us in the present?
Sep 15, 2023
Chocolate: A Hindi Book On Homosexuality That Caused Much Debate In The 1920s
Written by Ugra, aka Pandey Bechan Sharma, the book was a a bestseller, but its critics were many too #HindiDiwas
Aug 14, 2023
The AOI Orgasm Anxiety Survey
What do people really feel about their sex lives? We asked. They told us.
Aug 03, 2022
SLUT METRO : The Many Journeys to Sexual Confidence!
Jan 18, 2022
How Do Vulnerabilities Play Out in Sex?
Why do we make sexual choices that make us vulnerable? Can one #VulnerABILITY lead to another?
Jul 12, 2021
Love Was Not A Cure For My Masculine Anxieties
“Pyaar ka sitam means love comes to us with great promise, to fill our lives, but the truth is it can only fill very little of us,” says Anand Yadav, battling with the pressure that the idea of ‘love’ brings with it.
May 21, 2021
I am Big and Beautiful
A fat woman rises to own her sexuality, desire and desirability
Nov 21, 2020
Why Does Guilt Follow Pleasure - An Investigative Documentary About Me
Moving from guilt to satisfaction in sex!
Nov 09, 2020
My Journey From Trauma To Touch - A Poem
Can trauma soften when we confront it?
Oct 09, 2020
My Body In Bed Isn’t Any Kind of Map To Pleasure
What is intimacy like when it’s traumatic to live in your body/head?
Oct 12, 2020
Some Mental Health Fundas and FAQs
Helping your mental health through fundas and FAQs!
Oct 10, 2020
My Struggle To Live and Love With Vaginismus
How does trauma manifest in our bodies and our intimacies
Oct 04, 2020
Sex Sure Doesn't Need #PeriodLeaves
What's so special about the flow period sex can take?
Sep 18, 2020
Does Size Matter? A True Story
For a man with a small penis, porn and condoms can unite in a nightmare.
Jan 16, 2020
The AOI Guide on How to Say No
Sounds simple, but we all know it's tricky in real life!
Aug 22, 2019
More Than An Identity: How I Realised My Struggle Was With Being Sexual, Not Homosexual
My identity as a queer person became a bit of a shield from the world of love, the world of sex
Jun 11, 2019
I Faked Orgasms to be Polite
You know how we’re taught that good kids don't go for second helpings of food? I carried that training into my sex life
Mar 05, 2019
My Male Friends and I Talked About Sex Constantly, But Not How We Really Felt About It
I’m trying to unlearn everything I’d absorbed in predominantly male spaces. It’s making me a better person.
Nov 13, 2018
Sex Actually: It Was My First Time, and I Had Gotten My Period!
As part of our #SexActually series, we asked people to write to us about their real-life experiences of sex. This 23-year-old author tells us about her recent experience of putting theory into practice and why it will always be special to her. (23 then, 23 now)
Oct 18, 2018
How Ideas of Purity Damage Our Mental Sexual Health (And Happiness)
The unconscious sexual caste system that undercuts our relationships with self and others.
Oct 10, 2018
My First Time Taught Me How Not to Have Sex
Jan 24, 2019
Sex Actually: Ecstasy, Anxiety and the Fear of Being Judged
Sex, as it actually is.
May 08, 2018
Sex Actually: Of Broken Vaginas and Negotiating Consent
New stories of women's unforgettable sexual encounters.
Apr 19, 2018
What Makes Your Sexual Confidence Go Up and Down
Sexual confidence is like a Snakes and Ladders Game
Mar 26, 2018
LOVE, SEX AND KHICHDI
I just wanted to hold him tight and never let go. I wanted to make sure he would come back and I wanted to scream at him for untangling the ‘not’s in my chest.
Dec 12, 2017
Mard, Mann Aur Jealousy: 5 Men Talk about Dealing With Unusual Jealousies
Unusual jealousies men experience and how it affects the way they look at themselves as sexual beings.
Nov 16, 2017
LOVE, SEX AUR DIMAAG: A VIDEO ABOUT MENTAL SEXUAL HEALTH
Oct 16, 2017
WEIRD IDEAS PORN GAVE ME ABOUT SEX
Porn gives many ideas on pleasure & how to pleasure. In real life, sex, like everything else, can be messy, silent, and hairy.
Aug 08, 2017
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