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Am I attractive? Am I ‘normal’? Do I want to be? What is this sex stuff really all about? When is the right time to start? How will I know if my relationship is good for me? Can I have fun safely? Will it still be fun? Written specifically for young people aged 15+, The Blue Book is not only a guide to exploring sexuality and sexual feelings, it is also a trustworthy fact-checking and fact-finding resource. With sections on our bodies and how they work, on safer sex and relationships, it is a must-have book for any teenager setting out on the exciting, challenging and sometimes confusing journey towards adulthood. Published by Zubaan.
This book explores different strands of thinking about sexuality education in contemporary urban India. It interrogates the limits of sexuality education as we know it today by rethinking adolescent masculinities in middle-class urban India. This book contributes to the wide gap in theorising sexuality education and adolescent masculinities in urban India. It presents an adolescent perspective on sexuality education, looks at adolescent love from the school teachers’ perspective, and tries to understand a teacher’s negotiations with student romance. It unravels the sexual and romantic lives of adolescents and examines the circulation of sexual knowledge and sources of information on sex ...
The most terrifying events in history are brought vividly to life in this New York Times bestselling series! Ten-year-old George Calder can't believe his luck -- he and his little sister, Phoebe, are on the famous Titanic, crossing the ocean with their Aunt Daisy. The ship is full of exciting places to explore, but when George ventures into the first class storage cabin, a terrible boom shakes the entire boat. Suddenly, water is everywhere, and George's life changes forever. Lauren Tarshis brings history's most exciting and terrifying events to life in this New York Times bestselling series. Readers will be transported by stories of amazing kids and how they survived!
Poster Women is an archive of over 1500 posters from the Indian Women's Movement, collected over an 18 month period from all over India. Put together by Zubaan, this unique archive demonstrates the dynamism, richness and variety of this important movement. Spanning the period from the 70s to the present day, the collection is divided into a number of key campaigns that cover areas such as violence, health, political participation, the environment, religion and communalism, literacy, rights and marginalization. Also included are posters on different themes such as the use of the goddess metaphor, or the marking of particular days that are important to the movement. The collection has been sourced from over 200 groups all over the country. A full digital record of the Poster Women collection is available on CD. In addition, the archive is physically housed at the Sound and Picture Archives for Women (SPARROW) in Mumbai. For further information about this collection, or to purchase any of its accompanying products, please contact Zubaan at either of the addresses below: zubaanwbooks@vsnl.net; zubaan@gmail.com. SPARROW can be contacted at sparrow@bom3.vsnl.net.in
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This book explores the growing up experiences of gay and lesbian individuals within their homes, schools, neighbourhoods, among friends; and their journeys of finding themselves and their communities while living in a heterosexually constructed society. It is based on an exploratory, qualitative study with young gay and lesbian persons in two cities of Maharashtra, India and employs a life course perspective. The author has written this book from two primary loci: those of a mental health professional and activist, and a queer feminist activist. Through layered narratives and psychosocial analyses of experiences that are simultaneously attentive to subjectivities and to social and interperso...
Brings together eight wide-reaching and provocative essays that examine the practical and theoretical issues of reproductive health policy and implementation. This book assesses the impact of policies that have been initiated and consider future directions that governments must take in order to translate visionary ideas into actual achievements.
The Manual deals with the specific issues relating to different kinds of disabilities, their unmet needs regarding the maintenance of Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, and what can be done to remove different kinds of barriers faced by them. This manual would be helpful to its most important stakeholders i.e. women with disabilities as it provides them with necessary information. They should be knowledgeable about their own disability, which will foster effective provider-patient relationships and more active participation in self-care and health promotion.