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Masala Podcast – S 3 Ep 5 – Leeza Mangaldas – Why is female pleasure still a taboo?

“We should get rid of the shame we feel asking for our pleasure, prioritising our pleasure.” Meet Leeza Mangaldas, India’s foremost sex-positive content creator. Leeza’s work is all about normalising conversations around sexuality, sexual health, gender and the body – with a particular focus on women and pleasure. I interviewed Leeza for Masala Podcast, we …

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PARVINDER SHERGILL

Meet this awesome South Asian womxn! Dr Parvinder Shergill is an award-winning doctor in mental health for the NHS, and a published writer, actress, international presenter, and filmmaker. She has recorded with BBC, Channel 4, and has been featured in The Guardian for her work. Parvinder has her own radio show The Secret Psychiatrist, and …

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PRIYA FOX

South Asian womxn rule! Meet Priya Fox. She has always had a passion for acting since she was a child but when she attended dramas schools, she felt incredibly alone because no one looked like her. Her journey, in her own words: At the beginning of 2021, I saw a couple of tweets from fellow …

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ABOUT MASALA PODCAST

One of the best feminists podcasts, multiple award winner “OMG! I love your podcast. Thank you for giving us South Asian womxn a platform.” About Masala Podcast Masala Podcast is a show for South Asian women, where we talk about all those things that we’re NOT supposed to talk about in our culture. • Themes …

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Theatre shows for Masala Monologues, spicy stories for South Asian women

THEATRE PERFORMANCES

The stories that took shape at our Masala Monologues® workshops over two years were shaped and transformed into these theatre performances. You’ll see for yourself how creating safe spaces where South Asian womxn can write their personal stories, from their culture – can be so powerful! “It’s the closest I’ve seen my identity represented on …

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Masala Monologues, writing workshops for South Asian women

WRITING WORKSHOPS IN THE UK & US

Masala Monologues workshops are safe spaces to explore our stories. Previous workshop attendees have called them “healing spaces.” And that’s exactly what they are. It’s a safe space for us to open up, talk to each other and explore the taboos as well as the richness that comes with being part of South Asian culture. …

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MASALA MONOLOGUES

“An urgent, radical piece of theatre & story telling…” Masala Monologues is a project based on real-life stories from South Asian womxn all over the world. These are stories that we haven’t had the space to tell yet. Stories from our culture, from our cultural languages. Stories not just about sex and sexuality but also …

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