Yoni ki Raat (Night of the Vagina): South Asian women on sex, fear and family
Inspired by The Vagina Monologues, 10 South Asian and Indo-Caribbean women shared intimate narratives in an absorbing and revealing eveningNadia was sitting by the pool in a bathing suit when a white boy loudly announced how hairy her legs were. She was only 11 years old. As a teenager, her family imposed absurd expectations to maintain an unnatural hairlessness through painful waxing treatments. She would ask why th…