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Women, Desire and Darkness on Java’s Highways

At dusk along the roads of East Java and the long, humid ribbon of the north coast, small cafés begin to glow in the...

Dating Apps Are Out, Matchmaking Agencies Are In

In one of the world’s most vertical, hyper-connected cities, finding love in Hong Kong can feel strangely out of reach. Endless work hours, sky-high...

Regulated Abuse: The Logic Behind Comfort Stations

The system that sexually enslaved thousands of Asian “comfort women” did not emerge on the margins of Imperial Japan’s war in China. It grew...

The Forgotten Widows of The Civil War

When the war in Sri Lanka officially ended in 2009, peace arrived on paper much faster than it did in people’s lives. In the...

How Colonial Laws Still Control Women

When the British Empire arrived in South Asia, it did not just bring railways, courts, and clerks. It brought sex laws. And many of...

Asia’s Most Sexually Active City Revealed

If Asia had to crown a capital of flirting, dating and sex, the winner would surprise almost everyone. It is not Bangkok, long mythologised...

The Pressure to Give Birth in Auspicious Years

The coming Lunar New Year will usher in the Year of the Horse, a sign associated with restlessness, drive, and forward momentum—and across Chinese-speaking...

Mass ‘Commitment’ Ceremonies for LGBTQ Couples

Around Valentine’s Day in Quezon City, as heart-shaped balloons bob above the crowd and pop songs drift across the plaza, dozens of same-sex couples...

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