Leeza Mangaldas Explained

Leeza Mangaldas
Birth Place:Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Years Active:2013 – present
Known For:Sex education

Leeza Mangaldas is an Indian sex educator and sports reporter. Her work focuses on female sexuality.[1] She authored the 2022 book The Sex Book: A Joyful Journey of Self Discovery. Mangaldas has also worked as podcaster and occasional actress.

Early life and education

Mangaldas was born in Bangalore, India. Her father is an architect and her mother is an interior designer and photographer.[2] She grew up in Goa and attended high school in Kodaikanal.[2] She studied English literature and visual art at Columbia University in New York, including in classes taught by Gauri Viswanathan, and graduated in 2011.[2] [3] After graduation, she moved to Mumbai.

Career

While based in Mumbai, Mangaldas worked as an actress and was a co-founder of Evoke India,[4] an organization curating speaker events.[5] [6] She had a lead role in the 2014 film W, about sexual violence against women in India.[7] [8] She also wrote a 2013 opinion article noted by The Indian Express to address themes in the film about shame and self-blame by survivors.[9]

While working as a newscaster, and with experience as a reporter that included the Indian Super League,[10] [11] [12] Mangaldas began independently posting sex education videos in 2017 on YouTube in English to help address what she felt was "a lack of easily accessible information and non-judgemental platforms to share questions and experiences, and obtain facts and resources pertaining to sex, sexuality, gender, sexual health, relationships, and the body."[13]

After success creating content on YouTube and Instagram, this became her full-time occupation in 2018. During the COVID-19 pandemic in India, she also began creating videos in Hindi.[14] In 2021, she began the podcast Love Matters, produced by The Indian Express and Deutsche Welle.[15] In December 2021, she began the Hindi sex education podcast The Sex Podcast with Leeza Mangaldas on Spotify.[16] In 2023, Meta, the company operating Instagram, restricted several Indian sex education content creators' accounts—including that of Mangaldas, who then deleted some of her content to avoid restrictions after an unsuccessful appeal.[17]

In 2022 Mangaldas founded a sexual wellness brand called Leezu's which sells massagers and lubricants.[18]

Mangaldas is a member of The Pleasure Project, an NGO that has worked alongside the World Health Organization to research sexual health.[19] [20]

The Sex Book

In October 2022, Mangaldas published her first book The Sex Book: A Joyful Journey of Self-Discovery with Harper Collins, and released an audio version on Audible.[21] Scroll.in described the book as "scientifically oriented"[22] and The Hindu described the book as "an invaluable sex-education manual that helps readers navigate and celebrate their bodies, identities and relationships."[23] According to Vogue India, "Far from the grim scientific jargon and convoluted infographics of a biology textbook, The Sex Book is a breezy read. Mangaldas is like a good friend [...] No question is too stupid, no concern too small."[24]

Honors and awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Bhatia . Reema . October 2022 . Feminism in the Virtual Space: The Indian Context . Vantage: Journal of Thematic Analysis . 3 . 2 . 41 . Maitreyi College, University of Delhi.
  2. Web site: Shende . Shruti . 16 February 2022 . More to sex than reproduction . 7 February 2024 . Hindustan Times . en.
  3. Web site: Scheffler . Ian . Let's Talk About Sex on YouTube . Columbia Magazine . 8 February 2024 . en . 2022.
  4. Web site: Leeza . Mangaldas . Misogyny in India: We are all guilty . CNN . 7 February 2024 . en . 3 January 2013.
  5. Web site: About . Evoke India . 10 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150802150210/http://evokeindia.in/about/ . 2 August 2015 . 2015 . dead.
  6. Web site: The Evening of Beauty, Love, Money and Music at U S Consulate . TellyChakkar . 10 February 2024 . en . 7 December 2012.
  7. News: Adivarekar . Priya . Arty at heart . 9 February 2024 . . 4 April 2014 . en.
  8. News: Daniel . Zoe . India on Trial . 9 February 2024 . . 5 March 2013 . en-AU.
  9. News: In Her Honour . 9 February 2024 . . 26 February 2014 . en.
  10. News: Sethi . Shikha . Innovators, entertainers, disruptors, game changers: Meet GQ's Most Influential Young Indians . 10 February 2024 . GQ India . 11 February 2021 . en-IN.
  11. News: Extra Time with Leeza Mangaldas . 10 February 2024 . www.indiansuperleague.com . 5 March 2018.
  12. News: Leeza Mangaldas' YouTube channel will solve all your millennial woes, from relationships to sexuality - Elle India . 10 February 2024 . elle.in.
  13. News: Muralidharan . Siddarth . Leeza Mangaldas: ‘Some people think women should not talk about sex’ . 10 February 2024 . . 3 January 2023 . en.
  14. News: Bhura . Sneha . We pathologise our healthy bodies and desires, says online sex educator Leeza Mangaldas . 10 February 2024 . . 18 April 2021 . en.
  15. Web site: 2023-11-24 . Love Matters: How a podcast is shaping conversations on love, relationships, and more . 2024-02-07 . The Indian Express . en.
  16. News: Javalgekar . Aishwarya . 10 Must-Listen Feminist Podcasts Of 2022 . 10 February 2024 . Feminism in India . 21 December 2022.
  17. News: Singh . Rishika . ‘Account Restricted’: Sex-ed content creators fight shadowbans on social media sites . 10 February 2024 . . 7 September 2023 . en.
  18. Web site: 30 August 2023 . Sexual Wellness In India Is Undergoing A Revolution Thanks To These Inventive Brands . 7 February 2024 . IndiaTimes . en-IN.
  19. News: Nolen . Stephanie . 15 November 2022 . Bringing Sexy Back — To Fight H.I.V. . 7 February 2024 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  20. Web site: 10 July 2023 . The Pleasure Fellowship - The Pleasure Project . 7 February 2024 . en-GB.
  21. News: Menon . Anasuya . Sex educator Leeza Mangaldas’ book aims to normalise conversations around sex . 9 February 2024 . . 9 December 2022 . en-IN.
  22. News: Debnath . Sayari . October in nonfiction: Seven recent books that offer unique perspectives on India and its people . 9 February 2024 . . 8 October 2022.
  23. News: Basu . Soma . Five health books to read in October . 10 February 2024 . . 19 October 2022 . en-IN.
  24. Web site: Shankar . Avantika . Leeza Mangaldas: "We are just supposed to reluctantly have sex—what kind of bullshit expectation is that?" . Vogue India . 7 February 2024 . en-IN . 12 November 2022.
  25. News: HT Brunch Social Media Star of The Week: Leeza Mangaldas . Kuenzang . Karishma . 10 February 2024 . . 13 March 2021 . en.
  26. Web site: Cosmopolitan India Blogger Awards 2021-22: Meet the Winners . 7 February 2024 . www.cosmopolitan.in . en.
  27. Web site: 29 April 2022 . Meet GQ's 30 Most Influential Young Indians of 2022 . 7 February 2024 . GQ India . en-IN.
  28. News: Marik . Priyam . ‘We have a population of more than a billion and yet must pretend that none of us has sex’ . 10 February 2024 . www.telegraphindia.com . 16 July 2022.
  29. News: Team . S. T. P. . Spotify’s AmplifiHer: Meet The Women Who Are Shining Bright In India’s Audio Industry . 10 February 2024 . . 8 April 2022 . en.
  30. Web site: Brilliant, Loud and Exceptional: Rolling Stone India’s Women in Creativity Gathering Brought Together the Best in Arts and Business . . 10 February 2024 . 25 May 2023.
  31. News: D'silva . Sharon . Femina’s Fab 40: Leeza Mangaldas, Sexuality Educator & Author Femina.in . 10 February 2024 . . 19 November 2023 . en.

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