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Mad Men: THE SUMMER MAN – How A Woman Navigates Power

November 4, 2024November 6, 2024
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The Mad Men episode ‘The Summer Man’ brings up insights about how each woman navigates power & microggressions in the workplace.

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How Female Erasure (Mis)Shapes Our History

November 2, 2024November 2, 2024
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Female erasure in history means women like my aunt, my great-grandmother—and maybe me—are left unrecorded, our stories quietly slipping out of memory.

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Body & Sex | Home & Identity

Don’t Tell Me I’m Hot

October 31, 2024October 31, 2024
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This journey isn’t about being hot; it’s about finding true comfort in my skin, rejecting the myth of pretty privilege, and feeling at home again.

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Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

Finding My Khandaan: My Life Through the Bollywood Khans

October 27, 2024October 28, 2024
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The Khandaan podcast inspires a journey through my Bollywood memories, uncovering how they shaped our cultural identities and gender politics in relationships.

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When You Have A Choice In Your Story: Choices ‘Slow Burn’

October 25, 2024October 27, 2024
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Slow Burn on the Choices app highlights the importance of sensitive representation in interactive stories, showing how diversity shapes narrative choice.

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Mining Joy On A Joyride: Mumbai Metro Aqua Line 3

October 20, 2024October 28, 2024
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Mumbai’s first underground metro, Line 3 or the Aqua Line opened with a route from Aarey to BKC. I took a joyride to see my city change.

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Mad Men: Don Draper & Pregnancy Scares

September 25, 2024September 25, 2024
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Don Draper’s personal history with sex and pregnancy scares, may reveal deeper layers to his marriage to Betty. #MadMen

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Bullying Insights In Pop Culture: Harry Potter To Mean Girls

August 22, 2024October 28, 2024
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Pop culture helps me frame how people behave and who I become. I found some notable insights on bullying in Harry Potter & Mean Girls.

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How We Talk About Violence: The Bengaluru PG Murder

July 27, 2024July 27, 2024
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A Bengaluru murder reveals deeper issues of gender violence, victim-blaming & cultural conflicts. We need to reconsider how we think about violence.

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Review: ROLE-PLAYING – Cathy Yardley: Feminism Via ChickLit

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024
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Explore the feminist evolution of ChickLit with Cathy Yardley’s ‘Role-Playing’. Delve into diverse characters, complex conflicts & a fresh take on romance.

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  • Lizzybeth on When You Have A Choice In Your Story: Choices ‘Slow Burn’: “I’m so glad to find another person who loves Slow Burn! I loved the concept and I loved the almost-episodic…”
  • Topher on How Female Erasure (Mis)Shapes Our History: “This is a great post. As a story teller, I love finding lost stories. While I do mourn the loss…”
  • IdeaSmith on When You Have A Choice In Your Story: Choices ‘Slow Burn’: “@Topher: Indeed. I was rather unimpressed by Netflix’s first CYOA story but I haven’t checked out the later ones. Choices…”
  • IdeaSmith on Finding My Khandaan: My Life Through the Bollywood Khans: “@Topher: I’m just glad the LOT is out of my brain and now down on my blog! Thank you for…”
  • Topher on Finding My Khandaan: My Life Through the Bollywood Khans: “There’s a LOT going on in this post about who they are, who you are, and how you got here.…”
  • Topher on When You Have A Choice In Your Story: Choices ‘Slow Burn’: “I loved “Choose your own adventure” books when I was kid. 🙂 Choices sounds like a really interesting evolution to…”
  • IdeaSmith on Mining Joy On A Joyride: Mumbai Metro Aqua Line 3: “@Lisa: Cities are such impactful experiences because they’re changing even faster and more violently than individual human lives. I remember…”
  • IdeaSmith on Big City Girl: Marol Memoirs: “@Lisa: Thank you so much! Also for indulging me with a visit. It really allowed me to see the place…”
  • Lisa on Mining Joy On A Joyride: Mumbai Metro Aqua Line 3: “I recall the first ever time I saw a metro in Dubai, it was mostly underground. So travelling in Mumbai’s…”
  • Lisa on Big City Girl: Marol Memoirs: “I really love how this painted such a vivid picture of Marol, so much so that you could almost hear…”

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