Commentary on current social affairs. Intersectional feminism examining questions of gender, sex, sexuality, caste, class, race, religion & other discriminators.
I think it would be fair to say that in my choices in the opposite sex, I’ve been a ‘brains’ person, a girl who liked geeks. In those personality quiz thingies, my answers have leant in the direction of Einstein & Socrates rather than Brad Pitt & Adonis. My men…
This character surfaces in several instances of pop culture.
* Inspired by Date A Girl Who Reads. Date a guy who has sisters. Preferably a middle child, so he knows what it’s like to look up to as well as look over (sometimes overlook) women. Hope that they’re the kind of women you’d like because it’ll be like having…
It’s war on the Smug Marrieds and I’m bringing my judgemental nukes.
How do you find the will to go on, as an unbeliever faced with death? I struggled at my grandmother’s funeral.
I usually steer clear of current affairs, especially on this blog. It’s comfortable to sit in this nook where a woman can say and do anything, assuming that the freedom of speech and other laws of this land apply equally to her. But the past couple of weeks have really…
I drag feet of clayThrough a day too longFlap through the slime of bad moodsTo islands of coherent thoughtAnd prepare for the battle of the sore back I fidget in my chairAnd remember too late,I’m wearing whiteI work late so the paper’s pristineAnd so no one sees the stains when…
A review of ‘Salt & Saffron’ by Kamila Shamsie
Is the Good Boy really that much better than the Bad Boy?
This story of an 80s feminist is always a comfort read. And it brings up a question we’re still grappling with thirty years later.