I feel like a character in someone else’s coming-of-age story
This character surfaces in several instances of pop culture.
Politics & Feminism
Commentary on current social affairs. Intersectional feminism examining questions of gender, sex, sexuality, caste, class, race, religion & other discriminators.
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Date A Man Who Knows Women
* 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…
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Ms.Judgemental vs. Mrs.Judgemental
It’s war on the Smug Marrieds and I’m bringing my judgemental nukes.
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Faith At A Funeral
How do you find the will to go on, as an unbeliever faced with death? I struggled at my grandmother’s funeral.
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The Land Of Chowmein Rapes & Durga Ma
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…
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Goddess
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…
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Salt & Saffron: Kamila Shamsie – Where you came from and where you’re going
A review of ‘Salt & Saffron’ by Kamila Shamsie
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The Badness Of Good Boys
Is the Good Boy really that much better than the Bad Boy?
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Career Woman or Wife: Why Should A Woman Have To Choose?
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.
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Where I Take The Power Back
I’m reclaiming my right to write. There’s much I’ve felt and been and heard and wanted to say but didn’t. A relationship, an engagement, a bitter breakup…aren’t all of these fodder for a feeling writer? And yet I’ve been quiet. I’ve been under a self-imposed gag order that no one…
