Make That One Water: Saying No To Alcohol
This December I passed a milestone in my life and quit alcohol altogether. I am part of a culture that has mixed messages about alcohol & gender.
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The Hidden Politics Of Book Discussion
I follow this blog-in-Facebook-updates called LABYRINTHS. Its picture-stories trigger off ideas, feelings and on occasion, memories. Today’s story is titled The IVORY BOOK CLUB and is a conversation between two people about the quality of literature. It felt like an instant frame capture from my own life and here’s what…
The Show Goes On But Can It Be Better?
Shamir Reuben, popular poet & head of content at Kommune was accused of soliciting nude pictures from an underage woman.
Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships | WorkSpace
LA-based GirlTalkHQ covers SXonomics: ‘Indian Band SXonomics Using Spoken Word Poetry To Talk Feminism & Fight The Patriarchy’
SXonomics was covered in LA-based publications GirlTalkHQ.
If I Were To Speak At Mark Salling’s Funeral
Glee actor Mark Salling was found dead a few hours earlier. There have been a slew of ‘He deserved it’ messages online.
SXonomics in DNA AfterHours: ‘ These Bands Are Giving Out A Strong Message In Music’
My creative collaboration in performance, SXonomics was written about in DNA AfterHours – “These bands are giving out a strong message in music”
Aziz Ansari And The Missed Cues
Another man joins the ranks of predators and this time it’s a brown, woke man called Aziz Ansari.
Rape Culture, One Accidental Anal Joke At A Time
A viral tweet made me think about how ‘accidental anal’ is rape. And it brought the manosphere out in force.
BOOK REVIEW: Turtles All The Way Down – John Green
John Green books place teenagers in horrific situations (cancer, accidents, abuse). Still ‘Turtles all the way down’ is a different kind of monster.
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The Curd Rice Chronicles
Forget about being nice. Just stay curd rice. ~O~O~O~ Curd rice on the streets. Mor mollagai in the sheets. ~O~O~O~ Kadipatta must be sent to jail for showing up in curd rice. ~O~O~O~ My balanced diet of curd rice, workaholism, wine and male tears. ~O~O~O~ It’s not over until curd…