Female Friendship: The 40s Made Me Rethink Midlife & Misogyny
Female friendship is flattened by patriarchy’s demands. Post 40, I’m finding other women seeking mindful connection & the ability to moderate.
Relationships
Navigating Family, Friendship, Marriage, Colleagues, Companions & other social connections
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A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal
Friendship with men felt like walking across broken glass hoping for true connection. Post 40, I look back with impatience & better boundaries.
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Flavours Of Women Of Colour: Bulbul Sharma, Deesha Philyaw
Women ’s stories linger in kitchens & church pews. They carry the weight of funeral households, prayer rituals and unspoken female desire.
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Lit Crush: Gabrielle Zevin ‘s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry
How do you reconcile the love of some books with the thought that their authors hate people like you? Gabrielle Zevin makes me ponder this.
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When Did Reading Become Performance?
Reading isn’t a flex. Self-help isn’t a gateway drug to fiction. If you read to look good, I’m not impressed—and neither is Gabrielle Zevin.
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The One Who Gave Me A Book – Cleopatra & Frankenstein: Coco Mellers
Books, like people, appear when you need them most. I’ve found a book shop, a community, a friend and a book on my way to myself.
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We Need To Hold The Father Accountable For Toxic Masculinity
Why is bad parenting seen as bad mothering? And why is a father allowed the bare minimum when he shapes masculinity for the world?
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The Gentle Goodbye: Embracing Clean Endings In Life
2024 was the year I embraced the art of the clean goodbye —free of regret, pain, and drama. Why do we make goodbyes so complicated? (Audio included)
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How Female Erasure (Mis)Shapes Our History
Female erasure in history means women like my aunt —and maybe me — are left unrecorded, our stories quietly slipping out of memory. Includes audio.
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Finding My Khandaan: My Life Through the Bollywood Khans
The Khandaan podcast inspires a journey through my Bollywood memories, uncovering how they shaped our cultural identities and gender politics in relationships.
