
Similar Posts
Angry Girl Of The Indie Rock Persuasion
I was fascinated by the saree as a child. Unfettered by stitches, lacking the artifice of buttons, a saree was freedom. I’ve struggled with gender boxes my whole life. Every damn thing, a fucking war. Short hair. Tattoos. Red clothes. Short clothes. Boots, not sandals. Science projects. Marketing jobs. An…

#IdeaStory: Merry-Go-Round
Life with you is like being on a merry-go-round, she says. But, he asks, did you see the view? Yes, she says, on our next upswing.
Memory Diving
You may look back more often than the world tells you that you should. You may linger in places you’ve already spent too many dark moments in, with no increasing clarity. Why did she leave? Why did he stay silent? What were they thinking? Did they ever consider how you…

Google Plus Versus Facebook: Early Thoughts
The day before yesterday, the boy mentioned Google’s latest product. Yesterday, the newspaper carried an article and I tweeted asking if anyone knew when it would be launched. Among the replies (that it already had been), I did get one incredulous one saying, “I can’t believe you just tweeted that!!”…

You Are In Our Conversations
I talk to my friends about you. It used to be with shame till they told me it was nice hearing me sound this way. I tell them the things about you that move me to pieces. The shards I didn’t know were sore till you touched them. (we debate…

Oceanβs 8βββFeminist Or Not?
The Ocean franchise is what I like to think of as Smooth Masculine (but still very masculine)βββa format popularized by the early James Bonds. Theyβre stylish and suave. They actually talk, even intimidate, with words rather than their fists. In itself, this digresses from the usual toxic masculine image of…