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  What Do We Owe Each Other In Shifting Normals?
    Body & Sex | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    What Do We Owe Each Other In Shifting Normals?

    August 18, 2022March 23, 2026
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    We do not have a consensus on what love, commitment, sex or identity mean. Maybe we don’t need to agree. What do we owe each other then?

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  And Just Like That…I Found Friends Again
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    And Just Like That…I Found Friends Again

    August 17, 2022April 21, 2023
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    Finding myself at a lull between sumptuous stories, I wandered into a familiar storyline. And just like that, I found friends again.

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  Silent Gods – A Political Poem
    Poetry | Politics & Feminism

    Silent Gods – A Political Poem

    August 15, 2022September 17, 2023
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    A political poem about India’s many gods

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  Modern Love: The Quest For Identity First
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    Modern Love: The Quest For Identity First

    August 1, 2022June 13, 2025
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    What were the brutal experiences of the last two years but lessons in love? Who are you when all has been stripped away/

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  A Refugee From Amatonormativity
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    A Refugee From Amatonormativity

    July 31, 2022March 28, 2023
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    I’ve heard of asexuality, aromanticism and polyamory. Then a friend sent me this video talking about AMATONORMATIVITY. Well-meaning friends have gently (or bluntly) told me that my experiences of abuse turned me against men/marriage. There may be some truth to that. The very thought of weddings – invitations, over-the-top engagement…

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  The “Do They Treat You Well?” Play
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    The “Do They Treat You Well?” Play

    July 29, 2022July 16, 2023
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    Kim’s Convenience asks, “Do they treat you well?”. I wish someone had thought to ask me that. The question has affection and no saviour complex.

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  Raining Me
    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Raining Me

    July 27, 2022April 21, 2023
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    It’s raining wounds.

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  Being My Age Is A Feminist Act
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    Being My Age Is A Feminist Act

    July 26, 2022October 9, 2023
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    I’m often told I don’t look my age. What is complimentary about that?

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  Lesson
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    Lesson

    July 25, 2022March 3, 2023
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    Who are you after what you have learnt? Who is your real teacher and what is the lesson?

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  A Year Of Lonely Love & Communal Grief
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    A Year Of Lonely Love & Communal Grief

    July 24, 2022June 26, 2025
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    For JD It’s coming on an year since our last conversation. A week when we were negotiating our definitions of intimacy, proximity, boundaries & identity. Sadly, I don’t even have the records of that any more. My phone crashed abruptly, last month. This is the same phone that you helped…

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  • IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “@Harshaman: What a delightful set of throwbacks it was to receive this comment! First, to the days when one would…”
  • Harshaman on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “Which for me means, looking back at the past with a discerning and curatorial eye I had been thinking about…”
  • Neha Kapoor on Unlikeable Women: It’s Okay To Dislike Her, But Respect Her: “You always have such good book recommendations!”
  • IdeaSmith on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “@Soumya: Thank you for reading and commenting. Yes, I’ve had a good male role model. Unfortunately for me, I’ve encountered…”
  • IdeaSmith on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “@krist0ph3r: ‘Judgement as mental shorthand’ is a great way to look at it. It’s narrow to think of judgementalism as…”
  • Soumya on A Post-40 Primer On Friendship With Men: Hope & Betrayal: “Hi Ramya, Firstly, my congratulations on a well written post. It didn’t pull its punches. Secondly, it was lovely to…”
  • krist0ph3r on Trusting My Judgement Again: Thanks Meena Kandasamy & The Rookie: “Wow, that was a lot to process and at some point it got too much for me to handle reading.…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Sid: Oh god, you’re right.”
  • Sid on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “I think the Poser Reader sentiment also comes from the branding reading as a hobby has had. Successful people say…”
  • Topher on Lit Crush: Gabrielle Zevin ‘s Tomorrow & Tomorrow & Tomorrow, The Storied Life of A.J.Fikry: “I too struggle greatly with problematic people who make great things. As a child Bill Cosby brought YEARS of joy…”

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