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    A Nostalgia Fetish

    August 2, 2007November 11, 2023
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    Indulge in the nostalgia fetish. Cherish enhanced memories over physical experiences. Filtered to fit the mind’s eye, memories are the distilled essence of reality.

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  Neanderthal Woman
    Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Neanderthal Woman

    August 2, 2007March 12, 2023
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    Watched a re-run of my old favorite show Ally McBeal. On this episode Ally’s firm defends a man who has slapped another man for daring to insult his date. Let’s start again. The situation was as follows: Man 1 and Woman go to a party together and get to kissing….

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  55 Words: Ray Of Light
    City | Fiction | Relationships

    55 Words: Ray Of Light

    July 30, 2007March 12, 2023
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    He looks at her from the corner of his eyeThinking she won’t noticeSecretly hoping she willSo secret, he won’t even admit to himself She feels his lookLike sunlight, warm on her cheeksHer eyes stay downcastShielded from his blinding gazeWarmed nevertheless by its intensity Then it starts to rain.

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    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    The Myth Of Virginity

    July 30, 2007July 3, 2024
    15 Comments

    The thing that bothers me is that people confuse virginity with purity and use the first to prove the second. Please, people, let’s get this straight: Virginity (or rather, the state of never having had sex) is physical, purity is spiritual. Really now, aren’t we all adult enough (and that…

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  Romantic Setting
    City | Roving I

    Romantic Setting

    July 27, 2007March 29, 2025
    10 Comments

    It’s a filthy city, no doubt, strewn with plastic waste. But when you have someone real to walk with you, even a walk through a plastic world can seem romantic. Apparantly romance has nothing to do with beautiful places and comfortable surroundings. Who says Mumbai is not romantic? This is…

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    Digital World | Map Of Emotion

    Escapist

    July 26, 2007November 11, 2023
    2 Comments

    How to be an escapist in the all-seeing 24 x 7 internet.

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    Poetry

    My love is the thorn on the red, red rose

    July 23, 2007September 17, 2023
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    If love were a poem, I’d be an ode to your being.
    If love were a song, I’d be a serenade to you.
    If love were a painting, I’d be a blind artist.

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  55 Words: Pot Of Gold
    Digital World | Fiction

    55 Words: Pot Of Gold

    July 19, 2007November 11, 2023
    6 Comments

    A short tale in 55 words. Her parents say that she was born talking. Then she discovered writingEnglish grammar compositionsStories and poetryLetters and emailsChats and instant messagingSMSes, Orkut scrapsResumes and reports Then she stumbled onto bloggingAnd anonymous postingEven editing and deletingAnd much later, private publishing But silence is yet to…

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    Body & Sex | Digital World | Relationships

    Spec-tacularly mad

    July 19, 2007November 11, 2023
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    I have a weakness for men in spectacles. Quite mad for them, in fact. Maybe I associate that with intelligence. Maybe it’s my Electra Syndrome.

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    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Green-Eyed Scapegoat Of Jealousy

    July 17, 2007November 12, 2023
    2 Comments

    I explore the difference between ownership and connection, and the destructive nature of jealousy compared to the compromises of possessiveness.

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  • 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…”
  • IdeaSmith on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “@XXfan: Yes, it appears to be a legal requirement for the hospital to show the removed parts to kin, probably…”
  • Xxfan on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “I experience with hysterectomy made me more mature.my mom had to have a hysterectomy.this was my first experience handling everything…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Slogan Murugan: Indeed. Books were always fascinating but this year has been about the people and spaces around books as…”

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