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    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    The Dark Side of the Man

    May 24, 2007November 22, 2023
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    I ponder the allure of flawed men in Spiderman 3, from Peter Parker’s internal battles to the captivating darkness that surrounds the man behind the spider.

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  Friends Are For Telling Secrets To
    Map Of Emotion | Relationships | Roving I

    Friends Are For Telling Secrets To

    May 24, 2007March 29, 2025
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    I am there if you ever need to talk. And remember, I can keep a secret! She smiled a warm goodbye thinking, Yes, I would trust you if I had a secretIn fact I almost wish I had one right now,Just so I could share it with you What an…

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  Moments Of Joy
    City | Home & Identity | Roving I

    Moments Of Joy

    May 23, 2007March 29, 2025
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    Catching a moment of joy in the mundane in the midst of a clogged day.

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  • Relationships

    The Premise of Compromise

    May 20, 2007March 8, 2023
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    If there were ever a conflict between being yourself and making someone you loved happy, what would you choose? The answer may seem obvious but it isn’t. For one thing, it is really quite difficult to stay cold and oblivious to the desires of the people we love. All of…

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  Stubborn As A Mill
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    Stubborn As A Mill

    May 17, 2007March 30, 2025
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    If you ram your head into a wall too much, you might get stuck in it!!! Let’s call this being as stubborn as a mill.

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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Till Death Do Us Part: Ramblings on Commitment

    May 17, 2007November 22, 2023
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    I have been pondering the meaning of commitment. Ha. Today’s thought for the day says,

    Honesty is not something to flirt with. We must be married to it.

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    Fiction | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Acts Of Little Faith

    May 16, 2007November 22, 2023
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    I awaited the drama, watching for all the acts of the characters.

    Presumption and Ego came to me.

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  • City | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism | WorkSpace

    A Day In Chennai

    May 16, 2007April 14, 2024
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    *Yawn* 0430 is just too damn early to start the day. So much for early mornings…it ain’t morning if it still looks like night!!!!! But ah, Chennai is a city that wakes up at ungodly hours and if I have to be there to catch it, I’ve gotta be up…

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  • Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism

    A Feminist By Any Other Name…

    May 16, 2007March 8, 2023
    11 Comments

    Delhiwallas hit on youMumbai men check you outBangalore’s dudes stare in open admirationChennai guys ogle …..and when I smile, the coffee-bar guy gives me a mug full of warm, liquid chocolate to pour as I like into my drink. The men from the office complex adjoining mine turn their heads…

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    Love, Actually

    May 13, 2007November 24, 2023
    25 Comments

    Some random things that have drifted across my mind recently about love, commitment, identity, abuse and other such:

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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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