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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Pain, Actually

    May 2, 2007April 11, 2024
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    Some people make you come to lifeIt’s like they make you feel so much moreAnd they do it by hurting you ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Masochism isn’t that abnormal after allEveryone picks their scabs and healing bruises when they are kidsSome people just carry that behaviour into their emotions as well ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ And…

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  Painful thoughts
    Map Of Emotion

    Painful thoughts

    May 2, 2007April 14, 2024
    6 Comments

    Some people make you come to lifeIt’s like they make you feel so much moreAnd they do it by hurting you ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ Masochism isn’t that abnormal after allEveryone picks their scabs and healing bruises when they are kidsSome people just carry that behaviour into their emotions as well ~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~o~ And…

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  • Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Lost in Translation – I Don’t Understand

    May 2, 2007November 24, 2023
    3 Comments

    There are things about relationships that I don’t understand. We have words for some of them that sound as if they’re answers but I still don’t understand.

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  • Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Electra and Oedipus on a date

    April 30, 2007April 14, 2024
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    Oedipus and Electra read the same books. Their playlists are very similar, just categorized and played differently. In fact they grew up a few miles from each other. And their parents may have met…they belong to the same circles. They’re both talkers and listeners. They are successful, friendly, well-liked by…

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  In Love With Life
    Books | Map Of Emotion

    In Love With Life

    April 29, 2007March 26, 2023
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    I’m reading The Bridge across forever. Books, just like people, some you ride along with for awhile, some you fall in love with the first time you meet and every meeting thereafter is a joy. And some, exactly like people, happen to you and life is like magic from then…

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  Love And Longing In Mumbai
    City | Poetry | Roving I

    Love And Longing In Mumbai

    April 26, 2007March 29, 2025
    9 Comments

    Meet me in my dreamsBecause that’s the only place I’ll let you existTell me anything you like, your silliest moments, your heartfelt desiresI’ll do my best to make them trueAnd we’ll live through fantasy The next morning, when I wake up in my worldAnd you in yoursDon’t try to hold…

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    Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Oedipus and Electra (And How They Bless Our Unions)

    April 25, 2007November 24, 2023
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    The Greek myths of Oedipus and Electra give modern psychology some interesting frameworks. How do these work out in dating?

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  Shoe Stories
    Body & Sex | Pop Culture

    Shoe Stories

    April 23, 2007November 24, 2023
    8 Comments

    Last month I wrote about my first pair of wedge heels. It opened up my eyes to the world of shoe experiences.

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  55-Words: The Appraisal
    Fiction | WorkSpace

    55-Words: The Appraisal

    April 22, 2007November 24, 2023
    6 Comments

    A short story in 55 words.

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    Relationships

    Finite Relationships – When You Catch Up With An Ex

    April 19, 2007November 28, 2023
    7 Comments

    If someone from your past came back to you, would you be willing to give them another chance? I thought about the feelings & memories that make up Ex anyone.

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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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