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    A Good Job

    April 13, 2006March 4, 2023
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    Most of us started our careers in search of a big pay package. We zeroed in on the boom industries, targetted the top-tier companies and tailored our resumes accordingly. We rehearsed our replies to interview questions, altered our attitudes and lifestyles and ourselves to land that ‘perfect job’. And the…

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  Elizabeth Bennet & Scarlett O’Hara: Literary Icons of the Modern Woman
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    Elizabeth Bennet & Scarlett O’Hara: Literary Icons of the Modern Woman

    April 2, 2006December 30, 2023
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    I examine Elizabeth Bennet (of Pride & Prejudice) & Scarlett O’Hara (of Gone with the wind)’s different paths through powerful womanhood.

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  Caution: Women At Work
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    Caution: Women At Work

    March 24, 2006March 4, 2023
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      I created the image above. Doesn’t it look sketchy? And odd…since such signs are usually black-on-yellow and not green-and-black-on-blue? Moreover, the lady is wearing spiky heels and wielding a shovel. Oh well, that’s why I’m saying….Caution ahead, Women at work! I’m going to be a hypocrite and talk about…

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    Erma Bombeck’s Cope Book – Being Average & Coping

    March 23, 2006December 30, 2023
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    Discover the wisdom in coping with ordinary life through Erma Bombeck’s perspective in ‘Aunt Erma’s cope book’. Passion overrated, average undervalued.

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    Vanity Unfair

    March 20, 2006December 30, 2023
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    My jeans are too tight for me to breathe. I’ve put on weight. *Groan*. Why, why, WHY should it matter? I am not fat. I’ve never been fat. I am not going to be fat. And if I do, will it matter? Yes, it damn well will. To my vanity….

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    Alumni Meet

    March 19, 2006March 30, 2025
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    There is a world of difference between ‘student’ and ‘alumni’. If I had to write ‘Things they never told me about in b-school’, it would run into volumes.

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    How I Celebrated Women ‘s Day

    March 8, 2006January 16, 2025
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    Reflecting on Women’s Day, celebrating voices and the Blank Noise Project. A day of unexpected joys and appreciation for influential women. #WomensDay

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    Hiding In The Crowd – Street Harassment

    March 5, 2006January 16, 2025
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    This is my contribution to the blog-a-thon on Street Harassment organized by Blank Noise Project. Mama says don’t go here, don’t go thereDad tells me to stop ‘attracting attention’ with my clothesMa tells me she doesn’t have a problem if I look good; only that other people will think so…

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    Appointment with Dr.Love

    March 3, 2006March 4, 2023
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    Chatting with my cousin who’s in the middle of the placement week in top-notch b-school… He says that the international companies were all looking for women this year. All the women on campus had the most offers and best paychecks. I smirked when I typed “Maybe we just are superior”….

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  When An Application Form Asked Me What I Like
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    When An Application Form Asked Me What I Like

    March 2, 2006December 30, 2023
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    An application form asked me what I liked. That question sent me down a rabbit hole of my assumptions. I emerged with a reminder of how colourful my life is.

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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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