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  Why You Didn’t Call The Next Day
    Body & Sex | Poetry | Relationships

    Why You Didn’t Call The Next Day

    February 20, 2022September 17, 2023
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    A poem about when you kiss a friend.

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  I Don’t Belong Here
    Home & Identity | Poetry

    I Don’t Belong Here

    February 19, 2022September 17, 2023
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    These carefree whistlersgirls throwing hearts & bodies outto men who will let them falland men who will pick them uponly to throw them backI have been thrown away,thrown over, thrown backI don’t belong here The screaming thundersdripping rage & accusationsto fertile minds that will turn theminto gangrene & cancerThe storms…

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  Gehraiyaan: Good Galentine’s Release & Okay Solo Date Watch
    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Gehraiyaan: Good Galentine’s Release & Okay Solo Date Watch

    February 14, 2022February 27, 2025
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    Gehraiyaan isn’t a great Valentine’s Day release. But it does make for some rich girltalk fodder.

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  When Mumbai Awakens Again
    City | Map Of Emotion

    When Mumbai Awakens Again

    February 13, 2022March 3, 2023
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    I’ve always loved Mumbai but now feels like a new lease on life. A second chance to truly experience every breath.

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  Fairytale
    Poetry | Politics & Feminism

    Fairytale

    February 12, 2022September 17, 2023
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    I want a new fairytale.

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  Self-Love For Girls 🤹‍♀️🤸🏽‍♀️
    Body & Sex | Poetry | Politics & Feminism

    Self-Love For Girls 🤹‍♀️🤸🏽‍♀️

    January 21, 2022September 17, 2023
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    Girl, love yourself though it be hard.

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  Talking About Love With You
    Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Relationships

    Talking About Love With You

    January 18, 2022September 17, 2023
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    You tell me this is what it means to loveYou say that is love, this is lovingYou point me to poetryas a dictionary for the love languageAnd therapy terminologyto dissect this feeling These my friend,are conversations about love,Not love itself(And note, that I call you ‘friend’,not ‘my love’)Because I’ve read…

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  Meditations From 2021
    Map Of Emotion

    Meditations From 2021

    January 17, 2022March 3, 2023
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    It got harder and harder to write in the end of 2021 as feelings drowned me. But I managed to grab a few words & held onto them like my last hope. I just wasn’t able to be my more industrious self & blog them. Maybe I let that side…

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    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion

    Last Mile Hope

    January 17, 2022April 21, 2023
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    The most uncomfortable thing about the pandemic has been living with Fearful Me. It knows no hope.

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  Following The Star In 2021
    Map Of Emotion

    Following The Star In 2021

    January 16, 2022April 23, 2023
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    My 2021 Christmas post talks to ghosts of my Christmases past and right into a silent future under a star.

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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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