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  Validation
    Poetry | Relationships

    Validation

    March 10, 2005September 17, 2023
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    What’s validation between us?

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  • Ride
    Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Ride Of Life

    March 9, 2005September 17, 2023
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    Who is along for the ride?

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  • power struggle
    Poetry

    Power Struggles

    March 4, 2005September 17, 2023
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    Power struggles over the phone

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    Body & Sex | Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Countdown To The 28th Day

    February 27, 2005September 17, 2023
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    D – day to D – day is just 28 days.

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  • books file on the book shelves
    Books | City | Pop Culture

    A Visit To The Bookstore

    February 22, 2005January 11, 2024
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    A trip to the Oxford bookstore yields some cynical trends about readers and the publishing industry and ends in a befuddling find.

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  • Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    Moving And Being

    February 19, 2005September 16, 2023
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    I was moving. Life is what’s falling short of perfection. The rest is just aspiration. Every second I was one kind word away from tears.

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  • Pop Culture

    Life At The Flat End Of The Bell Curve

    February 18, 2005February 11, 2023
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    I love commercials. I hum jingles and quote taglines in conversations. The TV is on at full blast and the only time I yell “Don’t change the channel!” is when there’s a commercial on air. I hated school. I still do. I don’t reminisce about the good ol’ playground and…

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  • black and white man half in shadow
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Dedicated To The Man Component

    February 14, 2005January 11, 2024
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    For the men who’ve walked in and out of my lifeAnd trampled all over my heart and demonstrated just how tough it isFor the power struggles and conflictsAnd the reshaping of me that came from itFor the betrayals and insultsAnd the lessons I learnt from themFor the distances and wallsAnd…

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  A Music Lesson With Lolita
    Body & Sex | Poetry | Politics & Feminism

    A Music Lesson With Lolita

    February 8, 2005January 11, 2024
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    A music lesson is also a conversation between a predator and his prey. Lolita writes a poem.

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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    It’s A Long Way To The End Of The Road

    January 30, 2005April 14, 2024
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    Srini in a Thai village In response to the post with the same pic on Srini’s blog It’s a long way to the end of the road My wheels turn on tirelesslyOn one side, the world as I know itCalls out to me enchanting in its various delightsAnd on the…

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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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