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  Where’s The Flirty Party? – The Power Moves of Flirting
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Where’s The Flirty Party? – The Power Moves of Flirting

    September 12, 2021September 16, 2023
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    Flirting feels like a party I wasn’t invited to. A concert playing all around me & everyone’s vibing, except me.

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  BOOK REVIEW: The Guide – RK Narayan
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    BOOK REVIEW: The Guide – RK Narayan

    September 10, 2021July 3, 2024
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    Because of the Bollywood associations, I was worried that ‘The Guide’ would disappoint me when other RK Narayan works had delighted.

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  Dignity In A World Of Tumult
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    Dignity In A World Of Tumult

    September 10, 2021March 5, 2023
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    I’ve been thinking about dignity. I do, a lot, especially when I feel I’ve not been dignified. I haven’t felt it lately because I haven’t felt in control of anything. But dignity isn’t about control, is it? I realised that most of my emotional decisions were trauma reactions. It wasn’t…

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  So Long & Thanks For All The Sunshine!
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    So Long & Thanks For All The Sunshine!

    September 8, 2021March 5, 2023
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    I’ve been cycling for a month now. I was lucky through all of August where my high energy days coincided with sunshine moments.

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  • Lessons of Leo
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    Lessons Of Leo 👑

    August 31, 2021February 25, 2025
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    August, Leo month, brought me back to life, piecing together from debris, things I’ve never owned.

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  The Political Isn’t Just Personal, It’s Emotional
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    The Political Isn’t Just Personal, It’s Emotional

    August 15, 2021February 25, 2025
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    Our political beliefs come from deeply ingrained personal affections, loyalties and yes, traumas.

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  When The Cocoon Is Too Small
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    When The Cocoon Is Too Small

    August 14, 2021March 5, 2023
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    When you go long enough turning scars into art, you start thinking of wounds as poetry. And the cacophony of imaginary voices, as the orchestra of your soul. You seek out people who call you beautiful when you bleed. People who willing aid you in that process, a little too…

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  Decoding Desire
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    Decoding Desire

    August 13, 2021September 17, 2023
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    Desire puts us in the space of seeing what we need, what we yearn for. And this, right now after a long period of starvation & loneliness & desolation is shadowy. The needs are real but are they deep or transient? Will they vanish like FOMO the minute they are…

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  Kaleidoscope Love
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    Kaleidoscope Love

    August 12, 2021February 25, 2025
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    Do I have the courage to be loved by that which is bigger than me? Yes, it’s a question of courage. Also of ego. The spiritual masters say that love is a lesson in your own projections & insights on your being that appear as reflections in the beloved. I…

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  BLUE or A Rejection Of Romance
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    BLUE or A Rejection Of Romance

    August 11, 2021September 17, 2023
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    His voice holds me. His words unravel me. And the trouble is the unraveling, the undoing, the blurring continue long after the voice has gone silent, the line cold. Because words, they linger. Burning flesh wounds inside defenses. And everything else feels harder, sharper, steelier. I am in a world…

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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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