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  To The Guy Who Likes Long Drives
    Digital World | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    To The Guy Who Likes Long Drives

    April 11, 2021March 16, 2023
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    I wrote to all the guys who list ‘long drives’ as what they like on dating apps

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  Mutual Misbehaviour
    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Mutual Misbehaviour

    April 5, 2021February 25, 2025
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    When I protest misbehaviour, I’m told “that’s how other people behave with me”. Does mutual misbehaviour negate the fact that this is in fact, misbehaviour?

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  • watercolours
    Body & Sex | Books | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Watercolours & Words

    April 3, 2021July 16, 2023
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    Healing is messy. So is art. So is living. With lots of love to @senseslenses and @shaunakde for helping make my life & healing, art. My journey in watercolours.

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  • Bombay Begums
    Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    In The Court Of The Bombay Begums

    April 1, 2021July 16, 2023
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    Bombay Begums follows a formula of casting, tropes & production values. But it brings up some interesting questions.

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  A Big Ask
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    A Big Ask

    March 30, 2021February 25, 2025
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    Do we invest any pride in the act of asking? Ask.

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  • Last Chance Saloon Marian Keyes
    Books | Home & Identity | Relationships

    The Last-But-One Chance Saloon

    March 29, 2021April 14, 2024
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    Returning to a book I first read nearly a decade ago made me think about how many times I truly had that last chance.

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  The Two Readers
    Books | Pop Culture

    The Two Readers

    March 26, 2021July 3, 2024
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    Of all the readers in the world with whom to bond over LOTR, I never expected one to be my teacher.

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  This Stops With Me
    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    This Stops With Me

    March 25, 2021March 16, 2023
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    Hate, violence, abuse – these breed more of their own when left unchecked. I say this stops with me.

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  • time
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    When You Move But Time Doesn’t

    March 24, 2021February 25, 2025
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    The pandemic confused our relationship with time. What does it mean to be mature? Do we fit into our generations?

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  Paper Shields
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    Paper Shields

    March 18, 2021September 7, 2023
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    I’ve been examining the concept of labels this week – why we need them, why I resist them so much. No denying labels play an important role in the human experience. For a lot of people they are shields. A name is a label & it’s the first building block…

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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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