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  The Fellowship Of The Readers
    Books | Pop Culture

    The Fellowship Of The Readers

    March 17, 2021March 16, 2023
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    LOTR came to me from the person who inducted me into the fellowship of readers.

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  Healing In A Time Of Hate (And Hate Activism)
    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Healing In A Time Of Hate (And Hate Activism)

    March 16, 2021April 23, 2023
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    I thought the activists who approached me wanted to heal the wounded. I was wrong. There’s no healing when there is hate.

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  A Good Conversationalist
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    A Good Conversationalist

    March 10, 2021March 16, 2023
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    What makes a person a good conversationalist?

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  Unbottling Fear
    Map Of Emotion

    Unbottling Fear

    March 10, 2021December 29, 2023
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    Can we acknowledge fear as normal for a minute?

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  Is This Feminism?: Women’s Day
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    Is This Feminism?: Women’s Day

    March 9, 2021September 17, 2023
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    Is Women’s Day feminist or the exact opposite?

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  The Public Personal
    Digital World | WorkSpace

    The Public Personal

    March 9, 2021March 16, 2023
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    When your life is lived out on the digital space, where does the public end and the personal begin?

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  ZODIAC-A-RAMA: Bachchon, Yeh Mat Khao
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    ZODIAC-A-RAMA: Bachchon, Yeh Mat Khao

    March 4, 2021March 30, 2025
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    I love listicles about astrology! Here’s one more on my theme of #Zodiacarama. The zodiac signs as 80s/90s Indian sweets. ARIES: Mango Mood & everything from the sour things thela wala – Makes weird faces. Makes you make weird faces. Everything is a dare. TAURUS: Monginis slice cake – Soft,…

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  Bleeding Colour
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Bleeding Colour

    March 1, 2021July 16, 2023
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    Body positivity starts with treating your self as a work of art.

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  Paper Lovers
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    Paper Lovers

    February 28, 2021February 25, 2025
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    We didn’t speak at our first meeting. He wore orange trousers & skulked in a corner.  I was the life of the party in pinstripes. Irony clinked glasses all around. I discovered he had a blog & I visited from my anonymous account. It was much better than the one…

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  Happy Journeys
    Map Of Emotion

    Happy Journeys

    February 26, 2021February 25, 2025
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    How do you recognise happy?

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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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