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  Orange Solo
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    Orange Solo

    November 22, 2020February 25, 2025
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    Some nights are a turquoise tango, some days are an orange solo. 

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  Drag Me
    Body & Sex | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism

    Drag Me

    November 18, 2020February 25, 2025
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    If you were in drag, what would you be like? And where does the drag stop and where begins your identity?

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    Map Of Emotion

    Does Sorry Have To Be Followed By Forgiveness?

    November 5, 2020August 13, 2023
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    Why is forgiveness so hard? Because it involves going back to face deeply unpleasant feelings. Does saying sorry guarantee forgiveness?

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  • Ramya in green saree
    Digital World | Poetry | Pop Culture

    The Past As Dirty Secrets

    October 27, 2020February 25, 2025
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    “as if the past is a monster, a trap, not a blanket of known thorns, an old jacket that just fits too tight in the same way a corset does”

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  • Ramya in makeup art - digital dil
    Digital World | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Leave No Scars, Only Stories

    October 20, 2020February 25, 2025
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    Does your presence in a space leave scars or interesting stories?

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  Is This Feminist? – He’s Just Not That Into You
    Books | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Is This Feminist? – He’s Just Not That Into You

    October 19, 2020June 29, 2023
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    I love a good romcom. I am a feminist. I’ve always been conflicted about ‘He’s Just Not That Into You’.

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  What Do You Give The World Every Day?
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    What Do You Give The World Every Day?

    October 13, 2020August 13, 2023
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    Nobody feels safe right now. Why is it okay for one to weaponise their pain? It’s an unhealthy way to get through the day.

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  Apocalypse Epiphany
    City | Map Of Emotion | Roving I

    Apocalypse Epiphany

    October 6, 2020March 29, 2025
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    If you are reading this, you are very likely to survive everything that’s going on. My privilege is an epiphany that’s helping me cope.

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  Pockets Of Courage
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Pockets Of Courage

    September 29, 2020February 25, 2025
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    Inside my pockets, I keep pieces of courage, to reach for when I need them.

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  Nila Soru
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Nila Soru

    September 22, 2020February 25, 2025
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    Nila soru.
    Food eaten under the moon.
    Food shared with the moon.
    Nila soru.

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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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