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  Timeless
    Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism | Roving I

    Timeless

    December 5, 2020March 29, 2025
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    If you were born in another era, who would you be? What would your personality be like? Your values? How would you survive that world? What role would you play?

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  Poetic Justice
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    Poetic Justice

    December 4, 2020October 29, 2024
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    Your body language speaks your name. I have only my words. I’m a bundle of all things that hide inside “I’m okay.”

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  Hairy Times
    Body & Sex | Pop Culture

    Hairy Times

    December 3, 2020July 16, 2023
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    Lockdown necessitated home haircuts. But it feels like surrendering hope. And atop my head, there is mayhem. What hairy sorcery is this?

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  • Ramya in a coffeshop looking to her left and below with a slight smile. There is a blackboard behind her, pen and paper on the table in front of her and a denim bag on her lap.
    Digital World | Home & Identity | Poetry | Politics & Feminism

    Someone Who Looks At Facebook Pictures of Strangers

    November 30, 2020September 17, 2023
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    Two strangers who once were not. Or were they?

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  X Generation
    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    X Generation

    November 25, 2020March 21, 2023
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    There’s a name for my generation. Children of Baby Boomers who arrived some calendar pages too early to be Millenial. Generation X.

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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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  • IdeaSmith on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “@Harshaman: What a delightful set of throwbacks it was to receive this comment! First, to the days when one would…”
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  • 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…”
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