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  Is This Feminism? – Visibility & Erasure
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Is This Feminism? – Visibility & Erasure

    June 16, 2020February 25, 2025
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    When a group of people say Stop erasing us, they are saying that they exist, they are not abnormal, not deserving of less.

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  Postcards To StorySeekers
    City | Map Of Emotion

    Postcards To StorySeekers

    June 16, 2020February 25, 2025
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    Postcards to #StorySeekers with love from @AlphabetSambar

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  Bon Feminist!
    Politics & Feminism

    Bon Feminist!

    June 15, 2020March 30, 2025
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    I thought about my claim that my feminism eats these guys on toast then realised it was time to diversify my feminist palate.

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  • Ramya and Ray in sarees.
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    A New Solidarity

    June 12, 2020July 16, 2023
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    Solidarity is seen as a quality used to protect wrongdoers from consequences. Everyone is made to participate as a virtue.

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  • Ramya in a saree skirt
    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    IWear: The Saree-Skirt

    June 10, 2020February 25, 2025
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    A saree can also be a skirt!

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  We Should All Be Nightiewali Aunties
    Politics & Feminism

    We Should All Be Nightiewali Aunties

    June 9, 2020February 25, 2025
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    I saw a trio walk down the main road last night. As they passed under the street light, I caught a flash of familiar fabric swathes across their bodies. Dupattas, hijabs, masks – who could say? Immediately the thought sprung to my mind – ‘The Nightiewali Aunties’.

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  Fleeting Intimacies
    Digital World | Relationships

    Fleeting Intimacies

    June 9, 2020February 25, 2025
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    Fleeting Mutual Intimacies are….

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  The Danger Of Conversations
    Relationships

    The Danger Of Conversations

    June 2, 2020February 16, 2023
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    The Danger of Conversations

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  Music Lessons With Lolita
    Books | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Pop Culture

    Music Lessons With Lolita

    May 29, 2020September 17, 2023
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    “Eena, I sang for an hour today”, says Lolita to her imaginary friend.

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  Saree-Wearers Club
    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Saree-Wearers Club

    May 28, 2020February 25, 2025
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    There is a sense that the Saree Wearers’ Club is an exclusive one, limited to women who are married or of a certain age, have a certain body shape and even they wear it in certain ways & on occasions only.

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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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