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  Strong Woman
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Strong Woman

    February 6, 2020March 21, 2025
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    It is the face of a woman that the world likes to call a Strong Woman. It is a tired look. A jaded look. A bored look. A dismissive look.

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  One Of The Girls
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    One Of The Girls

    January 30, 2020February 25, 2025
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    I thought of myself as ‘one of the boys’ because I didn’t identify with how femininity was practised around me. I’ve come a long way. I may even be one of the girls.

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    City | Digital World

    The FOMO Life

    January 28, 2020February 25, 2025
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    FOMO (or Fear of Missing Out) is not a good identifier of taste, let alone an actual description of personality.

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  • L'Heure du silence (1897) by Henri
    Politics & Feminism

    Feminism Is A Conversation

    January 28, 2020February 25, 2025
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    I’ve soldiered on in feminism alone. Last night, I saw a community police itself. And it let me go back to being a person, not a soldier for an evening.

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  Call Me No Names
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Call Me No Names

    November 12, 2019April 14, 2024
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    The Novelty Girl. The Character In Someone Else’s Coming of Age Story. The Manic Pixie Dream Girl. The Guilty Pleasure. The Bucket-list Woman. Names I’ve been called.

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  There Will Be Bile
    Map Of Emotion

    There Will Be Bile

    November 11, 2019February 25, 2025
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    If there’s an emotion that I really wish did not exist, it’s JEALOUSY. 

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  Change Of Weather
    Fiction | Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Relationships

    Change Of Weather

    November 6, 2019September 17, 2023
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    A poem written for Earth Day about climate change

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  The Almost Virgin Experience
    Body & Sex | Fiction | Relationships

    The Almost Virgin Experience

    October 29, 2019February 25, 2025
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    I tried writing fiction again after a long time. What do you think?

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  Different Languages, Same Alphabet
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Different Languages, Same Alphabet

    October 26, 2019February 25, 2025
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    Play a game with me. Ready? Pick any one answer: QUESTION: What do you call a guy who makes a call at 1:30AM stoned and drunk to a girl who said she was having a bad day at 11:30PM? A. A thoughtful, considerate, caring person who is taking time off…

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  Living With The Struggle
    Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Living With The Struggle

    October 25, 2019February 25, 2025
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    So he got bored and decided to create two of himself? And that turned out to be another struggle?

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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…”
  • Harshaman on The Feels This Week: A Curated Life Is A Considered One: “Which for me means, looking back at the past with a discerning and curatorial eye I had been thinking about…”
  • Neha Kapoor on Unlikeable Women: It’s Okay To Dislike Her, But Respect Her: “You always have such good book recommendations!”
  • 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…”

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