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

    One Of The Girls

    January 30, 2020February 25, 2025
    1 Comment

    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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  • Ramya looking at a bowl of chicken fries
    City | Digital World

    The FOMO Life

    January 28, 2020February 25, 2025
    2 Comments

    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
    2 Comments

    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
    1 Comment

    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
    2 Comments

    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
    1 Comment

    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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  The Dark Side Of You
    Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    The Dark Side Of You

    October 22, 2019September 17, 2023
    1 Comment

    Is it anger? Is it pain? It is fear? I’m going to tell you a secret. It’s none of these things. These are the gifts you bring to your hidden self and put away like unopened presents from people you wish would have given you their selves instead. You take…

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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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