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    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Coming Out Of Battery Saver Mode

    October 8, 2019February 25, 2025
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    I’ve returned to thinking about men and romantic relationships after a nearly two year hiatus. There was just so much going on with other things, health, work and family that my inclinations had all but dried up. I had to shore up my emotional reserves and that meant going into battery saver mode. The easiest thing to stop, the first non essential thing was seeking men to date.

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    Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Meeting My Feminism

    September 30, 2019February 25, 2025
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    I grew up feeling like my life would follow the same path as other people – work and you shall achieve, be and you shall receive. It baffled me when I was attacked or called entitled for this, when the boys I knew, weren’t. I wrote about this often. I…

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  • 40 is the new 30.
    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion

    A Work Of Art

    September 23, 2019February 25, 2025
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    I’m forty this year. I asked myself if my life was a work of art?

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    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Poetry

    Paper Plane Pilot

    September 16, 2019February 25, 2025
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    Writing was my catharsis, till it became my crutch. A paper plane showed me the way out.

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  Just Playing Games
    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Just Playing Games

    September 9, 2019February 25, 2025
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    Games are just stories we feel we can script. Simulations of a life we can win. Algorithms we run, hoping for a different outcome.

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  A Tour Guide to You
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    A Tour Guide to You

    September 2, 2019February 25, 2025
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    Please don’t ask me to read you. I’ve spent far too long looking deep into other people.

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  Capacity For Joy
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Capacity For Joy

    August 26, 2019August 28, 2023
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    I crossed a birthday last month. Joy is getting harder and harder to know.

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  Looking For Light
    City | Map Of Emotion | Roving I

    Looking For Light

    August 19, 2019March 29, 2025
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    Light. It’s an idea I’ve yet to wrap my head around, a word I’m still to learn to spell right, a reality that I still don’t entirely fathom.

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  Regrets & Regards
    Map Of Emotion

    Regrets & Regards

    August 12, 2019August 25, 2023
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    Who has time to regret the past when a lesson can be gleaned for the future? FOMO life doesn’t allow for regrets.

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    A Garden of Abundance

    August 5, 2019February 25, 2025
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    I like the word ‘abundance’. It signifies so much more than wealth or any other kind of material possession.

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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 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…”
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  • 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…”
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