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    Body & Sex | Books | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Masters Of Sex: How Do We Do This Without The Men?

    July 30, 2019February 25, 2025
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    In the story of Masters and Johnson (Masters Of Sex), Bill Masters does not come off looking good in any way.

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    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    A Song Of Silence

    July 29, 2019February 25, 2025
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    What does loneliness sound like? A scream that no one seems to hear. Gasps that don’t make it past the throat. Sentences written in invisible ink. The redacted words on a page. It’s feeling unwanted, unnecessary, irrelevant even. Then you remember. You still exist. The print under the graffiti, the face…

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  • Ramya outside Taj Mahal tea house
    Books | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    Coming Out Of Vertigo

    July 18, 2019April 14, 2024
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    I’m enjoying the company of books & plants. For the first time these don’t feel like escape from the loneliness between men. It makes my past feel like vertigo.

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  Surviving the Seventeenth
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    Surviving the Seventeenth

    July 17, 2019February 25, 2025
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    Soon, it will be 9yrs since I made one of the few impulsive decisions of my life. It is a decision I’ve been punished for over & over.

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  Masters Of Sex: Wake Me Up When You Realise Sex Isn’t About The Man
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    Masters Of Sex: Wake Me Up When You Realise Sex Isn’t About The Man

    July 15, 2019February 25, 2025
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    I’m currently watching the TV series, Masters of Sex. It was the first show I began on Netflix when I first subscribed. I had to stop and move to other things that were easier. I’ve tried to come back several times and I think this time I’ll manage to finish…

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  The Three Mistakes Of My Thirties
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    The Three Mistakes Of My Thirties

    July 12, 2019February 25, 2025
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    On the last day of my thirties, I look back at the three mistakes that marked this decade.

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  • Ramya looking at Bandra Worli Sealink from Bandra
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    You Don’t Know Me

    June 25, 2019February 25, 2025
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    We’ve spoken. You’ve looked at me and I, at you. You probably thought of me later.

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  Where I Lay My Hands, Is Home
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    Where I Lay My Hands, Is Home

    June 19, 2019September 10, 2023
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    In 2009, the BMC, Mumbai’s civic body invited citizens to come paint the walls of an arterial road abutting the railway track. Home.

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    Transactions Of Hope

    June 13, 2019August 28, 2023
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    Do you say all the things to the world that you wish somebody would say to you? Do you hope?

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  Walking The Minefield
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    Walking The Minefield

    June 10, 2019August 28, 2023
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    We glorify anger. We present and consume revenge sagas, hate politics. We keep alive an emotional minefield.

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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…”
  • 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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