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  Couples You See In Rom-Coms
    Body & Sex | Fiction | Relationships

    Couples You See In Rom-Coms

    March 30, 2019September 10, 2023
    2 Comments

    This is a writing experiment. The model in the featured image is my friend Anmol Karnik.

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  • eye contact
    City | Poetry | Relationships

    A Game of Eye Contact

    March 29, 2019September 17, 2023
    1 Comment

    Eye contact. All the things it holds.

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  • L'Heure du silence (1897) by Henri
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    Things You Hear In Silence

    March 28, 2019February 25, 2025
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    ‘A minute of silence’ by Marina Abramovic moved me to tears. I knew it had lessons for me that I wasn’t yet ready for.

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  • Ramya in yellow jacket, smiling
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism

    The Politics Of Smile

    March 27, 2019November 26, 2023
    2 Comments

    You should smile more, women are told, it makes you look good. This is said as a compliment but is erasure.

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  • Ramya on a red exercise ball with the words 'Millennial dreams look like this'
    Digital World | Map Of Emotion | WorkSpace

    Millennial Dreams Looked Like This

    March 26, 2019February 25, 2025
    2 Comments

    What did millennials dream of?

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  • Spellbound
    Map Of Emotion

    Spellbound

    March 12, 2019August 28, 2023
    5 Comments

    Ever meet someone you’ve felt inexorably drawn to? Have you ever been spellbound?

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  Light Viewing: February in the City – Part II
    City | Fiction

    Light Viewing: February in the City – Part II

    March 7, 2019February 25, 2025
    3 Comments

    She says the city doesn’t look quite real to her. So many people. Nobody knows anyone else.

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  • 39 looks like this: Ramya on Versova divider.
    Body & Sex | Home & Identity

    39 Looks Like This

    March 4, 2019August 28, 2023
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    Don’t erase my history and tell me that it’s a compliment. 39 looks like this.

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  • Kiss the dice
    Body & Sex | City | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Kiss Kiss💋

    March 1, 2019February 25, 2025
    4 Comments

    Do you remember your last kiss? Everyone remembers their first. But kisses lose significance as we get older.

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  Laying The Best Laid Plans To Rest
    Map Of Emotion

    Laying The Best Laid Plans To Rest

    March 1, 2019October 25, 2024
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    Some of us like making plans. We are list makers, time trackers, note takers.

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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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