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  Lust Stories: Wham, Bam And A Thankless Ma’am
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Lust Stories: Wham, Bam And A Thankless Ma’am

    June 16, 2018March 31, 2023
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    This weekend saw the Netflix Originals premier of ‘Lust Stories‘ – a format repeat from the 2013 anthology ‘Bombay Talkies’, with the same four directors, each contributing one story. Let me pause a minute to CRINGE at that name so you can understand why I was expecting something along on…

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    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    Judgements In June

    June 10, 2018March 31, 2023
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    Is your first thought of a stranger an uncharitable one? What do your judgements say about you?

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  If You Won’t Let Us Laugh, Someday We’ll Make You Cry
    Books | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    If You Won’t Let Us Laugh, Someday We’ll Make You Cry

    June 4, 2018March 31, 2023
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    ‘Veere Di Wedding’ caused an uproar. Why? Because Indian audiences find it intolerable for women to laugh, much less laugh together.

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    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Madonna’s ‘Bad Girl’ – Feminist Or Not?

    May 29, 2018March 11, 2023
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    If you didn’t grow up in the 90s, you may not have seen this video. Indeed, you may never have experienced the phenomenon that was Madonna. Madonna was such an important reference in pop culture at the time, not necessarily because she was that talented but because of how she…

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    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The World Will Always Have Crying Children

    May 24, 2018February 25, 2025
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    A show on Black Christianity (and CSA). The true story of an exploited kidnapped child. A case about a a raped child. And my own story.

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  Always Make Room For The Flowers
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships | Roving I

    Always Make Room For The Flowers

    May 23, 2018March 29, 2025
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    This picture was shot by a sweet young photographer at an Open Mic event in 2012 when she spotted the flowers I was carrying.

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    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    The Lowest Priority Box

    May 18, 2018April 10, 2023
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    Last week, I drew a line and said, “I’m done. No more. Goodbye.” I have lived through the dreadfulness of limbo, the sheer callousness of men who will not spend a minute reflecting on their feelings. And you know what? It is just not that important any more. 2017 wrecked…

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  BOOK REVIEW: Rust & Stardust-T Greenwood: Stars Under The Rust
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    BOOK REVIEW: Rust & Stardust-T Greenwood: Stars Under The Rust

    May 17, 2018February 25, 2025
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    Reading ‘Rust & Stardust’ (a true crime account that inspired the fiction book ‘Lolita’) helped me process old trauma.

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    City

    Of This City

    May 10, 2018August 28, 2023
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    “That looks like me. I belong.
    In my skin,
    in this city.”

    I remember this moment. It was so of this city.

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    A Date With Polyamory

    April 16, 2018April 14, 2024
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    I went to a party with people who practice polyamory.

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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…”
  • 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…”
  • IdeaSmith on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “@XXfan: Yes, it appears to be a legal requirement for the hospital to show the removed parts to kin, probably…”
  • Xxfan on A Non-Medical View Of The Uterus: Blood, Babies & Hysteria: “I experience with hysterectomy made me more mature.my mom had to have a hysterectomy.this was my first experience handling everything…”
  • IdeaSmith on When Did Reading Become Performance?: “@Slogan Murugan: Indeed. Books were always fascinating but this year has been about the people and spaces around books as…”

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