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  • Scream - E Munch
    Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion

    Who’s Here For The Screaming?

    April 14, 2018April 10, 2023
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    We are a world of screaming and no conversations.

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  The Menstrual Cup As A Gauge For Wellbeing
    Body & Sex | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    The Menstrual Cup As A Gauge For Wellbeing

    April 11, 2018April 10, 2023
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    I’m finding my menstrual cup is a good way to keep a check on my overall health.

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  Why Men Need To Get Quiet
    Politics & Feminism

    Why Men Need To Get Quiet

    April 5, 2018April 10, 2023
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    Yes, that’s what I said. Yes, all men. Yes, as an entire gender.

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  Being The Story
    Fiction | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Being The Story

    April 4, 2018April 10, 2023
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    I ran into someone who last saw me before I went through the biggest war of my life. I had to think about how to tell my story.

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  Breaking Up With The RomCom
    Body & Sex | Books | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Breaking Up With The RomCom

    March 31, 2018April 10, 2023
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    I have been a fan of the romcom since it became possible for me to choose what to watch. Now, I find myself wincing during rewatches.

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    Make That One Water: Saying No To Alcohol

    March 23, 2018April 14, 2024
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    This December I passed a milestone in my life and quit alcohol altogether. I am part of a culture that has mixed messages about alcohol & gender.

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  • Chetan Bhagat
    Books | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    The Hidden Politics Of Book Discussion

    March 21, 2018April 10, 2023
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    I follow this blog-in-Facebook-updates called LABYRINTHS. Its picture-stories trigger off ideas, feelings and on occasion, memories. Today’s story is titled The IVORY BOOK CLUB and is a conversation between two people about the quality of literature. It felt like an instant frame capture from my own life and here’s what…

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  • expressive bald woman shouting in studio
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    I Think I’ve Outgrown Men

    March 21, 2018April 10, 2023
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    I met someone. And in the space of a week, went through relief, connection, amusement, amazement, entertainment, surprise, confusion, irritation and goodbye.

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  The Gifts of February: Surviving Triggers
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    The Gifts of February: Surviving Triggers

    March 7, 2018May 28, 2025
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    February brought a lot of gifts and a lot of lessons. Hear that, 2017? Lessons don’t all have to be hard and suffering-riddled. Well, perhaps not true.

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  I Could Love But Wait, Who Am I?
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    I Could Love But Wait, Who Am I?

    February 25, 2018April 10, 2023
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    The month of love is almost at end and I’ve managed to not even look at this blog. That characterises how I’ve been. I have been very busy doing things I’m generally known for (writing, performing, organising, scheduling, worrying) and spending nothing at all on things that I am. I never…

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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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