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  • Woman with alcohol
    Body & Sex | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    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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  The Show Goes On But Can It Be Better?
    Body & Sex | Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    The Show Goes On But Can It Be Better?

    February 12, 2018July 22, 2025
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    Shamir Reuben, popular poet & head of content at Kommune was accused of soliciting nude pictures from an underage woman.

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  LA-based GirlTalkHQ covers SXonomics: ‘Indian Band SXonomics Using Spoken Word Poetry To Talk Feminism & Fight The Patriarchy’
    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships | WorkSpace

    LA-based GirlTalkHQ covers SXonomics: ‘Indian Band SXonomics Using Spoken Word Poetry To Talk Feminism & Fight The Patriarchy’

    February 3, 2018February 25, 2025
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    SXonomics was covered in LA-based publications GirlTalkHQ.

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  If I Were To Speak At Mark Salling’s Funeral
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    If I Were To Speak At Mark Salling’s Funeral

    January 31, 2018February 25, 2025
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    Glee actor Mark Salling was found dead a few hours earlier. There have been a slew of ‘He deserved it’ messages online.

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  SXonomics in DNA AfterHours: ‘ These Bands Are Giving Out A Strong Message In Music’
    Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | WorkSpace

    SXonomics in DNA AfterHours: ‘ These Bands Are Giving Out A Strong Message In Music’

    January 30, 2018March 23, 2026
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    My creative collaboration in performance, SXonomics was written about in DNA AfterHours – “These bands are giving out a strong message in music”

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    Home & Identity

    Not Your Usual Homebody

    January 21, 2018September 16, 2023
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    I don’t like being in other people’s homes. Does that make me a homebody?

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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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