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    Map Of Emotion

    Survival Blinkers

    October 30, 2017July 16, 2023
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    When science & facts fail to prove causality, one must turn to belief for survival. Maybe there is no such thing as causality but it helps me cope.

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    Poetry | Pop Culture

    The Curd Rice Chronicles 

    October 19, 2017March 30, 2025
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    Forget about being nice. Just stay curd rice. ~O~O~O~ Curd rice on the streets. Mor mollagai in the sheets. ~O~O~O~ Kadipatta must be sent to jail for showing up in curd rice. ~O~O~O~ My balanced diet of curd rice, workaholism, wine and male tears. ~O~O~O~ It’s not over until curd…

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

    My #MeToo Check

    October 16, 2017September 16, 2023
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    #MeToo has just broken out. I’m doing a check on all the ways this describes me. Yes, Me Too.

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  • Body & Sex | Home & Identity

    Style 101: Alter You

    October 4, 2017September 16, 2023
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    Alter who you think you are. Who is that? Find out and your skin will fit.

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    Spring-Cleaning For The Soul

    September 20, 2017August 28, 2023
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    I’m surrounded by question marks, in the shape of expensive gifts from you. I’ve discarded the funny, the cheesy, the lighthearted lines like you’ve done our laughs. But what about the Parisian box of songs? La vie en rose may as well be a life of thorns. I don’t like…

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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Pop Culture

    Thank You For The Paper Planes

    September 12, 2017September 17, 2023
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    I returned to the poetry circuit last week. Yes, I have been performing here and there but only where I’ve been pulled in. 2017 has hit me with so many things, I’ve needed to stop and regain my breath. I wrote a new piece and read it right off my…

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    Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Politics & Feminism

    Thank You For The Ghosts

    August 28, 2017September 17, 2023
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    I met people I had ghosted. I was contacted by those who ghosted me. Maybe all ghosts bear gifts.

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  • Body & Sex | Pop Culture

    I Wear: Bold Words Deserve Bold Lips

    August 17, 2017April 14, 2024
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    An I Wear post at long last! After I was liberated from my nude makeup modesty constraints a few years ago, I swung out to the other extreme to reclaim what has always been mine – a love of BOLD, BRIGHT, DRAMATIC, WHO CARES ABOUT THE RULES dressing and makeup.I…

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    Poetry

    Markers

    August 11, 2017September 17, 2023
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    A smile that leaves you wounded, you say
    What about the mark you left inside my mind that
    shades every expression & tints each sparkle?

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    Politics & Feminism

    The Zodiac Signs As Feminist Women

    August 11, 2017March 30, 2025
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    What would the feminists of each zodiac sign be like? From Leo divas to Capricorn businesswomen.

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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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