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  Turn, Turn, Bleed: Menstrual Cup Misadventures
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism

    Turn, Turn, Bleed: Menstrual Cup Misadventures

    March 7, 2017April 1, 2023
    5 Comments

    A menstrual cup can be a life-saver but it has a learning curve. Be patient with yourself and take the time to find the right one for you.

    (Includes an unboxing video)

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  • Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Hey Men, Here’s A Women’s Day Gift From Me To You

    February 27, 2017April 1, 2023
    1 Comment

    Last week, after I performed a piece about women, I was verbally attacked & threatened by a man. This is how others reacted.

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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Sorry I Didn’t Wait Till 8 March To Speak

    February 24, 2017April 14, 2024
    12 Comments

    Yesterday I was introduced on stage by a misogynist host. After I performed a piece about womanhood, another man began harassing me.

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  The Marriage Certificate LOC
    Digital World | Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    The Marriage Certificate LOC

    February 10, 2017March 31, 2023
    4 Comments

    Marriage becomes a political boundary between people, turning them from friends into people needing security checks & visas.

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    Books | Pop Culture

    Aren’t You Glad I’m Not Carrie?

    February 6, 2017February 25, 2025
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    I read ‘Carrie’ by Stephen King. In the same week, I received an invitation to a school alumni meet.

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  The Doomed Relationships of India
    Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    The Doomed Relationships of India

    February 1, 2017March 31, 2023
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    It ended because he assumed it was what he thought and what he had to say. It didn’t even occur to him to think of what I was thinking.

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  • Vande Hei exercises on COLBERT T2 Treadmill
    Home & Identity | WorkSpace

    The Lone Runner On The Treadmill

    January 25, 2017March 31, 2023
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    Everyone I know is on a treadmill. I wish I knew more people like me. The ones that tried getting off it.

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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    The Showwoman Under The Paper Plane

    January 23, 2017March 30, 2025
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    Paper Plane & coffee

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

    Scarlet Woman

    January 18, 2017September 18, 2023
    7 Comments

    I’m in heartbreak. I’m Scarlett O’Hara pining for the virtues of Melanie Wilkes. I’m some other kind of woman.

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  • Map Of Emotion | Poetry | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Poem For An Ex I May Have Told You About

    January 12, 2017September 17, 2023
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    I had a chance to get this off my chest last year. I’m so grateful for the stage giving me a chance to voice things that had been eating away my insides for too long. I’ve been silenced by well-meaning friends and others who are just inconvenienced by anything other…

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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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