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  Menstrual Myths and Products That Matter
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism

    Menstrual Myths and Products That Matter

    May 28, 2016March 29, 2023
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    Busting menstruation myths, unboxing a menstrual cup. (Includes a video)

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  • Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Building Poetry, Shaping Me: Architect @ Tuning Fork

    May 24, 2016February 25, 2025
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    Another Monday at the Tuning Fork and how can I possibly hate the week when it starts that way? I’ve been struggling a bit with performance poetry. I now know the difference between performed poetry and spoken word. I can’t entirely articulate it but I can see, hear and feel…

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  DNA Feature: From Business Consultancy To Performance Poetry, This Woman Manages It All
    Home & Identity | Poetry | Pop Culture | WorkSpace

    DNA Feature: From Business Consultancy To Performance Poetry, This Woman Manages It All

    May 19, 2016October 31, 2024
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    Anvi Mehta ran a feature on me for DNA, focusing on my work on stage as a Spoken Word artist.

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  • Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Tuning Up The Poetry At Tuning Fork

    May 19, 2016September 17, 2023
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    So Karthik showed up at the Open Mic earlier this week. I was running late and we barely had a few minutes to catch up and sync up. There was a super ANNOYING couple at the table next to us talking LOUDLY during a performance and saying things like “He’s…

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    Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Paper Towns

    May 16, 2016February 25, 2025
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    …is the name of a book by the guy who wrote ‘The Fault In Our Stars’. I happened to mention what an amazing title that was and what a shitty book it turned out to be. My AlphabetSambar peeps suggested we reclaim it by writing something else around it. And…

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  • Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    The Mother Box – Poetry & Acid

    May 16, 2016September 17, 2023
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    I wore a saree to a poetry event today. Unlike the last time, it was a rushed drape of an unstarched cotton. I look like an amma. But I was on my way to a new poetry event. And I thought it would be nice to do gentle romantic piece….

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  Companionship Online Versus Company IRL
    Digital World | Home & Identity

    Companionship Online Versus Company IRL

    May 15, 2016October 29, 2023
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    We settle for company since we can’t have companionship.

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    Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    Faking It Because I Don’t Think I’m Making It: Two Poems

    May 11, 2016September 17, 2023
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    Two poems and some insights through the breathing. The poems are called ‘Patchwork Relationship’ and ‘Wrong Time’

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    Poetry | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture | Relationships

    On Motherhood, Discomfort & Poetry

    May 11, 2016September 17, 2023
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    Here’s my scathing tribute to motherhood.

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    Books | Pop Culture

    Where I bitch about things that hurt & find my way back…to a good book

    May 9, 2016October 30, 2023
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    I bought a Kindle. It opened my way back into books.

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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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