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    Books | City | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism

    Christmas In My 40s: Navigating Yuletide In A Desi Identity

    December 25, 2023February 27, 2025
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    Christmas is complex for me. It’s a journey through painful nostalgia, colonised history, the morality of forgivness & questioning where I really belong.

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    Books | Home & Identity | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    BOOK REVIEW: Daughters Of Sparta, The Penelopiad, Circe

    December 18, 2023December 18, 2023
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    Feminist retellings of Greek mythos offers a different view of heroism. The Sparta-Troy war is rich with women navigating complex stories of their own.

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    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion

    Beyond the Drill: Dental Health & Mental Resilience

    November 26, 2023December 31, 2024
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    From childhood challenges to dental health, lessons in trusting my body’s signals came from tattoo artists, doctors & life coaches.

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  Dissociation On A Train To Dadar
    Body & Sex | City | Map Of Emotion

    Dissociation On A Train To Dadar

    November 17, 2023December 18, 2023
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    I took a train journey after over 5 years. It simultaneously felt like a new experience & an old pleasant ache that showed up. Is this what dissociation is?

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    Politics & Feminism

    Consumer Activism In A Capitalist World

    November 12, 2023April 21, 2024
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    What does ethically conscious consumption really mean in a capitalist world? I ponder a few things before jumping onto the consumer activism bandwagon.

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  • Lessons in Chemistry - Bonnie Garmus/ AppleTV show Brie Larson
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    REVIEW: Lessons In Chemistry – Why The Book Is Always Better

    October 21, 2023June 26, 2025
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    ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ is a book by Bonnie Garmus and AppleTV produced show feat. Brie Larson. It’s a perfect example of why a book is usually better than film.

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    BOOK REVIEW: Yellowface – RF Kuang: Many Shades of Womanhood

    October 18, 2023September 18, 2024
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    R.F.Kuang’s ‘Yellowface’ takes me on a whirlwind ride of my own darkest instincts, in the hands of a deeply unlikeable narrator. What a rush!

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    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion

    I Have An Appointment, Ma’am

    October 10, 2023February 27, 2025
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    A medical appointment brings up insights about vulnerability, age, class and socializing. And this is before I even go through the door.

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    Dream A Little Happy Dream

    October 5, 2023April 25, 2024
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    When the world doesn’t make sense, a dream shows me the truth. I had one last night that brought me resolution from the pain of many decades.

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    Books | Politics & Feminism

    BOOK REVIEW: Elektra – That One Seat At The Table

    September 21, 2023December 29, 2023
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    She isn’t fighting for a seat at the table. I already did that. She’s fighting me for my seat. Internalised misogyny dates back all the way to Elektra.

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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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