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    Map Of Emotion

    And Today Was Better…

    July 18, 2015September 10, 2023
    1 Comment

    I ate two eggs this morning, breaking my week long vegetarian diet. The idea came to me when I was researching ‘Depression diet’ after my post last night. I’ve lived among so many people who claim depression and tried to support them in my inadequate, fumbling ways that it never…

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  • floating shiny balloons
    Home & Identity | Pop Culture

    I Want To Stop Counting But I Don’t Know How

    July 17, 2015September 10, 2023
    4 Comments

    I turned 36, five days ago. All I feel is lost, formless, restless.

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  • Shh man with fingers in ears
    Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism

    SHHH, Loud Is Not Ladylike

    July 9, 2015July 26, 2023
    3 Comments

    I was at dinner with three men. And one of them kept telling me, “Shhh! Don’t talk so loudly!”

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  When A Writer Falls Silent
    Map Of Emotion

    When A Writer Falls Silent

    July 4, 2015February 18, 2023
    9 Comments

    Writing is not healing. It’s catharsis. What does that portend for the person under the writer?

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  5 Things Every Woman Should Do For Her Body
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism

    5 Things Every Woman Should Do For Her Body

    June 29, 2015January 13, 2024
    2 Comments

    Empowerment begins with taking responsibility for yourself. If you’re a woman, take charge of your body.

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  Where We Preen And Talk About Our Hair A Lot
    Body & Sex | Home & Identity | Pop Culture

    Where We Preen And Talk About Our Hair A Lot

    June 24, 2015July 16, 2023
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    I’m a vain peacock in the most obvious way possible.

    I love my hair.

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  • Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Bromantically Yours, Girl

    June 15, 2015September 16, 2023
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    Let me start with this bromance joke that absolutely cracked me up: Do guys in a bromance get each other flower “Dude, here I got you some broses” “Oh man bro, you read my mind I got you some daffodudes” I’m in a bromance. It’s with another woman. No, we…

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  In Defense Of The Selfie
    Body & Sex | Digital World | Map Of Emotion

    In Defense Of The Selfie

    May 27, 2015February 25, 2025
    3 Comments

    I don’t really get what the problem with selfies is. I remember a time when people would keep handing their camera over to others and asking them to shoot their pictures. That was really annoying. Selfies put people in charge of their own vanity. Also, vanity. It’s defined as ‘Excessive…

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  • Books | Pop Culture

    BOOK: A Pinch Of Nutmeg – Christine Ambrosius

    May 26, 2015March 29, 2023
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    A review of Christine Ambrosius’ “A Pinch of Nutmeg”

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    Map Of Emotion

    The Goodbye Warrior

    May 18, 2015July 26, 2023
    2 Comments

    I started this year facing up to something I have feared all my life – the word GOODBYE.

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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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