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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, 2015March 23, 2026
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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
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    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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  • The Emperor Osho Zen Tarot Goodbye
    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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  • Single boy sitting on rock next to pond at night, holding a lamp
    Map Of Emotion | Relationships

    Single On The Plateau

    May 13, 2015July 26, 2023
    2 Comments

    My highs & crashes are marked by my being in love. I’m beginning to wonder whether a relationship is worth the tumult. I’m peacefully single on the plateau.

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  • Lion yawn bored ennui
    Home & Identity

    Ennui

    May 9, 2015November 1, 2024
    5 Comments

    The weekend draws nearer & my dread mounts. It looms the way Beast must have loomed to Beauty before she met his gentle side. There’s no workshopping ennui.

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  Dark Girls Have All The Fun
    Body & Sex | Politics & Feminism | Pop Culture

    Dark Girls Have All The Fun

    April 29, 2015March 29, 2023
    11 Comments

    It’s the ultimate rejection of everything India thinks about dark women.

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  • Paper trash suicide letter
    Map Of Emotion

    The Suicide Pact

    April 26, 2015September 20, 2023
    7 Comments

    The path to healing has plateaus more than valleys & troughs. This is a suicide pact with my life as a writer.

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  • HeroPress
    Digital World | WorkSpace

    HeroPress: Who We Are

    April 22, 2015February 25, 2025
    4 Comments

    The people at HeroPress asked me to chronicle my journey into Wordpress. It turned into a personal saga.

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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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