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  Wake Up And Smell The Bruises
    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Wake Up And Smell The Bruises

    August 5, 2014February 25, 2025
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    I know what I saw. I know the sense of danger I felt. I know that unmistakable instinct women develop about trouble. There was something off. I didn’t need to see the bruises.

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  #AndheriGirl: How To Watch A Movie In Andheri
    City | Home & Identity | Pop Culture

    #AndheriGirl: How To Watch A Movie In Andheri

    August 5, 2014March 30, 2025
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    A cartoon about watching a movie in Andheri

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  Tyler Durden Weekends
    Books | City | Home & Identity | Map Of Emotion | Pop Culture

    Tyler Durden Weekends

    August 3, 2014September 10, 2023
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    The Tyler Durden in me is peeking.

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    Night Out

    July 29, 2014March 30, 2025
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    Man getting ready for night out:

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    Food Encounters Of The Third Kind

    July 25, 2014March 30, 2025
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    What is difficult for a grown woman to manage, is another woman’s kitchen. Food is the battleground on which territory wars are fought.

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  One Day Past Thirty-Five
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    One Day Past Thirty-Five

    July 15, 2014February 25, 2025
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    Celebrations. I’ve decided I’m going to have them as often and as self indulgently as I can. I’m thirty-five, not dead!

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  Why Digital Dating Means Nothing New For Indian Women
    Body & Sex | Digital World | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    Why Digital Dating Means Nothing New For Indian Women

    July 10, 2014April 14, 2024
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    India is on the digital map and we of the brown-skinned, spicy-food-eating ilk are exploring digital dating too.

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    Raw

    July 8, 2014March 28, 2023
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    I don’t feel so raw anymore.I don’t feel so raw.I don’t feel so.I don’t feel.I don’t.I..

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  • disloyal man with jealous girlfriend looking at another girl meme
    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion | Politics & Feminism | Relationships

    When Did ‘I’m Married’ Become A Pick-Up Line?

    July 7, 2014March 28, 2023
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    Why are married men openly partaking of mating rituals? And why are women falling for them?

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    Body & Sex | Map Of Emotion

    Cruise Control And The New ‘Joy’stick

    July 7, 2014March 28, 2023
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    I live a charmed life. I stumbled onto something I loved doing and that, coincidentally I was also good at. It happened late enough that I had had enough time to pick up an education and a world view so I wouldn’t grow up into a unidimensional adult. And it…

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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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