Coming Out Of Vertigo
I’m enjoying the company of books & plants. For the first time these don’t feel like escape from the loneliness between men. It makes my past feel like vertigo.
Gender
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Masters Of Sex: Wake Me Up When You Realise Sex Isn’t About The Man
I’m currently watching the TV series, Masters of Sex. It was the first show I began on Netflix when I first subscribed. I had to stop and move to other things that were easier. I’ve tried to come back several times and I think this time I’ll manage to finish…
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Go, Selfie!
Why is a selfie taker shamed so much?
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Post-Swim Dating Is A Thing
I went for a swim and then I went on a date.
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The ‘Only If You’re Sad’ Guy
There’s a certain kind of man who gets off on sad women. It’s an entire trope – The Depressed/Tortured/Troubled/Damsel-in-distress that the guy ‘rescues’ with minimal emotional investment by clowning around. He is not a Manic Pixie Dream Guy. No, the original in that trope is not a person and only…
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Slime
It’s precarious because what can balance atop slime for very long?
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The Politics Of Smile
You should smile more, women are told, it makes you look good. This is said as a compliment but is erasure.
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Where I Regret Doing The Right Thing
It was respite from the morning’s fight, a common occurrence in the horror story I lived in. It didn’t feel right.
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The Jealousy Object – And How To Deal With Being It
I do not fight territory battles over people because people are not property. The Jealousy Game, I won’t play. How do I deal with others who want to drag me in?
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No, I Do Not Want To Take Your Dating App Virginity
Dating app virgins who open with “This is my first time here”. The Indian man is already an unappetizing offering on a dating app. But a dating app virgin?
