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.
Womanhood
Go, Selfie!
Why is a selfie taker shamed so much?
Post-Swim Dating Is A Thing
I went for a swim and then I went on a date.
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…
Slime
It’s precarious because what can balance atop slime for very long?
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.
39 Looks Like This
Don’t erase my history and tell me that it’s a compliment. 39 looks like this.
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.
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?
A Bleeding Goddess
Don’t objectify me. Don’t deify me. I am not a sex object. I am not a worship object. I am no goddess. I am a person. I am a voice.