all’s fair… A child born through marital rape…. Nighat and Bilal’s story. 9 May 202128 May 2021 There are so many nuances to Nighat’s character that it would be hard to dissect them all in one blog post. She has lived a life of overt patriarchy and…
fiction… Quirky Pakistani 4 4 Mar 20215 Mar 2021 "Mom! There's a guy". "What do you mean?" "Errr. That there's a guy". "Like a guy guy?" "What's a guy guy?" "Is he a man?" "What do you think a…
fiction… Relationship advice that led to…… 16 Feb 202121 Apr 2021 After yet another heated "discussion" with the man I call my husband I decided that it was time to take some definitive action. We couldn't go on like this. This…
feminism… Soul mates! Coined by Neanderthals.Resuscitated by Millennials 24 Dec 20202 Feb 2021 What would this blog be if I didn't register my angst with the etymology of the nomenclature of young, arduous love! There have been so many expressions that we have…
burnout… “Are you happy?” 21 Oct 202019 Feb 2021 I cruised through I-81 trying to reach my mother as fast as I could. The fact that she chooses to live in the suburbs of Philadelphia is inconvenient but she's…
feminism… As my ex and I moved into the same neighborhood! 5 Sep 202024 Sep 2020 My ex moved into the same neighborhood as I a few years after our breakup and really this wouldn't have been an account worth telling if it hadn't been for…
feminism… The aluminum foil and other popular themes of her marriage! 31 Aug 20206 Sep 2020 The aluminum foil: Curse be on me that I wasn't taught the basic art of cooking by my mother. I land in my marriage unarmed and without any back up…
fiction… Janu, Jani, Jaan and the Pakistani arranged marriage bride. 27 Aug 202029 Aug 2020 As you sit there fluttering your eye lashes at the man who is going to be your keeper from now, you sense another pair of eyes, unflutteringly looking at you.…
feminism… “She’s just the girl you’re looking for!” 26 Aug 20202 Apr 2021 The arranged marriage process? What else can I write that hasn't already been written about it on this blog but sometimes..... material presents itself. A friend of a friend whose…
feminism… Sex, love and other natural disasters. 22 Aug 202023 Aug 2020 As I broke up with yet another boyfriend, one of my good girlfriends commented, "Wasn't there anything to salvage this one?" I'm a serial breaker-upper. I have had longer no-relationship…
