feminism… The girl who said “No”! 22 Apr 202022 Apr 2020 I envied that girl and I'm sure most of you do too. Ultimately I became that girl and honestly, life is so much better now. No is such a non-feminine…
burnout… “I’m a superwoman”. The subconscious hate for being human. 19 Apr 202019 Apr 2020 So much on this blog is about women that it's not only repetitive, it is also tiring. But bear with me! When I was growing up, my dad was building…
feminism… Shakespeare! An apologist for misogyny 5 Apr 20205 Apr 2020 Whatever Shakespeare might object to, the amount of male glorification and female degradation that he has done would last a life time for humans on this earth. He has really…
feminism… Woman, Thy name is not silence. 31 Mar 20201 Apr 2020 Scene 1: As she straightened her back which ached often when she had been hunched over her homework for too long, she heard her mother's voice. "Homework can wait. Please…
fiction… As she walked down the hallway of hope and death…. 28 Mar 2020 Scene 1: Her pager beeped. Softly first and then got stronger. Shrill and nerve-wracking. She moaned in her sleep, trying to reach it. She finally woke up with a jolt.…
humanity… COVID-19 and my life as a physician 15 Mar 202015 Mar 2020 I was three years old when I decided to become a doctor because when I saw my dad going to his primary care clinic twice a day I figured that…
burnout… Woman on woman injustice 24 Feb 202024 Feb 2020 Like all stories of unfulfilled aspirations, this one is a little sad too, with a coming of age twist and a lesson for most women who jeopardize their identity to…
feminism… Girls can do anything. 20 Feb 202020 Feb 2020 Recently a social media campaign that was captioned "Girls can do anything" transported me to a time when my dad bought me a plaque that said the same and plastered…
burnout… Out of the frying pan…… 13 Feb 202021 Feb 2020 As soon as she entered home from a grueling day at college, she heard Amma's voice, "Nazia! You have no time to waste. Just get the dinner ready. Your aunt…
humanity… If only she had a son….. 12 Feb 202012 Feb 2020 Recently news broke out of a daughter finding her mother in her own filth, locked in a studio apartment , famished and disoriented. What led to this? The poor elderly…
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