burnout… “Who’s your daddy?” Brown women who look for men who are not like their fathers. 8 Nov 20219 Nov 2021 As I tucked my kids in and turned to leave the room I saw my husband standing in the doorway. He had a serenely weird smile on his face, something…
feminism… “GETTING OVER THE HISTORY OF MY EXISTENCE”. 21 Oct 2021 What does “getting over someone or something” mean when a woman is told that? Why does the entire life of a woman is spent being a revisionist historian who erases…
feminism… Marriage is a pit stop. 28 May 202130 May 2021 On a women’s only forum I was again reminded of how many women see marriage as the destination that it proves to be so rarely for most of us. Each…
feminism… Should actors be held to any moral standard? 17 May 202120 May 2021 The number of actors who play controversial roles is, of course, now more than ever. Personally, I like people who take on slightly left characters. It’s refreshing. It’s also the…
feminism… Women physicians in Pakistan will be an extinct species in the years to come. 20 Apr 202122 Apr 2021 I recently had the opportunity to read a blog post by a non-physician. It was about the hardships of a physician's life and how they're perceived to have a great…
feminism… The subtle art of seduction… a Pakistani woman’s dilemma with the society she’s born in. 16 Apr 202118 Apr 2021 My land of pure is finally openly misogynistic. It has come out as rape apologist and takes pride almost in being oppressive. Pakistanis follow their own brand of conservatism that…
feminism… I don’t want a protector. I want safety. 7 Apr 2021 Online conversations around rape are so infused with excuses for the rapists that I don't think we realize it. This is the thing with cultural values. They're sweet and toxic…
fiction… Quirky Pakistani 4 4 Mar 202124 Dec 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…
pakistani… Nationalism that masquerades as patriotism! Why Pakistan continues to teeter on the brink of social depravity? Implementation of the Just Culture instead of knee-jerk social media reactions to bring a change. 5 Feb 20217 Feb 2021 Patriotism and nationalism, in my opinion, exist on the two ends of the same spectrum. Conventionally, patriotism is the pretty picture of nationalism. It's more acceptable, celebrated and revered. Nationalism,…
feminism… A fight broke out when I posted…… the dilemma of civil discourse on women-only groups 3 Feb 20215 Jun 2021 Women-only groups have existed on Facebook under different mission statements. Some are for a sisterhood. Some exist for beauty, fashion and the like. Some are literary and scholarly. You name…
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