feminism… The battle of biological functions….. may the best uterus win! 15 Nov 202016 Nov 2020 She sat isolated from her cousins as they huddled together, talking about menstruation in hushed tones. They had all got their period that year and she was sorely left behind.…
burnout… “Are you happy?” 21 Oct 202022 Oct 2020 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… 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…
feminism… “Mommy! Where is Daddy?” 26 Aug 202026 Aug 2020 As I sat in the car my toddler was quick to notice that his father wasn't riding with us. So he immediately asks, "Mommy! Where's Daddy?" "He's going to drive…
feminism… “Dear girl-mom! Smash the stereotype”. 1 Aug 20203 Aug 2020 You know I found it cute when women dressed up like their daughters and called their toddler daughters their "bestie" or "partner in crime" or "fellow diva". It was cute…
feminism… Ten Dicks and a Tom! 30 Jul 20208 Aug 2020 Ladies! Single life is not for people like me. Self-conscious, judgmental, opinionated, introverted, hyper imaginative and hypo perceptive. This life isn't for people like me. But by life's grace my…
covid… 2020….. my reflections on a hallmark half a year so far 25 Jul 20207 Aug 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/B6wSpkklmbJ/?igshid=fb58pukfptjy The above is my post from December 2019 on my Instagram. We had just come back about three weeks before this from a fantastic vacation in New Orleans and…
feminism… Working moms have it different, not easy. 24 Jul 202025 Jul 2020 So true story! I'm a feminist. Which means I champion all women. Yes, even the misogynists because even those women haven't had it easy. They've had it just as tough…
feminism… How internalized misogyny is transgenerational trauma in the Pakistani society! 21 Jul 202024 Jul 2020 Many women, countless women, women of all walks of life in Pakistan and actually in the world are coming out of their societal conditioning to conform to another conditioning that's…
humanity… Hyperactive or just a millennial? 3 Jul 20203 Jul 2020 As I watched dinner that was slowly simmering on the stove while watching Vanderpump Rules while my kid did her homework sitting next to me while my toddler occasionally brought…