feministing

 

“We demand: respect, equal wages and orgasms.”
- Danish feminism
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“Shit…I’m out of petals.”
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Flirt. Keep the memories.
- Bulgarian ad
Because a woman on her knees is better than one on her back.
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musings

Words that are soothing me right now.
 

Sultry Indian summer
Libidos colliding in steamy heat
Monsoon skies bloom open
Rain thunders down
Pounding into crescendo
Dripping down walls
Red earth getting drenched
With pouring rain
- me
And this is a special dedication to my dear friend Jason:
“I used to feel so alone in the city.
All those gazillions of people and then me on the [...]

prompting favors

dear reader,
as an aspiring writer who finds herself with severe writer’s block, i have a favor to ask of you- my dear new friend. give me prompts to expand. i’ve noticed that as of late, i’ve been too angry and thus critical which is exhausting. anything you would want to read about. anything you would [...]

SEX(ISM)

 
“Shall quips and sentences and these paper bullets of the brain awe a man from the career of his humor? No. The world must be peopled.” – Benedict (Much Ado About Nothing- Shakespeare)
Sex (as both gender as well as the act) and [...]

this woman’s worth

Desh mrinmoy noi, desh chinmoy- Rabindranath Tagore
This country is not a chunk of earth, it is a saga of consciousness.
India has become a mere chunk of earth and the country that is so steeped in culture and belief has lost any semblance of consciousness. The country is practicing slavery under the guise of tradition and [...]

it’s a third world after all

My name is Nayantara, it is a Sanskrit name meaning star of the eye. I was born in Chennai, the capital of the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu. My maternal grandmother’s grandfather, Ramasamy Naicker prevented the invasion of the south by fooling the British; he protected a people and their culture from being raped [...]

il primo bacio

I had my first kiss at __. With a heterosexual male. I specify this as my lips have come into contact with numerous others prior to this very dramatic moment. There are countless gay men and one very lucky married woman. I say dramatic because of what all it has taken me to get there. [...]

the heart of life

…are friends. To me, friends are the family that you choose and thusly, are very meaningful and important, as most people would agree. They have been on the forefront of my mind recently for a few reasons. One, a lot of people from my past are drudging themselves up reasons they think are valid. And [...]