PinnedPublished inInvisible IllnessNo, My Depression Is Not Caused By The Devil, Karma, Or Lack Of FaithIn my hour of deepest need, I was gaslit and abandoned by a spiritual community I deeply trustedJun 5A response icon73Jun 5A response icon73
PinnedPublished inThe ViragoInside the Harem: I Escaped a Rich Man’s Cult of WomenHow patriarchal structures exploit female ambitionMay 9A response icon31May 9A response icon31
PinnedPublished inCatharsis ChroniclesRace Comes First: What America Taught Me As A Brown WomanSubtle stratification and ensuing division, and why it is probably inevitableJun 3A response icon53Jun 3A response icon53
PinnedPublished inRootedMy Grandmother’s Kitchen Was a Kingdom And A CageOn food, feminism, what we lose when women leave the kitchen and why it might be worth itMay 26A response icon32May 26A response icon32
PinnedPublished inThe ViragoIndian Weddings Are Beautiful — But They’re Destroying Women’s LivesThis cultural extravaganza is robbing them of dignity and often, their very livesApr 8A response icon45Apr 8A response icon45
Published inFourth WaveLove, Cortisol & the Microbiome: How the Men We Choose Shape UsFrom birth to death, men leave their imprints on women often in the most invisible yet deeply biological ways2d agoA response icon82d agoA response icon8
Published inRootedA Love Letter to Fermentation- Our Shared LegacyBaking, pickling and preserving: how an ancient bacterium nourishes usMay 23A response icon8May 23A response icon8
Published inNamaste NowDeath Is Perhaps The Greatest Teacher of LoveNothing like the Grim Reaper to open your heartMay 19A response icon7May 19A response icon7
Published inFourth WaveWar Is a Man’s Game — Rebuilding Is a Woman’s BurdenReflections after the Indian subcontinent came dangerously close to nuclear warMay 18A response icon6May 18A response icon6
Published inBlack BearI Was a Ticking Time Bomb in My Adolescence, Eventually Something ExplodedWe grew up together in chaos. One of us didn’t make it outMay 8A response icon3May 8A response icon3