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What is Body Shaming?
What is Body Shaming?
India is a country of abundant culture and diversity. Growing amidst various stories depicting rich emotions and characteristics, there is a lot of influences on one’s lifestyle. There are multiple definitions of right and wrong, someone will always get disappointed. One social evil that starts early on in an average Indian kid’s life is body shaming. But What does Body Shaming mean? Body…

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Grit by Angela Duckworth- Chai & Books #2
Grit by Angela Duckworth- Chai & Books #2
Grit is a book that will coax you and slap you hard on the face, at the same time. Let me explain. The core concept of the book is that people often categorise success as “naturally talented” when in fact, it is the grit and passion that matter more. Beginning the book with a relatable story, Duckworth tells us she was always told to be “”not genius enough””. (Ironically, she recently won the…

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Rewire the Brain Against Body-shaming
Rewire the Brain Against Body-shaming
In the first blog of Beyond Barriers: Breaking down Body-shaming we discussed the basics of body-shaming. In this one let us understand how often we mistake shaming for genuine advice. Shaming is the act of making negative comments on someone causing them to feel ashamed. Human bodies have been under scrutiny for decades, even centuries. Media, the fashion industry, the entertainment industry…

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Beyond Barriers: My Ongoing Voyage Of Body Acceptance
Beyond Barriers: My Ongoing Voyage Of Body Acceptance
After two posts breaking down body-shaming and rewiring our vocabulary against body-shaming, now we are talking acceptance. I myself am learning in this process, so I decided to share my experiences through this blog. My body acceptance journey began with positivity and later understanding neutrality. Read ahead, it’s not a rant word-vomit but rather one of the solutions! Body Positivity While…

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Blink: the Power of Thinking without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
Blink: the Power of Thinking without Thinking by Malcolm Gladwell
What if you could make all your decisions in the time of a blink of an eye? How many times have you heard the phrase “”trust your gut””? Malcolm Gladwell does a brilliant job explaining the phenomenon of gut instincts and snap decisions in his all-time best-seller Blink. First, we have to accept that our brain is too complex for us to have complete control of it. In fact, there is a whole…

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He was sunshine, I was midnight rain...
He was sunshine, I was midnight rain…
how long am I going to fool myself, when the answer is obviouskept waiting for the ball to drop on my head, a maroon chaos I took the knife to the gunfight, gave ’em all the perfect alibijust when he was comfortable, they sounded the vile war cryI went ahead and erased us, listening to the soul deconstructorsseemingly bejeweled when I stand in my blood-soaked gown it was too good, a blissful…

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count my blessings
poem #3 in the midnights series. This last one is about fighting back. Taylor once said you can move without forgiving or forgetting what they did to you... and this is my take on that. #tsmidnights #midnightsmayhemwithme #taylorswift #swifite #poems
The day my life changed, I still clearly rememberat the turn of a day I just a pile of dust, not amberalone under the spotlight, mistook it for a stagebandaging all the wounds are still taking my dayswe were just kids and I get that it was good fun, for youtry telling that to my shaking hands, my starved stomach toobeen a while since I saw my own reflection, all I see are ghostsfighting nail and…

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Go home
A poem/song lyrics I wrote a while back based on unrequited love. Inspirations: Evermore album and the To All The Boys movie. #poem #originalpoetry #poetsofinstagram #deadpoetsociety #taylorswift #evermore #unrequited #unrequitedlove
I can’t believe you say you like methink I’m Queen, just torn tapestry. You’re in my feels, I can’t help mesorry to leave, I can’t even breathe. I see you lean all over me,my anxieties tell me horror stories. I tryna feel how you’re telling me,but baby please this ain’t working‘cuz, there’s two whole seas between you and mei bet you’re on green, it’s blue all over me.All I’ve wanted was, to be…

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When food becomes your enemy
TW:ED This blog is my way of empowering myself to open up about my disordered eating and help anyone who feels alone. Read more to know about my journey when food became my enemy.
We all have agendas for every day – be it written or productive, there is at least a subconscious plan for each day. We usually remember the important chores and activities to do. But what happens when you start to consciously jot down “eat less” or “don’t eat a lot” every day? What happens when every single day you keep letting yourself down by eating “more” than you planned for or eating the…

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Good kind of Writer's Block!
2022 has been the rollercoaster ride for my dreams and with that comes the best kind of writer's block... it's now time to be grateful for the good, bad and all!
This year felt different from the start… after a very hard and introspective 2 years, I began 2022 with the intention of doing things that will only serve my happiness. And after 11 months of the year, I am glad to say I stuck to it for the most part. I’m an obsessive planner and goal-setter. And with that comes the need to follow up and be hard on yourself when you fail to do so. So unlike most…

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