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  • March 11, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Empathy in an Outrageous World

    Or… I ain’t problematic, I have a [group name] friend!! I’ve been thinking a lot lately about in-person exposure to

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  • February 14, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Here’s to the Maybes

    Here’s to the Maybes, the Almosts, the Ones told “I can’t”, the Ones busied away. Do you ever think about where they must go Once you’ve relegated them to a footnote?

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  • February 13, 2022 An Amrikan Chimaera

    A Single Guy’s (Positive) Take on Valentine’s Day

    If you’re in a good relationship, celebrate that today. Don’t patronize your single friends. Don’t act like you forgot the day. Even a bog standard date on Valentine’s Day ain’t a horror show.

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  • December 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    My Empire of Hurt

    I’ve been in bit of pain for the past few months. I’m starting to come out of it. And I hope everyone in the same boat can do the same too.

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    November 20, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    India Sweets & Spices Review – Desi Representation & Colorism in Mainstream American Culture

    India Sweets & Spices, about a girl named Alia who discovers family secrets during summer break, certainly does have imperfections. But I’m happy that it exists and that it adds to the growing (and never perfect) list of stories told about South Asians.

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  • November 11, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Inclusivity of Sport

    There are few avenues in life where I have felt more welcome and included than as part of a sports fandom. For a few hours, I didn’t have to be The Muslim representative or wasn’t seen as The Brown Guy.

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    October 23, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    The Model Minority Myth and Maher

    The Model Minority Myth bolsters the idea that Asians experience less hate & prejudice because $$. And explains lack of empathy with our struggles.

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    October 16, 2021 An Amrikan Chimaera

    Where Are You REALLY From?

    Where are you from? You can’t be American! There are people who are so gauche unintentionally. And then there are the ones who know better but purposefully go the other direction…

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April 24, 2021 Of cabbages and kings

On Wants and Wanteds

I want to get to know you… slowly, so slowly, always searching, never caring about the destination
I wanted to hold your hand and feel you squeeze mine back

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January 30, 2021 Demosthenes

Virtual Energy Vampirism in a Pandemic… or Dude, STFU

To what degree have the stresses & traumas inflicted by the pandemic colored our social interactions (esp. virtual ones). How intrusive are even socially-distanced activities and what dis-service can they do to those whose company is so highly priz’d in the first place?

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December 4, 2020 Demosthenes

I am (not)

I am. I am not…

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October 28, 2020 Locke

On the Fragility of Our Connections

On the nature & fragility of friendship, of love & its connections & how people so often change the connections they have always known.

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October 21, 2020 Of cabbages and kings

On The Path of Being a Suitable Boy

On the life expectations placed on us and by us. What do you do when the only path you’ve ever thought about never seems to materialize.

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October 3, 2020 Locke

Letting Go of Ourselves to Gain Something of Someone Else

On the concept of letting go, sacrificing a smidge of control in one’s life in the pursuance of love, of relationships etc…

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September 7, 2020 Locke

Discrimination and the Systemic Capriciousness of Achievement in the USA

When I was 12, my father told me, “In this country, you will always need to be 2, 3, or even 4 times better than any white person.” YEP.

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August 31, 2020 Demosthenes

Chemistry, Conversation and the Theatre of Awkward

Wouldn’t it be nice just to have someone to talk to…. Maybe over a pot of gumbo on a lazy Sunday evening. But I am still picky?

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July 3, 2020 Locke

Fear is the Heart of Love

“Fear is the heart of love” Towards the end of a recent Peloton class, I heard the preceding lyric from a Death Cab for

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June 24, 2020 Correspondence

A Thought on Putting Oneself Out There

Thoughts on the nature and development of friendship and relationships and the risks we take or don’t have to take.

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