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A relationship should be based on mutual give and take. It becomes toxic when it is a one way street, with one person bearing all the emotional labour for both.
Thank you for remembering me only when you’re drunk for texting me only when you are lonely and calling me only when you are bored
While you don’t explicitly say it, it is understood
And while I don’t say anything to you, let it be known that you hurt me every time
I refuse to be your hobby and pastime And I refuse to be your agony aunt
Leave me alone and let me be I have too many of my own demons to fight on my own to think about yours
And why should I shoulder your responsibilities anyway? What exactly do you have to offer? Apart from quick sex and a quick friendship?
Talk to me about my work, about your work, about your dreams, desires and aspirations about our future together
Make me your priority and I will make you mine Treat me like an option, and watch me leave you at the drop of a hat
I am tired of being taken advantage of of not being taken seriously and having my emotional labour exploited
I am putting my foot down, here and now once and for all
Call me selfish, call me moody and call me rude I don’t care For I value myself too much to be taken for granted by you
A version of this was first published here.
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Kanav is, as of June 2021, pursuing his Master's in Development from Azim Premji University, Bangalore. He identifies as queer for personal and political reasons and can be contacted via https://www.linkedin.com/ read more...
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UP Boards Topper Prachi Nigam was trolled on social media for her facial hair; our obsession with appearance is harsh on young minds.
Prachi Nigam’s photo has been doing the rounds on social media for the right reasons. Well, scratch that- I wish the above statement were true. This 15-year-old girl should ideally be revelling in her spectacular achievement of scoring a whopping 98.05% and topping her tenth-grade boards. But oddly enough, along with her marks, it’s something else that garners more attention – her facial hair.
While the trolls are driving themselves giddy by mocking this girl who hasn’t even completed her school yet, the ones who are taking her side are going one step ahead – they are sharing her photoshopped pictures, sans the facial hair, looking nothing less than a celebrity with captions saying – “Prachi Nigam, ten years later”.
Doctors have already diagnosed her with PCOD in their comments, based on photographic evidence. While we have names for people shamed for their weight – body shaming, for their skin colour- racism, for their age- age shaming, for being a female- sexism, this category of shaming where one faces criticism for their appearance has no name. With that, it also has zero shame attached to it.
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