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I wear red to boost my courage and confidence. So I don't lean on others for their inspiration or approval!
I wear red to boost my courage and confidence. So I don’t lean on others for their inspiration or approval!
Trigger warning – This post mentions domestic and physical abuse which may be triggering to survivors and certain audiences.
I bleed red to procreate, Another universe I carry in my womb, To contribute positively to the world, Showing my gratitude for bearing me too.
I wear red to boost myself, My courage and confidence determine me, And, I shouldn’t lean on others, For inspiration and approval.
I also bleed red when you beat me, Violet, blue and black also follow, Yet, I don’t surrender to your whimsical demands, For my indefinable energy doesn’t let me so.
I dare to colour this world, With the red of my own self, My being, a separate entity, Irrespective of your expectations.
In this red mingle other colours, The bubbly and optimistic yellow, And, the fascinating and enthusiastic orange, Lighting up the worlds of others too.
I can be saintly or a witch, With my soothing and red eyes, Bewitching and captivating, I can wreak havoc when I choose to.
Judge me not, therefore, You’ll forever be baffled, For I am me, and it won’t suit you, I’m irreplaceable, and that makes me happy.
Like blood groups, I may differ, Yet, the common string binds us, We, women, know how to uplift, Empower and inspire others as well.
Picture credits: Still from Whisper’s #BreakTheSilence campaign on YouTube
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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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