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Poetry: Life of a woman is hard, being a working woman is harder. Sharing workspace with my abuser every day makes want to become a hedgehog!
TW: Workplace sexual harassment, abuse of power.
My blood starts rushing,
Every time I smell your cologne
Don’t be flattered,
Cause I don’t mean this in a good way,
My blood rushes in a panicked, begging for help way
Cause every time you come close,
I know a part of you will touch my skin
In a way, my body doesn’t like
Sometimes I wish I was a hedgehog,
So, I could hurt those privileged hand of yours
And get away with no consequences.
But I know I won’t ever will be one,
So I silently tolerate and count the days
I rush home as soon as the clock strikes 6
I dive into my bed and weep
For being a coward today as well
I wish to be brave enough someday
To launch a sucker punch in your face
And walk away with grace
But I know the day isn’t close
And once again patiently I count the days
And rush home as soon as the clock strikes 6
Count the days to what? You may ask
I count the days to your demise.
I often times wonder,
Maybe the things I wish are too cruel
Only to realize they aren’t harsh enough
For the things you put me through
So dear privileged,
I wait for the day your immortality fades away.
Image source: Still from HER – “LET THE VOICE BE YOURS” by Bombay Diaries, edited on CanvaPro
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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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