Archive - the ordinary instant

#14: sometimes it really is a you problem

One of many rants, pulled straight from my journal, about the on-demand economy of attention.

Mar 25 •

February 2025

#13: RIP 🇵🇰 interwebs, 1990s—mid 2020s

A eulogy for the internet that raised me

Feb 23 •

January 2025

Jan 8 •

December 2024

#11: some feminist reflections on COP29

Sorry, this is going to be a tad boring for people who may not be into COP talk (and rightly so, given the outcomes).

Dec 6, 2024 •

July 2024

#10: insta shouting

Political struggles aren't a marketing posture.

Jul 31, 2024 •

January 2024

#9: little arguments with self

A bout of rambling in early 2024!!!?

Jan 30, 2024 •

December 2023

#8: equal parts fluffy and goofy

I sunno-ed the Indian Archies, and now I am sunna-oing.

Dec 10, 2023 •

November 2023

#7: what we talk about when we don't talk about gaza

Nov 19, 2023 •

May 2023

#6: a worker, not a girlboss

I can't have it all until everyone does.

May 6, 2023 •

December 2022

#5: notes from 2022 (alok menon style)

to say this year was hard is a gross understatement

Dec 31, 2022 •

July 2022

#4: moral governance and the gendered body in pakistan’s online spaces

Young women and genderqueers are going against the grain to redefine the public space in Pakistan

Jul 8, 2022 •

June 2022

#3: the utility of protest politics in feminism

Solely focusing on political demonstrations such as protests as the be-all and end-all of political movements is akin to reading only the bullet points…

Jun 13, 2022 •

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