“Surrogate” depicts detachment, autonomy, guilt/relief through our main character Sarama and her situation with her husband, Soumen.
Sarama, a school teacher living in a joint family marriage taking care of her husband, Soumen’s father, and his two younger siblings. Sarama’s dream is to have a child – of her own to take care of.
The Novice: A Story of True Love is about a young woman called Kinh Tam who disguises herself as a man to pursue the life of a Buddhist monk. Though, living a man’s life for much of Kinh Tam’s time – she displays courage, endurance, curiosity and empowerment as a feminist.
The Annual Migration of Clouds by Premee Mohamed, takes place in Canada where the Earth is no longer recognizable the way we know it now. Reid, the protagonist in the story and the antagonist within herself, deals with a new disease caused by fungi called Cad.
Season 2 of Bridgerton will famously go down in history as it allowed exposure and opened doors for south Asian women in Hollywood. This will bring upon changes in Bollywood as well (or at least, I’m hoping).
Trigger warning // Rape
Though an enjoyable show which takes you out into a diverse historical world, there are problematic/triggering aspects I wish to express my displeasure about.
Psychologist John Gottman: can tell of couples will last the next 15 years just through studying a conversation. (Micro-expressions) – contempt means no, they will not. Psychologist Samuel Gosling did an experiment on college students (friends vs strangers). Both were on point if not, strangers more just by looking at their rooms. (Thin-slicing)- you don’t …
Takeaway Perusing the negative generates positivity for example: the pain of exercise brings overall better; being open with your insecurities paradoxically makes you more confident Disappointment Panda: tells you the hard truth such as: your actions don’t really matter that much in the grad scheme of things we are mediocre Value of suffering: we are …
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