Archive - Dhaaruni IRL

The Privilege of Public Disclosure

Last week (or maybe it was the week before), two different essays on The Cut went viral, one by Emily Gould titled “Should I Leave My Husband? The Lure…

Feb 24 •

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December 2023

What I Read This Year: 2023

Once again, here is my book roundup for 2022 (this is my list for 2022 and 2021). As I write this, I’ve almost finished my Goodreads challenge (100…

Dec 24, 2023 •

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September 2023

Love And Marriage (And Children)

Some of the most recent discourse on Twitter concerns a few books that basically state that kids who grow up in two-parent households have better life…

Sep 22, 2023 •

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First of all, I’m Fine (with a capital F), and there’s nothing to worry about, but since I’m in the process of switching jobs, I have more time than…

Sep 1, 2023 •

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July 2023

Looking Forward, Looking Ahead

Here’s what’s going through my head on this fine Sunday in July. I was going to make this a political newsletter but I realized partway through it had…

Jul 30, 2023 •

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I'm A Ten, So I Pull In A Ken

I Saw Barbie And I Have Takes

Jul 26, 2023 •

Dhaaruni Sreenivas

May 2023

#PumpRules Delenda Est

May 13, 2023 •

Dhaaruni Sreenivas

March 2023

Whatever Happened to #MeToo?

Part I: The Background In 2022, the Southern Law Poverty Center conducted an extensive survey which revealed that, among other alarming facts, 46% of…

Mar 25, 2023 •

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January 2023

Jan 27, 2023 •

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Notes on Left-Wing Masculinity and the Manosphere

Andrew Tate, a social media influencer and the so-called “king of toxic masculinity,” kicked off 2023 by getting arrested in Romania for allegations of…

Jan 2, 2023 •

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December 2022

What I Read This Year

Dec 23, 2022 •

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November 2022

Looking Back, Looking Ahead

When I was 6, my mom enrolled me at a Telugu and Sanskrit class at a temple in the Dallas suburbs, and I stayed 10 minutes before leaving because I…

Nov 25, 2022 •

Dhaaruni Sreenivas

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