Humor
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Akka, Amma, Boomer
The first time someone called me Amma, I was buying coriander. This felt about right. Nobody becomes Amma doing anything dignified. You don’t walk out of a boardroom and get addressed as Mother. Unless the boardroom is full of twenty-year-olds, for whom Mother is now the highest compliment going. Said over coriander, it is not… Continue reading
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My Scientific Temper Has an Astrology Clause
Or, how an evidence-based woman ended up checking her birth certificate at 11:07 p.m. on a Tuesday Recently, while doom-scrolling Instagram somewhere between a friend in Bali, a former colleague announcing she was truly humbled to accept a leadership role, and an aunt forwarding a Good Morning graphic featuring three roses and a sunrise, I was shown… Continue reading
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Performance Review: Universe, 2025
Employee: The UniverseReviewer: One human who just discovered their antidepressants aren’t strong enoughOverall Rating: Meets Expectations (barely, and only because we expected violence) Executive Summary Congratulations on another year of consistent underperformance. Your commitment to treating human suffering as a growth metric remains unmatched. We’d fire you, but apparently you’re union. Core Competencies 1. Global Stability Rating: Actively… Continue reading
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