Today's Rambles: I Want to Wake Up Each Day with a Resolve to Be Brave About Being Myself, Even If I Get It “Wrong”
Content note: chronic pain, PMDD, surgery, relationships, reflection, nonviolent communication
I've written a new #Substack post! I've been rereading Marshall Rosenberg's #NonviolentCommunication. This one is about observation without evaluation, survival mode vs. living, #chronicpain, #disability, guilt, and wanting to be braver (I have surgery tomorrow morning, so the timing felt right).
01.02.2026 20:33
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Living as Rebellion (Body Updates, Political Dread, and More About Choosing Myself)
Content notes: chronic illness, bladder conditions, surgery, fertility, state violence, death, neurodivergence, grief, isolation
New Substack post in which I write about the things I'm holding right now, like surgery prep, political dread, grief, hope, the fear of going outside, and the refusal to let any of it make me smaller.
drrosedasgupta.substack.com/p/living-as-...
16.01.2026 03:29
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Who Gets a Say?
Content notes: polyamory, non-monogamy, relationships, infertility, pregnancy scares, breakups, grief
New #Substack post! I briefly wrote about navigating big life decisions in #polyamorous and relationship anarchist contexts, prompted by a conversation card that called me out personally. I also include a list of poly/ENM resources.
drrosedasgupta.substack.com/p/who-gets-a...
05.01.2026 23:17
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Long-Term Goals, Not Resolutions
Content notes: chronic illness, fertility, mental health
I am not pregnant (and I wanted to be), and I started my period today, and I'm not having a good time in my body.
I don't really believe in New Year's resolutions anymore, but I wrote down some long-term goals anyway. #Substack
drrosedasgupta.substack.com/p/long-term-...
03.01.2026 05:22
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neurotypical woman @femaleguy2:
i used to have this opinion and i still do in some minor ways, but an important realization i had was that in the same way nobody owes the world androgyny or adherence to expectations of binary gender, nobody owes the world classification or categorization in that respect.
Halimede @HalimedeMF • 18h:
"it/its" ughhhh you are missing! the! point! You are Human. Do you think you just fell out of a coconut tree? We already have a set of pronouns and social role historically denoting objectification, in much more interesting and sexually compelling...
neurotypical woman @femaleguy2•2h i think there's something to be said about What We Call Human in that it's historically been too narrow for cultures around the world and looking at the current neopronoun culture as a communal trauma response to dehumanization writ large helps me mind my own business and be kind
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neurotypical woman @femaleguy2 • 2h and what's more human than adapting to hardship in strange new ways that keep us alive? does my instinctual craving for pattern and understanding of a system outweigh any individual's right to navigate the world in a way best suited to their survival? i don't think it does
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in case anyone was wondering how i felt about the subject now
07.08.2024 21:02
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I'm very raw here. I don't niche down, and I don't polish the hard parts out.
If that sounds like your vibe, welcome. If not, no hard feelings.
#authenticwriting #substack #writersofbluesky #writing #prose #poetry #rambles #findingmyvoice
30.12.2025 06:38
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Sometimes I post poetry. Sometimes I post data or more technical stuff. Sometimes I post about my fertility journey, my chronic illness, or my gender.
#poetry #chronicillness #fertilityjourney #writing
30.12.2025 06:38
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What to expect: long-form posts about disability, queerness, healthcare, spiritual practices, data visualization, polyamory and relationship anarchy, healing, neurodivergence, and whatever else I'm fixating on.
#disability #queer #dataviz #polyamory #relationshipanarchy #neurodivergent #hindu
30.12.2025 06:38
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I just updated my Substack's About page to be more upfront about my positionality, my assumptions about sex and gender, and how I write (em and en dashes everywhere, parenthetical asides, and holding contradictions without resolving them).
#writing #writinglife #substack
30.12.2025 06:38
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(Hence: "Overqualified Oversharing" being the name of my Substack.)
I'm non-binary and genderfluid. I love makeup and dresses. I also want to medically transition. These aren't contradictions; clothes and makeup don't have gender.
#nonbinary #genderfluid #transjoy #queerfashion #enby
30.12.2025 06:38
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I'm an Indian-Bengali-American data scientist, writer, and artist. I have a PhD in Biomedical Informatics, I'm pursuing solo parenthood (which means I paused HRT), and I process everything by writing about it publicly.
#datascience #soloparent #fertility #trans #bengaliamerican #southasian
30.12.2025 06:38
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Overqualified Oversharing | Dr. Golapri Rose Ila Dasgupta | Substack
disability, queerness, grief, healing, machine learning, statistics, poetry, writing, spirituality, graphic design, and art. Click to read Overqualified Oversharing, by Dr. Golapri Rose Ila Dasgupta, ...
Hello! I'm Golapri Rose (they/he/ze). I'm reintroducing my Substack, because a lot has shifted since I first started this Substack in 2024:
drrosedasgupta.substack.com
#substack #introduction #writer #chronicillness #disability #queer #nonbinary #trans #findingmyvoice #poetry #prose #rambles
30.12.2025 06:38
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I'm sending y'all love, and I hope people are gentle and kind with themselves 😃 (I know I'm very intentionally reminding myself of this too.)
24.12.2025 14:24
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Happy holidays y'all. Please check in on your fellow queers and people who are estranged from friends or family. Even if someone is surrounded by loved ones, this time can feel especially isolating and triggering.
24.12.2025 14:24
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Advent of Code 2025
I just completed all 12 days of Advent of Code 2025! #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com #RStats
24.12.2025 00:37
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Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025
I just completed "Reactor" - Day 11 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/11
24.12.2025 00:29
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Day 10 - Advent of Code 2025
I just completed "Factory" - Day 10 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/10
I used lpSolve (cran.r-project.org/web/packages...) to solve this #RStats #IntegerLinearProgramming
24.12.2025 00:17
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Day 9 - Advent of Code 2025
I just completed "Movie Theater" - Day 9 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/9
(I've done part 1s of days 10-12 too! Day 9's part 2 took a while)
23.12.2025 23:34
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Gotta be twice as good for half the reward. Every fucking time.
23.12.2025 02:29
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Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025
I just completed "Playground" - Day 8 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/8
(now batch attempting the Part 1s for Days 9-12, bc I'm desperately trying to catch up!) I'm unfortunately sick again, so I'm hoping to finish and work on some other projects :3
23.12.2025 04:17
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Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025
I just completed "Laboratories" - Day 7 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/7
23.12.2025 03:51
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Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025
I just completed "Trash Compactor" - Day 6 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/6
23.12.2025 03:40
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Feeling My Body Through the Longest Night
Content notes: chronic illness, hypermobility diagnosis, fertility journey, gender dysphoria, body image, real-time processing, capacity, relationships, sitting in uncertainty
Happy Solstice! New Substack about being in a body holding a lot: new diagnosis, fertility, dysphoria, and befriending shame instead of waiting until you've healed enough to deserve your own presence. #disability #chronicillness #blog #reflection
drrosedasgupta.substack.com/p/feeling-my...
22.12.2025 03:51
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Existing While Feeling Like You Need to Arrive Somewhere
Content notes: executive dysfunction, fertility journey, past relationships, grief, polyamory, liminal spaces, mythology, self-worth
I have a tendency to optimize my way through uncertainty instead of just existing. :/
Wrote about that today... and about boundaries, interior victories, and putting your shoulder to the boulder again.
drrosedasgupta.substack.com/p/existing-w...
#disability #burnout #fertility #chronicillness
18.12.2025 00:33
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Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025
I just completed "Cafeteria" - Day 5 - Advent of Code 2025 #AdventOfCode adventofcode.com/2025/day/5
16.12.2025 18:08
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and I’m committed to learning the ways I can care for them in that experience so I don’t make it unduly challenging for them to meet those insecurities within themselves.” @lavitaloca34.bsky.social
(Absolutely, I'm trying to work on this myself) #polyamory
12.12.2025 20:11
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@lavitaloca34.bsky.social : "“While I am not responsible FOR the insecurities of my partners, I acknowledge that I can have an impact on their EXPERIENCE of their insecurities..." (continued)
#polyamory
12.12.2025 20:11
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Work has been intense, I'm hoping to finish Advent of Code this week in a sprint
12.12.2025 20:08
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This composition had eluded me for nearly a decade, but yesterday I was finally able to capture it. A train rolled through just as the Duquesne Incline was crossing over the tracks in #Pittsburgh, creating a picture perfect winter scene. It was worth the hours and hours I've waited over the years.
03.12.2025 14:05
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This year, why not do the #AdventOfCode in #Haskell with your polycule?
02.12.2025 17:34
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