• Desi Girl Struggles

    “Unlearning Internalized Judgment: How I Stopped Looking Down on Other Women to Feel Better About Myself”

    Let’s get real for a second — have you ever mentally judged another woman just to feel a little better about yourself? Maybe she was too loud, too quiet, too bold, too carefree. Maybe she dressed “too Western” or “too traditional.” Maybe she made choices you wouldn’t — and instead of curiosity, you felt… superiority. I’ll say it: I’ve been there. And it wasn’t because I was a bad person — it was because I was hurting. Because deep down, I thought if I could put another woman down even silently, I could convince myself that I was doing okay. But the truth? It never made me feel better. It…