{"id":172,"date":"2022-03-28T20:06:05","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T00:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/?page_id=172"},"modified":"2022-04-06T11:03:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T15:03:56","slug":"meera-shroff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/meera-shroff\/","title":{"rendered":"Meera Shroff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201c[&#8230;] what we really bonded over was writing: complaining about it, talking about our ideas, avoiding it, and actually writing together. Sharing our writing made us vulnerable, but that room was a place to be and share ourselves, wholly and unapologetically and safely.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In my story, I write about my experience of attending a middle school writing club and how our shared pastime brought us together and created a sense of belonging.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-172 gallery-columns-4 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/meera-shroff\/m-shroff-4\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-4-216x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-4-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-4.jpg 662w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 85vw, 216px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/meera-shroff\/m-shroff-3\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-3-300x225.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-3-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-3-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-3-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-3-1200x900.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/meera-shroff\/m-shroff-2\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-2-225x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-2-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-2-768x1024.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-2-1200x1600.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/meera-shroff\/m-shroff-1\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-1-300x225.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-1-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-1-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-1-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/M.-Shroff-1-1200x900.png 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-172-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/Meera.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/Meera.mp3\">http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/Meera.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/communitiesarecritical\/files\/2022\/04\/Meera-Shroff-Final-Story-Transcript-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Full story transcript<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201c[&#8230;] what we really bonded over was writing: complaining about it, talking about our ideas, avoiding it, and actually writing together. 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