Essays
The Sisterhood
After her talk, I went home and reflected on what Gloria Steinem talked about that evening. She wasn’t just blowing smoke; she was insisting we burn down the barriers that allowed the status quo to deny women equality.
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Essays
After her talk, I went home and reflected on what Gloria Steinem talked about that evening. She wasn’t just blowing smoke; she was insisting we burn down the barriers that allowed the status quo to deny women equality.
The Discourse
Women are whole people. Imagine that? Sex with us requires the capacity to be a whole person.
The Discourse
Chappell Roan is not just another pop star acting out. She’s a case study in the structural refusal to perform compliance.
The Discourse
Emily's Visa is FINALLY expiring. And I might be the only person on earth not thrilled about it.
Poetry
A lot of women have gone missing, fallen / off the face of the earth, their surnames / lost like jewelry on a dark beach.
Poetry
Her tongue, the falls, softly licks my olive shoulders / that rise to breath and sheltering slender hands.
Poetry
Time is a gallery of women dancing, swinging scarves and creating the illusion of rainbows.
Poetry
There were days / home felt heavier than grief. / Not because it lacked love. / Because it carried too much of it.
Poetry
This was not the plan—to grow old. / In youth’s brief time youth seemed forever— how cruel.
Poetry
We are so alive / a thousand thousand deaths / won’t bring us to our knees
Poetry
Squirrels, I’ve read, forget / where they’ve hidden a third of their nuts. / I’ve forgotten where I’ve hidden / more than a third of my pain.
Essays
I didn't get an official award when we graduated eighth grade. No ribbon to label me as “Last Non-Menstruating Girl.” I didn't need one. Everyone knew.
Essays
The beautiful daughter of Ajax, Cassandra, was given the gift of knowledge and prophecy by Apollo, only to be cursed to never be heard.
Reviews
Real Life seamlessly blends feminism and female friendship with other persisting issues that plague the world at large.
Obsessions
Everyone in Rooster is a little messy and I am here for it. / Mad Mabel by Sally Hepworth is an exemplar of literary voice.
