A poem on the day my sister and I were forced to grow up.
Tag: shame
A Rape Survivor’s Memories II
'In the memories of her adolescence / A desperate fly always tries to fly...'
A Rape Survivor’s Memories
She tries to heal. But the cotton balls that she put on her wounds after those dark encounters of childhood only grow with time.
In Memory of D.H. Lawrence and ‘Self-Pity’
Inspired by D.H. Lawrence's poem 'Self-Pity', which was published in an early imagist anthology edited by Ezra Pound in 1914.
P.S. – Your Bra
'I am a paradox, a double-edged sword – I can either be the reason for your decency, or the reason you are slut-shamed.'
My Body, a Language of Vulnerability
A poem on beauty standards set by society and the war many of us are forced to fight with ourselves on a daily basis.
Shame
A poem on how society makes a woman feel guilty over her own sexuality.
When June Comes Around, All I Do Is Cry
On growing up afraid of physical attraction and my own queerness.
The Heredity of Shame in Women
Instead of growing up with the confidence that boys do, young girls grow up with a lot of self-doubt and incertitude.
Silent Rules of Beauty: The Inescapable Physicality of Womanhood
For centuries, womxn have had to balance other aspects of their personality and responsibilities with the expected standard of physicality.