The Portuguese artist, who has died at the age of 87, had a strong feminist streak in her work that blazed a trail for women’s rights.
Gender & Sexuality

The Choice Is Always Yours
A poem written after reading a news article about young girls being drugged and assaulted.

Homing as a Single Displaced Woman
The author explores the desire of a single woman from a small city to build a home in a big city.

The Perishing of Truth
A poem on how at the end of the Johnny Depp and Amber Heard trial, we are all lost.

Corsets, Waist Trainers: How Influencers Have Driven Our Modern Obsession With Shapewear
This is something that has been going on for hundreds of years.

Why I Can’t Console My Father: How Conservative Ideas of Masculinity Set Toxic Norms
I don’t know if a day will come when my father feels differently and knows that it is okay for him to be emotionally vulnerable. Until then, I choose not …