Female. A disgusting word. Am I not more than what the textbooks make my body out to be? Am I not effeminate enough to wander beyond more than my shape? You call us irrational. Unstable.Dramatic.Sensitive. Female. But it is not you who is considered your own weakness. You are not privileged enough to walk alone at night Without the fear of plundering under our will Or being lucky to one day sit...

Female. A disgusting word. Am I not more than what the textbooks make my body out to be? Am I not effeminate enough to wander beyond more than my shape? You call us irrational. Unstable.Dramatic.Sensitive. Female. But it is not you who is considered your own weakness. You are not privileged enough to walk alone at night Without the fear of plundering under our will Or being lucky to one day sit...

It’s my birthday!The big one-twoI’m ALMOST a teenager how do you feel about that Mum?Do you feel OLD now?Next year I’ll be a moody teenagerJust like you wereJust like my aunt wasJust like my sister will be One more year of being your little girl But I’ve started secondary school now So maybe I’m not that little.I blow out each candle separately on my blue birthday cake Drawing it out As Long As...

We will not apologize for putting a name to your actions,We will no longer be silent, no longer be passive, If you feel you are at blame for the labels of your behaviours, Just know it is your habits that defined its nature, You call feminism extreme, and listen to media talk, About how our protests are wrong for challenging your dominant thoughts,You complain that we are at fault for wanting ...

i hate the way i instinctively put my keys between my knuckles as i walk home at night,  i hate the way i look over my shoulder at every second step,  i hate the way i pretend to be on the phone as i sit at the bus stop,i hate the way my dad tells me to turn on my location so he knows where i am,  i hate the way my mum tells me to wear a longer top,  i hate the way schools have to tell girls n...

NJAW stands for Not Just A Woman.Filmed in UK lockdown, this video explores what it means to be a woman in music using the real thoughts and feelings of local Nottingham talent.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QiW7f4UuUo&feature=youtu.be@tiffanyjadeholland

Good girls,Are grateful,Good girls let the hateful,Thing slide, because,It’s none of their business anyway,Because it’s,Not their place,Because she knows if she opens her mouth,Her face will betray her,Her emotions will be traced,Her rage, will spill over,Good girls, keep the vacant smiles,And think of everything good,In good girls lives.Like how these good girls,Could wear spaghetti straps,But...

There is no natural light in the Hayward Gallery. The artworks are illuminated in a soft, artificial glow, similar to the flat light of dusk. Gallery visitors creep around in the crepuscular gloom and I watch their shadows flit across the weave of Louise Bourgeois’ fabric children. These creations are curious and malformed. They invariably slouch or hang - anything but stand up straight - as...

If the internet was a city, TikTok is a funhouse of trick mirrors and trap doors. It reflects your interests back to you until you are forced deeper and deeper into its content. A maze of memes, if you will. However, traverse its labyrinthine corridors for long enough, you will come across a quiet corner of this funhouse. It’s gloomily lit, and, in accordance with the dark academia lore from ...

Who doesn’t love a healthy dose of female rage? It’s a real palette-cleanser.