“Blodeuwedd was created to love one man; that was her original purpose in life. She found a way to assert her own wants and needs, and they think the best way to teach her a lesson is by turning her into an owl?… In my own heart I see her transformation as a positive, as an evolution… an owl is another level, a creature with deep wisdom and insight. Not to mention claws and a killer instinct.”
Read Morepoetry by Keith J. Castillo
Read More“I’ve always associated gardens with an abundance of healing magic. It’s where my family goes to spill our scars and history and watch something good take root. It’s where we go if we want to walk away lighter. A place I can’t quite look at without feeling an ache in the hollow of my chest.”
Read More“anything that denies a person with a bleeding cunt is demonstrative of patriarchy.”
Read Morepoem by Ciona Nankervis
Read More“I noticed daisies sprouting outside the morning she appeared; / she was an old friend who cradled me in the early light, / whispered that enchantments and charms cannot be taken”
Read More“Raised by a mother who believed imagination was sinful, Mina was constantly punished and derided for her creative spirit…. And yet, her poetry breathes with transformative vitality. She dares to imagine a world where women exist wholly as themselves, their value disconnected from the preferences of men.”
Read Morepoem by Katharine Love
Read MoreI got wasted and picked up sailors on the train to Chicago, I participated in orgies, I ran away with the circus. I don’t do any of those things anymore, but I’m still the person who did them. I don’t disavow it. I’m not sorry.
Read MoreThere are dozens of health benefits from drinking herbal tea including relaxation, pain reduction, stress and anxiety relief, and improvement of the digestive and immune systems. It’s no secret that tea is a popular selection for those looking to improve their health naturally.
Read Morepoem by Zennia Hall
Read More“The fire crept along the sides of her sleeping chamber. The blooming obsidian smoke choked the air from her quarters. Her screams for help were answered by a soot covered man with a receding hairline and ugly intentions.”
Read Morepoem by Mandi Jourdan
Read Morecreative non-fiction & poem by Zac Porter
Read Morethen someone’s calling, someone’s
found him, on dry land, solid pavement
beneath his feet.
Poems by Silvia La Rote
Read Morepoetry by Audrey Bowers
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