Jul 9, 2022Member-onlyIt’s A Human RightIf it’s Mother’s Day, make sure you put a trigger warning on your posts so that anyone who wants to be a mum, is trying to become a mum, is unable to be a mum, or has lost their mum isn’t brought into unnecessary despair. We want to make sure…Feminism2 min readFeminism2 min read
Feb 28, 2018ShineFilled with emptiness, emptied of fullness. Can’t quite put my finger on what’s missing. It’s not love, nor closeness. For my heart is safely held in his courageous arms. It’s not wonder, nor commitment. For my mind and body are dedicated to this beautiful life. What is it that has me feel, has me think, has me desire to shrink? Has me cry, has me hide, has me open up wide and bellow on my knees? Has me cry, I ask myself why?Poetry1 min readPoetry1 min read
Jul 7, 2017Righteous Anger and the Repression of the FeminineI have never encountered anyone who says women don’t have a right to express anger. In the feminist discourse, there are many who conflate the use of the term “angry feminist” with meaning a woman does not have a right to express this particular emotion. …Feminism6 min readFeminism6 min read
Published inPoets Unlimited·Jul 2, 2017Eye-fuckedThere is a new phenomenon, it’s time to be scared, men have taken it one step further I can hardly believe they dared. They now fuck us with their eyes, They no longer need the warmth of our thighs. …Feminism2 min readFeminism2 min read
Jun 29, 2017Women’s Studies and the Birth of the Social Justice WarriorWomen’s studies. I’m unsure what feelings and images those two words conjure deep in your being? For me, it’s the power, strength, and sacredness of the feminine; the creation of balanced and beautiful relationships with men and women; sacred union; conscious birth, mothering, grand-mothering; the menstrual cycle; fertility; study of…Feminism15 min readFeminism15 min read
Published inPoets Unlimited·Jun 23, 2017Engineered WomanWhy are you so angry, so bitter, so jaded, so full of spite, and division? Were you always so quick to lose your cool, or were you engineered this way? You used to write with eloquence, with passion, warmth, and love. …Poetry2 min readPoetry2 min read
Jun 12, 2017The Deep Blue Ocean Of DescentFor those first few moments I’m not quite sure where I am. I hear a tapping at the window, which awakens my consciousness and brings me back to the soft, warm bed I sleep in. It’s a bird, tap, tap tapping on my window. It pulls me swiftly back to…Loss7 min readLoss7 min read
Jun 3, 2017Intuition: Your Best FriendYou think you don’t know, but you do. You’ve always known. You’ve just forgotten. It’s now time to remember. You know that voice inside your head that asks, “Did you lock the door when you left the house?” That’s your intuition. I prefer to call it something else: it’s you…Intuition4 min readIntuition4 min read
May 18, 2017Masculinising The GoddessThe anchor to Earth, the ocean of tears, the holding of space. The loving of men, the healing of rifts, the care of the young. This is the feminine. This archetype — so nurturing and giving, so soft, so knowing, so welcoming, has been our ally, and is the birthplace…Feminism6 min readFeminism6 min read
Published inPoets Unlimited·May 15, 2017Let’s Not Waste Time On ContrastI am not bound by convention, nor coloured by skin or by tongue. And I will not be told that I cannot be one; with my sisters and brothers the fathers and mothers, the sons and the daughters of She. I am not immune to comments or words; that cut like…Racism2 min readRacism2 min read
