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I’d started smoking cigarettes again. My teeth were yellowing. My breath stank. I was having more…
I had swag, a slow walk with just enough sass. Sauntering my round ass helped me act like I belonged, wherever I was. Blond hair feathered around my freckled face. I smiled with a giggle, a little sideways, gloss shining on pink lips. My pucker looked like childhood, and…
Women get a raw deal — I’ve always thought so. In this patriarchal society, we are treated as lesser and when you are treated as lesser, often with it…
Interview by Anna-Claire McGrath
Leslie Contreras Schwartz is a Mexican American poet living in Houston. She is of Mayan descent, but grew up in Houston among the bayous. She graduated Warren Wilson’s Program for Writers in…
These were the top 10 stories published by The Fem in 2016. You can also dive into monthly archives for 2016 by using the calendar at the top of this page.