All posts by Guest Contributor
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Stronger Than You Know
By J.B. My rapist didn’t look like a monster. He was a six-foot, brown-haired, 25-year-old working at a startup, with dark eyes, a trace of stubble,...
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2 poems by Kevin Simmonds
Laveau descended from wax & twine my dolls are certain red pepper skeleton key low voice in the water I bring boils...
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Tenderness
By Laurelin I was 22 when I had my abortion. The images that fill my head of that day remain White sheets Tools laid out...
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EMERGING FEMINISMS: Rainbow Fire: Equality of Marriage
By Hannah Seelman Rainbows everywhere. Yet, all that I know is our love. For so long it has been denied. Angry shadows of...
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Trans Feminine Humility
By Joshua Jennifer Espinoza Even though I was assigned male at birth and raised in a home with a strict emphasis on gender roles, I, as...
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Saying It Loudly: I Had an Abortion at Planned Parenthood
By Joanna Christi I’m saying this loudly. I’m saying this loudly because it needs to be said. When I was in college, I was raped....
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3 poems by Vanessa Angelica Villarreal
Silvia my story begins in water—— casita in a dark between seas a palace of ribs you begun in me imagined as...
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Finding My Voice: A Reflection On My Abortion(s)
By Jasmine Alvarez 1. careless/irresponsible/trash adjectives that some (most) might use to describe a woman who CHOSE abortion not once/not twice three times. Typical HOODRAT...
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A Last Resort
By Gabrielle Daniels It was a Saturday. I think that I walked all the way home from San Francisco General to Church and 26th. For...
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A Review: Son of Baldwin Shares Why Janet Jackson’s Newest Album Reveals She is Unbreakable
By Robert Jones, Jr. In the 2011 BBC Janet Jackson documentary Taking Control, legendary musician/producer/songwriter Jimmy Jam recalls a moment during the recording of Jackson’s...
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“Cornrows” by Renee Simms
CORNROWS Lydia took the rat tail end of the comb and slid it over her daughter’s scalp. The hair’s thickness reminded Lydia of the blue...
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#ShoutYourAbortion: I’ve Had Two Abortions and I Don’t Regret Either of Them
By Ashleigh Shackelford The first time I was pregnant, it was as a result of rape by my then boyfriend’s close friend. I was only...
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Manic Pixie Dream Cervix
By Sarah Cook but she is like a glass woman one ingredient, transparent a hunter of too bad treasure * why can’t she...
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The Preacher’s Daughter
By Sharon Rothberg At my wedding in the summer of 1964, I was 22 years old. Marty and I had dated for three years, and...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: DEAR SOCIETY, PLEASE CHANGE
By Jennifer Egbebike Dear Parents, When did it all begin? When did I start believing that in order to be an asset to society, I...
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3 poems by beyza ozer
I AM NOT THE MOST IMPORTANT FOREST YOU’VE BEEN IN a Palestinian is killed every 4 days and i’m crying because my bus...
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A Midwife’s Story
By Chloë Lubell There’s nothing dramatic about my abortion story. I had been with my partner for five years already. It was the summer before...
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Another Time
By Clementine Burnley This is the life that will not be What I imagined for you and me I have gathered information Groped for...
