gendered roles

When I Am Asked to Be More Like the Good Women of Sparta in the Movie ‘300’
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When I Am Asked to Be More Like the Good Women of Sparta in the Movie ‘300’

Issue 119: 01 October 2020

When I Am Asked to Be More Like the Good Women of Sparta in the Movie ‘300’

By Editor| 2020-09-29T14:00:49-07:00 October 1st, 2020|Categories: Issue 119: 01 October 2020|Tags: gendered roles, keep the home fires burning, Poetry, Abby E. Murray|

By Abby E. Murray The colonel sends a letter to the families of Tiger Battalion at the onset of global pandemic. I am a Tiger spouse now, which means I am dignified, according to the colonel. The tigers in the zoo closest to us have paced so long in their habitat they communicate in sunken [...]

Tail of Masculinity
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Tail of Masculinity

Issue 115: 23 July 2020

Tail of Masculinity

By Editor| 2020-07-22T09:50:11-07:00 July 23rd, 2020|Categories: Issue 115: 23 July 2020|Tags: Poetry, Ben P. Effiong, masculinity, gendered roles, gender identity, patriarchy, matriarchy|

By Ben P. Effiòng I was born into a society Defined by fraternities In a hospital ward decorated with partiality My birth, celebrated like African obesity This was the privilege attached to my sexuality I was born a male, with the tail of masculinity Birthed into this artificiality Characteristic of ma/pa-triarchy I sat on the [...]