By Julia Tagliere Why is it that when women drink we love We melt at your gentle insistence and praise your strong hands We shed our full-body armor and open our honeyed limbs We forget When women drink we love We do not, generally, shove bottles into your rectums or try to force your flaccid [...]
By Phyllis Klein “There are so many fragile things, after all. People break so easily, and so do dreams and hearts.” – Neil Gaiman, Fragile Things Breaking: Buzz of a bone fractured, burst of a bowl hitting the floor, boom of a heart splitting. Please like me. A dream as it shatters. Please think [...]
By Caroline Taylor It’s okay if you don’t recognize the make or model of the car that hit you. It’s okay if you can’t be sure it was gray or silver, and no one expects you to recall the license plate details. After all, they came out of nowhere. Your car is totaled, and you [...]
By Lizz Schumer Femme is an act of war Living in this body performance art Like daring to walk down the street. (Does my topknot offend you?) Keeping men’s words out of my head (Hey baby, smile for me) To make room for my own. Lipstick and lace body-armored My skin is a weapon in [...]
