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What She Means When She Says “I Tripped Down The Stairs”
It was just a little trip. Just a vacation, to a place nobody really wants to go. The kind of place nobody considers, never in the brochure, the kind of place where the sun silently slips away, and the rain won’t dare to visit. Baby at the bottom of the stairs, bathed in bruises, with…
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Britney Spears Is Not Crazy
They locked you up. A prisoner, caged by photographers, because your name is worth so much, and your pretty face has a pretty price, so you were hunted every night, by the same demons that destroyed Diana. They always want more from the girls who have given all they have, stalking you through car parks,…
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The Roses Will Rise Again
I thought I was the only one. A lone, white rose, covered in blood, broken and indecent, your hurried breath and lustful language circling me, like vultures, smaller circles every time, while I shrink down into the grass, covering my eyes, covering my ears, covering my whole body, because it must have been HER fault.…
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Internalised Misogyny Is A Sickness/I Am, In Fact, Like The Other Girls
I am, in fact, like the other girls. Sick of being sent into battle against the other girls, sick of being taught to hate the other girls, sick of the deep sickness of internalised misogyny, that makes its way deep under your skin, painting hatred through the veins, until you are poisoned. Grasping at your…