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11th August, 2022 You know you don’t have to debate with the ridiculous expectations the world places on you as a woman.You don’t have to justify yourself.You don’t owe anyone any explanations for who you are, what you do or why you may choose to say no. Those words of judgement, that make you feel …
Tuesday 18th July, 2023 It finally seems to be happening. After all these long hard years of campaigning, suddenly the world seems to care about women’s safety. It’s an issue that’s finally being discussed and those on the political right seem to be at the forefront of demanding that women and girls have a right …
27th July 2022
25th July 2022 Beautiful yet poisonousThey tangle themselves around their victim.Gently pulling them underDeeper into the darkness, beneath the earth.Lungs filled with sweetened soil,Eyes blinded with floral notesAs death blissfully creeps.Its softened barbs disguised as love.The warm embrace of unadulterated hate,Spoken softly as eloquent words of death
Monday 3rd July, 2023 I love the story of the Starfish, you might have heard it:Early one morning an old man was walking along a beach when he saw thousands of starfish lying on the sand, and a boy, picking them up, one by one and throwing them into the ocean.“What are you doing?” asked …
26th June 2022. Sitting on a wall, looking out to sea, headphones on. In a world of her own. Or at least trying to be. She looked about 15 or so and the boy, balancing on the wall, clearly getting on her nerves looked a couple of years younger. I assumed he was her annoying …
21st June 2023 It’s 2023, I can’t for the life of me work out why we’re still doing this but it seems we are so, here we go: And, as a bonus, an extra one for any men out there tempted to tell their sisters in Christ that they need to change what they’re wearing …
Friday 9th June 2023 Modesty/Purity culture is a terrible thing for a number of reasons. It is controlling, telling women what they can and can’t wear, where they can and can’t go, who they can be friends with, who they can talk to when, what they can do. This isn’t the freedom Christ came to …
17th June 2022 A pastor in `Texas has sparked outrage recently by saying gay people should be lined up and shot in the back of the head. Reading the commentary on this on the internet I noted how quick those who believe that being gay is sinful were to distance themselves from this guy, with …
Wednesday 31st May, 2023 Imagine the strength it must take to smile at your torturer, to step outside your front door and go about your day like everything is fine when it is not.Imagine how brave you must be, to go back to the place where you know you will be hurt, really hurt, but …