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To End Sexual Violence, We Need New Stories
Warning: This article contains reference to sexual assault and violence. Today (25th November) is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. With recent reports about the shocking use of violence against women as a weapon of war in the...
Virtual Reality for Closure: The Regeneration of Stella Yin by Kristen Loesch
From the moment you enter the world of The Regeneration of Stella Yin, a novella-in-flash by Kristen Loesch, you are in an immersive and dark place. From instructions on how to make a shrine, to an interview about AI, to a welcome letter to a remote island project,...
The Power Of Dangerous Women – Poetry Collection by Jesi Bender
I'm always enthusiastic about any writing that celebrates women. In Jesi Bender's poetry collection Dangerous Women, she categorises her subjects by the perceived 'danger' they pose to society, through their freedom, their status or their visibility. From biblical...
Tense Thriller Exploring Mental Health: The Flight of Cornelia Blackwood by Susan Elliot-Wright
There's something special about finding a writer who is passionate about the same things you are and brings them into their books. Susan Elliot-Wright's novel The Flight Of Cornelia Blackwood is a tense and gripping thriller. But at its heart, it's an exploration of...
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The Bailey’s Prize this year was recently won by the brilliant Naomi Alderman, with her book The Power (you can read...
The only thing that’s sure at the moment in UK politics, despite claims to the contrary, is that it’s an incredibly...
Thick green canopy that stretches away, an endless carpet folded over the slump and rise of mountains. Underneath, we...
Here it is at last. A stretch of weather we can revel in. Sunny afternoons, barbecue smoke drifting over fences, parks...
The train arrives at that stop. The one where you used to live. With him. Evenings spent spreadeagled underneath him...
For many, The Guilty Feminist is not ‘new’ news. With over thirteen thousand followers on Twitter and almost fifty...
You can read my short story ‘Shout Out Loud’ in this anthology published by Centum: http://bit.ly/100VoicesV2...
The tang of it hit her as she walked out of the station. Vinegar sweet. Shards of glass next to the bench. Couldn’t...
You can see my latest short story in Pennyzine magazine here. Beautiful illustration by Sophie Page.#writing #women...