An Unsolvable Puzzle
(Art by Rachelle Cox) Body, soul, all as one, But sometimes they go against each other, Like enemies who can’t be in the same room, Or they are best friends, like sister and brother. Body, made up of Cells, tissue, […]
Beauty In 140 Characters
Beauty is a complex thing. People interpret it’s meaning in many ways, but interpretations sometimes link to one another. To make it less complex and see the common thread between opinions, I thought of asking some teen bloggers to explain […]
Teaching Girls To Be Radical And Love Their Bodies
In recent years, a culture of body shaming has developed, whether that’s shaming our own bodies or someone else’s. When we discuss the areas of our body that we are repulsed by, or the things we would pay to change […]
Piñata
My emotion spills through my ink. I give you my own blood willingly for you to sample. Alas, I soon harden and set. I fashion my own noose and suddenly I cannot move anymore. Bounded, in a singular form I […]
My Mannequin
Unblemished and blank she is, A statue with breath so colourless and unable to call To passers-by with bags weighing their arms: An empty canvas laid bare for all. She catches my attention like The pretty dream catcher that she […]
Too Big
In personality and in frame She was a loud painting Colourful, fascinating, strange She exceeded the size of any standard piece of art She was a masterpiece Too colourful, too complicated, Too big to fit into your bedroom Too weird […]
Contributors
(Photo by Rachelle Cox) Lucy Harbron (Editor) Woman, writer, lit student, feminist, Patti Smith fanatic & wanna-be Chelsea Hotel babe. www.thingsthebooksforgot.blogspot.com Instagram- @lucyharbron_ Twitter- @lucyharbron Rachelle Cox 18 year old amateur photographer n artist trying to make a difference in the […]
No U-turn
School corridors – breeding grounds for torment, humiliation and devastation. unlike a playground or yard, where it’s somewhat easier to make a quick U-turn, the necessary journey from A to B becomes a nervous scuttle. Head down. Shoulders likewise. Zero […]
Who Taught You To Criticise Your Body?
The harsh reality is that the overwhelming majority of us dislike ourselves much more than those who can comfortably compliment themselves. From such a young age we are restricted to the expectations and pressures of a perfect body. We learn […]