A tritina inspired by Ursula le guin's 1983 'a left-handed commencement address' To wander alone, late at night, in the dark is foolish. Who knows what might happen to women out there? Best stay safe indoors. House. Home. Hearth = Indoors. These are spaces built to exclude the dark and protect a family. In particular … Continue reading Darkness is your country
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A Room of One’s Own Revisited
I have a room of my own. The smallest in the house. I can see the garden and the seasons changing in front of my window. Sometimes, all the seasons pass in a single day. There is one bookshelf full of books and pictures line the walls. These pictures have been carefully curated and hung … Continue reading A Room of One’s Own Revisited
The Fright
You know when The Fright is out on the town; Men's roving eyes and beer breath in your face, It’s just harmless banter love. What’s with the frown? You crack a small smile. Hope they’ll back down. Flirt. Just enough, till they give you some space. You know when The Fright is out on … Continue reading The Fright
The Howl
does it Frighten you having The Howl in your bed or is it quite sexy she laughingly said for a long time The Howl was something I feared but now yes quite sexy and wonderfully weird too many men say The Howl is a Surprise which always annoys me don’t they have Mums … Continue reading The Howl
Pasta
You fail every day to make them feminist men, The domestic is boring and nothing to them. Food on their plates, clean clothes in their drawers, Warm beds to sleep in and hoovered bedroom floors. You’ve created two Princelings, spoiled rotten boys, When you ask them for help all they hear is white noise. This … Continue reading Pasta
Barefoot Sociologist 