She starts arguments with him a lot during lockdown. He is a guy she is seeing casually, and now he’s in a different country and they have little to talk about. There is little point in them talking at all, but she keeps up an incessant regime of messaging to assert control. Nothing is goingContinue reading “Lockdown”
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Grease
I’ve just woken up. My eyes blink and a grey ceiling is above me, speckled with black splodges, and a stringy cobweb in the corner. My hangover lingers in the background, like a radio on low volume, threatening to ruin the day, but not bad enough to stop me from sitting up and looking aroundContinue reading “Grease”
The last time
The last time we were together You played with my hair and said this could be forever The first time I went to sleep without you I turned on my laptop And I instantly knew You wouldn’t see me as I was before I would never look the same You could see my face andContinue reading “The last time”
As I
As I watch a screen You are outside roaming As I sit in my shower You walk the streets, drifting As I jump to conclusions You walk without conscience As I stare in the mirror You order another As I put on more makeup You pay the bill for both As I lie hungover You’reContinue reading “As I”
Crazy
Out of all the insults thrown at women, ‘she’s crazy’ has to be one of the most damning. Crazy encompasses a wide spectrum of unruly female behaviours, from being too persistent , to not getting over someone quickly enough, to over-sharing or being jealous or petty or hormonal or loud or horny or emotionally attached…Continue reading “Crazy”
ELLA1
When Ella was twenty-five, she joined an acting group. Though outgoing and vivacious, she found it hard to make herself known and truly connect with those around her in her first few months there. She had a budding passion for theatre. She wanted starring roles in shows, but felt neither bold nor integrated enough inContinue reading “ELLA1”
Let’s talk about HBO’s Sharp Objects
‘the kind of character that makes me think of Gossip Girl’s Lily van der Woodsen gone wrong’
The female perspective 