Mark Me
Tattoo your inner demonsall over my bodyLay your glance next to my heartTouch my soul *Read my other Love Poetry. Or listen to it.
Body & Sex
Body image, Beauty perceptions & standards, Sex, Sexuality, Reproductive health, Physical fitness
Masochist
Listen to me put you down.Beg me to make you beg for more.Then call me a bitch for stomping all over your heart. You always get your way.
Sisterland – Curtis Sittenfeld: Two Sides To The Story
A review of ‘Sisterland’ by Curtis Sittenfeld
Pricks
“You don’t care, you don’t care!”she shouts into his ears. Pain is a drug that unites them.Right now, they’re too broke for anything else. It pricks. They do.
Let’s Not Go Bollywood On Jiah Khan
Last week, Jiah Khan was found hanging in her apartment. The story continues to unravel like a formulaic film, complete with villains and plot turns.
MayShortReads19. Swapping Confessions
“How did we ever get here?” Aarav was sitting up in bed.
MayShortReads18: Sleep
Trigger warnings: Death, Abuse
MayShortReads13: The Fad
A short story about the fads of belief and authenticity and the law. And uh, beauty.
MayShortReads12: Pain
Turena wipes the wood-top desk and arranges the white sheet over it. It’s impractical, she has been told, but that’s what an architect would think. No artist would deny the magic of a white surface, the dichotomy of blank or plain, the lure of bleeding the pristine. Funnily enough, that…
MayShortReads 09: The Beautiful Face
Selena’s best friend was her mirror. She began her day with it and it was the last thing she looked at, before she turned off her lights. Her mirror showed clear skin pulled taut over large, dark eyes, that topped a straight, defined nose, which led down to perfect Cupid’s…