Womanhood

Female Bonding

October 10, 2004January 11, 2024

Met an old childhood pal this weekend. A female friend.Looked in at a sale, saw the prices and raised serious doubts about the shop’s touch with realityEnacted a little charade to get another counter to exchange a lipstick that she changed her mind aboutBrowsed a bookshop and giggled over the…

woman wearing red beret and gray long sleeve dress with wild feminist print

Superwoman

August 17, 2004July 3, 2024

10 Comments

The Superwoman origin story:
I am the only kid on the tree in pigtails
I am the daughter who will one day be the ‘man of the house’

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