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BARK B*TCH

November 17, 2016October 6, 2018 Hannah Carr-Murphy

I think about renouncing my gender of woman often, even knowing it won’t change what’s happened to me already because of my womanhood.

Why Did It Have To Be CRPS?

November 17, 2016October 6, 2018 SA Smith

Please help me welcome this week’s “Life With An Invisible Illness” spotlight guest… Jennifer Schwader: Invisible Illness – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) My name is Jennifer and I’m battling CRPS on my right side of my body. CRPS, commonly known as the suicide disease because of it’s intense pain Read more

By God’s Grace

November 16, 2016September 14, 2018 Natasha Alexander

I hid in my dark cave My cloak wrapped tightly around my body, one covered in the dirt that’s my shame my sins my hurt You walked in with grace and fetched me from the dark I crawled at Your feet, scared to face You. What would I read in Read more

Here

November 15, 2016October 6, 2018 Anon Feminine Collective

When I pluck my hands in the dirt and feel the little blades stroke my cheek I hope my vibrations rattle the insides of the earth and you can feel them while you sleep your hair invading me like this grass I’m laying on the brown hair the way the Read more

Words on Paper: A Visceral Love Story

November 13, 2016October 6, 2018 Jayme Beddingfield

Loneliness. Sadness. A whisper of impending defeat. “Less than” disable emotions creep in as my mind slows with a need to unclench. Weakened barriers. Weary soldiers. Relentless dreams. A hunger so furious it feels all consuming. What do I do between the moments of mass creation? How do I quiet Read more

House of Dearth

November 13, 2016September 14, 2018 Rebecca Charlotte

A marionette tugging at her strings. A brunette Barbie bursting from the seams. Seams of micro mini dresses, hanging from the closet of her Barbie Dream House. A house that holds nothing, but someone else’s visions. She tries to hide, under layers of lies and false portrayals. But the more Read more

Family Fears and Invisible Illness

November 11, 2016October 6, 2018 SA Smith

Life is hard, it’s even harder when you are diagnosed with a debilitating invisible illness. Once that diagnosis is given, it can feel like a life sentence. You start to work through a pattern of grief. At first, you are relieved to know that there’s a name for these symptoms Read more

Unachievable

November 10, 2016October 6, 2018 F.K. Jadoon

so many words remain unspoken, so many desires remain unexpressed, so many prayers remain unanswered, unheard… only regret remains… only tears and sorrow… loss and agony; of the “unachievable”… only emptiness resides inside hollow eyes and soul-less bodies no beating heart, no breathing soul only emptiness… just this deep, dark, Read more