Womens issues – FEMININE COLLECTIVE

Co-Claimant

March 5, 2026March 5, 2026 Eloise Waters

Emily resisted going to bed. She wasn’t ready for the onslaught of thoughts waiting behind closed eyes. She typed his name into the search bar. This time, the top result wasn’t his LinkedIn profile. It was an obituary. Colon cancer. Four months ago. Four months. He’d been dead for four Read more

Marked

September 4, 2025September 4, 2025 Casey Shapack

When I pulled off my shirt, hopped on the tattoo chair, and lay my arms out wide, I said he could do whatever he wanted to me. I felt his eyes roll up and down my body, appraising. I remember he looked over his shoulder to see if there was Read more

LIPSTICK ON MY LIPS

August 12, 2025August 12, 2025 Nicole Zwolinski

I don’t want to be a woman who can’t leave my house without lipstick on my lips. I’ll let the mirror crumble, turn to dust beneath my feet. My face is just my face not a canvas for your product not a portal for your pleasure not eye candy for Read more

Keeping Girls’ Hands Down

July 6, 2025July 6, 2025 Andreia Rodrigues

I stopped being a child at the age of ten. The age when I learned that my armpits, like my intimate parts, must be hidden from the public eye. But of course, my armpits are much more inconvenient to hide, especially in a tropical country. I remember each moment I Read more

The Brazilian Wax and the Unspoken Dignity Tax

January 29, 2025 Andreia Rodrigues

Brazilian Wax. The distinctiveness of this practice only dawned on me after leaving my home country. In Brazil, wax is simply wax—just as there, I am a citizen, not a Latina, a South American, or an immigrant. Seeing the name of my homeland advertised on chalkboards outside gringo beauty salons Read more