women’s issues – Page 3 – FEMININE COLLECTIVE

Misfit

March 11, 2024March 11, 2024 Susan Shea

Young and full of new answers, I remember wanting a pair of red shoes so much I thought half a size smaller wouldn’t matter too much, until a blister made of burning lava told me not to settle for tormenting strolls anymore. But, I still had to learn that slow Read more

I don’t tell my story for you.

June 26, 2023June 26, 2023 Gretchen Corsillo

I don’t tell my story for you. A myth of struggle, the absolute vulnerability that comes with cracking myself wide open, a specimen placed under a microscope, suddenly splayed out for everyone’s opinions. I never asked for your judgment, nor did I ask for your pity. Does it make you Read more

This Just Happens Sometimes

February 27, 2023February 27, 2023 Gretchen Corsillo

The 8-week appointment couldn’t be scheduled at eight weeks because of Thanksgiving. Instead, I was asked to come in the following week, a few days shy of my 35th birthday. I remembered a friend going to the doctor for a pregnancy confirmation a few months earlier and asked her how Read more

The Privilege of being a woman in America, as seen through the eyes of the women of Tanzania

November 14, 2022November 6, 2023 Anon Feminine Collective

As a 21-year-old woman raised in America, I often felt vindicated. Once I entered the progressive world of college, I preached the idea that life was unfair for women, especially when compared to our counterparts – both the bane and the desire of my existence – men. I was unhappy Read more

BODY JUSTICE 1977

August 29, 2022August 29, 2022 Katherine West

The university doctor examined me. Then all of his students examined me. “As you can see,” he explained, “the uterus is tipped, making bringing a fetus to term unlikely.” After I had dressed and sitting in his office we had a conversation. “The risk of miscarriage is high.” “I’ve already Read more

Bleeding by the Bayou: A Story of Cycles

August 22, 2022August 22, 2022 Erin Murphy

I’m in the bathtub at Marie Laveaux’s Annex in New Orleans and I’m about to reach orgasmic bliss. Finally. After all of these years searching for ways to feel connected to the source of my sexual energy, it only makes sense that I am on the verge of explosion, inside Read more

bling terms

July 25, 2022July 24, 2022 Kiki Dranias

any core desire or need one may have, we must trust is exactly that: core and with no need to adapt. this thing is inherent of us; why on earth would we set out to adjust something that is such. perfection is flawed. i am going to keep this idea—tattooed in Read more

Letter to My Frozen Embryos

July 18, 2022July 18, 2022 Rebecca Lee

I’m sorry I left you there waiting in suspended animation your crystal cradles safely ensconced (or so I pray) in stainless steel under blankets of liquid nitrogen 2 XY + 3 double-X I tallied your perfect chromosomes 46 times just to be sure We lost so many others before Day Read more