(Content Warning: sexual assault & rape) “The profoundest instinct in man is to war against the truth; that is, against the Real. He shuns facts from his infancy. His life is a perpetual evasion. Miracle, chimera and to-morrow keep him alive. He lives on fiction and myth. It is the Lie that makes him free. Animals alone are given the privilege of lifting the veil of Isis; men dare not. The animal, awake, has no fictional escape from the Real …
(Content Warning: domestic violence) Triggered. Traumatised. Taken back to the war zone I grew up in. Didn’t look like it from the outside. I- It’s a painful place to go back to. Sad, alone, in pain. …
I was at a drive-in movie screening for an erotic drama film that had just come out. This was the first time I watched unsimulated sex in a movie, in public. I made sure to go …
I love you in a way that teaches me new things about love every time we commune together. The universe is our pharmacist, serving us doses of each other, just when we need it. Isn’t it …
Kissing your lips the edge of your chin the pulse in your neck the curve of your collarbone the tip of your nipple Tracing with my tongue nipple to other nipple circles & swirls Teasing with …
My free of the compulsory looks likeDropping everything (kinda) to organise a pride party, because ess muss seinClaiming my time to enjoy the partySaying my piece and saying it like it mattersChoosing brave Free of the …
(First published in Femmolution Vol 2, 2020; an anthology of poems & stories from African women & enbies, created by Liz Kilili) A world is endingWith it, a part of me is dyingI mourn this loss It’s …
(Special mention to those who lived in a time when ‘queer’ was an insult. We see you. Guess what, we took it back! Queer is ours and it means love & liberation & colour. Thank you! …
I wore lipstick the other day. At home, getting dressed and choosing to accessorise with the red lipstick, it felt good. It made the look work. Then I went to work and was reminded of why …
I have no shame. Call me shameless, unashamed. Also slut, whore, bitch. That’s what the patriarchy calls us when we dare to be unashamed. Well, I wear all those titles proudly. It took a lot to …
Here’s to the great ones The ones who dare The ones who choose brave The ones who say to fear, “If you’re not ready to leave yet, sit in the corner and shut up, because i’m …
