Written by Amanda Tayte-Tait TW: Rape & Sex After Sexual Trauma “There is nothing worse than an action that taints your life the way rape does. Always in the back of your mind, the root of …
Tag: Adventures from the Bedrooms of African Women
This essay is hypothetical, but the possibilities it presents could become reality if we don’t take care. What would happen if anti-abortion advocates had their way and abortion was illegal everywhere? Roe v Wade was overturned, …
Written and Photographed By Billy Hani I just had my first abortion a month ago and I feel grief for losing my child while simultaneously feeling guilty for ‘murdering’ them. Hi, my name is Chepchumba* and …
I grew up in the church. That probably tells you a lot about how I’ve been conditioned to think about sex and pleasure, especially as it relates to me as a spiritual being. I hadn’t always …
Written by Remi * Trigger warnings: Mentions of sexual harassment, sexual assault and homophobia. I started to consume BL and ‘yaoi’ content in my early teenage years. Most of the ‘sex scenes’ were in fact sexual …
“It’s Friday and I have nowhere to be. Want to go out for a drink?” No. I’d rather listen to you read me the Songs of Solomon. I looked at him and my eyes immediately dropped …
At home, it took everything in me, but I unpacked my groceries and put them away. I shed my clothes and put them in the hamper. A shower was in order. Counting traffic and the time …
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 …
I’ve always had a thing for sounds. The twitter of the birds early in the morning, the chirping of the crickets at dusk, the distinct sound every different piece of machinery makes. I’ve always been fascinated …