Dear mother, When I sit and introspect, and question all things that I really know, There are so few that I could bet my life on. For it seems that much of the knowledge I think …
Tag: women
(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 …
Written by Nobuhle N Nyoni ‘Nobody is going to want to marry a fat girl; you need to lose weight now. Do you see how your aunt struggled with weight loss when she was older? She …
Written by Chipo Kay With sex, I seek more than just an orgasm. I want more; more than the body explosions, more than the buzz and the vibrations that bring pleasure to life. I do not …
08/05/2022 22:42 I’m in the front seat of this trosky drinking a can of ice-cold Heineken and deciding whether or not I want to submit for an anthology whose deadline is about an hour and twenty-two …
Written by Adwoa Supi This is a personal statement of a young Ghanaian woman who was ashamed of her femininity because of the misogynistic environment she grew up in, and thus protested against her body for …
I think of you when it rains. I think of you in so many indecent ways, in several lascivious ways that leave me hot with hunger despite the cool of the weather. I imagine it’s late …
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 …
We are never taught how to have great sex nor how to enjoy it. Our aunties, who are supposedly the sex gurus of our lives, will only talk about what to do and how to please …
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 …