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    The Problem with “Pretty Girls” and Princesses

    December 30, 2018June 26, 2020 by admin
  • Guests

    An Open Letter All Men – Let’s Talk About Rape, Trauma and Abuse

    November 17, 2018June 27, 2020 by admin
  • Guests / March Issue

    Pricks, Pics and Love Without Respect

    September 26, 2018June 26, 2020 by admin
  • Guests

    Why I am Starting a Religion Called WTF ! By Kara Post-Kennedy

    June 7, 2018June 27, 2020 by admin
  • Guests / Poetry

    Ardor at the Front Door

    October 27, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin
  • Guests / Poetry

    Trusting Life’s Detours

    September 29, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin
  • Guests / Poetry

    Southern Daughters and Other Poems by Anwer Ghani

    September 22, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin
  • Guests / Journeys

    On the Move: Life as an Army Kid

    September 20, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin
  • Guests / Journeys

    Journey From Death to Life

    September 18, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin
  • Guests / Poetry

    A Destination & Other Poems by Ian Randall Wilson

    September 11, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin

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The Problem with “Pretty Girls” and Princesses

December 30, 2018June 26, 2020 by admin

By Angela Noel A woman with a cloud of yellow-tinted hair compared my face to a series of shapes and declared it too round to be the coveted oval of beautiful people. I was eight years old. Why this lady, grandmotherly in…

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An Open Letter All Men – Let’s Talk About Rape, Trauma and Abuse

November 17, 2018June 27, 2020 by admin

Trust us when we tell you it was out of our control. Send firmly away the instinct to second guess. That instinct is a lie.
You may have other struggles, but you don’t know this vulnerability. You’ll never understand this fear. It’s not…

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Guests March Issue 

Pricks, Pics and Love Without Respect

September 26, 2018June 26, 2020 by admin

Content Warning: sexual harassment and assault  Image capture by RetyiRetyi. Sex is fun. I’m always in a good mood afterwards. It’s good exercise. It helps my insomnia, sometimes. So, yeah, I’m a fan. “Who isn’t?” you might ask. Well, past me, actually….

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Why I am Starting a Religion Called WTF ! By Kara Post-Kennedy

June 7, 2018June 27, 2020 by admin

Our first commandment is this: THOU SHALT NOT LET ANYONE COMMAND YOU TO DO BULLSHT THAT MAKES YOU MISERABLE. Unless it’s your parents, we’ll keep that one—go ahead and honor your parents because you will just feel better if you do. You’ll…

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Guests Poetry 

Ardor at the Front Door

October 27, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin

By Ava Thompson She’s been waitingLong past her expiration.She sits on the doorstep of successAnd waits for it to let her in. She’s outgrown the quiet worldOf compromise.Her voice is itching to run free.Her feet follow after. Her wanderlust will no longer…

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Guests Poetry 

Trusting Life’s Detours

September 29, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin

I helped my daughter get ready for the new school year last night. While she was finishing her bedtime routine, I laid out her clothes and was struck by the fact that she’s entering fourth grade already – fourth grade. At risk…

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Guests Poetry 

Southern Daughters and Other Poems by Anwer Ghani

September 22, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin

Southern Daughters I am from the south where the trees are dry and the rivers are waterless. Our sky is dark and its sun is foggy. I am from that south where everything is colorless. Our southern fields have daughters but our…

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Guests Journeys 

On the Move: Life as an Army Kid

September 20, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin

By Debbie Jinks On Friday 31st March 2017, we celebrated my mum and dad’s 50th Wedding Anniversary. They are now in their 70’s and it made me think back to my life as an Army child. We were on the move a…

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Journey From Death to Life

September 18, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin

By Elaine Mansfield I walked the trails on my land, stunned by the contrast between fields of blooming purple lupines and my numb despair. My husband Vic had died the week before. We knew death was coming, but how can anyone imagine…

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A Destination & Other Poems by Ian Randall Wilson

September 11, 2017June 27, 2020 by admin

By Ian Randall Wilson EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE Flags are waving with the violenceof veterans who hold them out.Around the square people trying to remember. The grass has been replanted.12 times in the last 2 years.Still it won’t grow. The body sickens and recoversfattens…

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