it's wanting to punch your fist through a wall. it's an open wound, bleeding - unbearable. contracting and retracting; my womb is shedding itself. a riotous force, armies in battle: stab, stab, stabbing. an almighty force, it symbolises my sexual maturity my monetary value in our society - i become property. [...]
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YA REVIEW: PRODIGY PRINCE BY NATASHA SAPIENZA
ย if the Bible met Harry Potter - this novel would be the result. Prodigy Princeย by Natasha Sapienza is a young adult novel which tells the story of Prince Nuelle, the youngest prince of the Supreme King Nifal of Zephoris. Prodigy Princeย is the first novel in Sapienza'sย The Seven Covenantย series, and is fundamentally a creative and imaginative [...]
YA ANTHOLOGY REVIEW: LOVE AT THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN
I was lucky enough to be given a free ARC of this novel, thanks to NetGalley, in exchange for an honest review. overall rating: 4/5 Hey dudes, This review has only taken me the better part of the month to write because every single time I sat down to write book reviewsโฆwell, I had assessments [...]
HAVE NO FEAR FOR I AM ALIVE
hey dudes, I just want to apologise for the fact that I've been AWOL. Uni has been chaotic since it was the last few weeks of the semester. Now, I'm currently on placement and it's exhausting but amazing but I'm literally tiredย all the time so I haven't had time to write a review or write [...]
MARCH, 2018 | READING WRAP UP
i am astounded by your brilliance
i am astounded by your brilliance, surrounded by a luminescence, a magnetism (a magnificence) completely primal. your eyes, they glitter with knowledge (laughter) an omniscience, an open window. i hear your laugh, a victorious exclamation of hilarity - everyoneย knows you, theyย yearnย to be within you, of you, around you. i don't think you're comfortable [...]
POETRY REVIEW: THE WITCH DOESN’T BURN IN THIS ONE BY AMANDA LOVELACE
throw flames like a girl. I lovedย The Princess Saves Herself In This Oneย and I have to say that I completely, with my entire heart, adoredย The Witch Doesn't Burn in This One.ย Amanda Lovelace is one of my favourite poets, purely because of the power of her writing. Her work is not a gentle touch to the [...]
when you hit that low (low, low, low)
hi lovelies. currently, it is sunday evening which means tomorrow is monday and the week begins again. i seem to have found myself lagging. if you could see my desk right now, you would either splash holy water in my face or hug me in commissary - there is literally no in between. in the [...]
implicit sexism;
implicit sexism: a river of denial, painting your son golden. your daughter black with burden. when will we stop? when will we stop confining children to ridiculous notions of what is masculine and what is feminine? (itโs not manly to vacuum the house. you shouldnโt have to do the cooking, you're the man. donโt [...]