Category: Poetry

Self Love

Mar 1, 2023 | 2023 Spring - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, and Choice, 2, Poetry

Two poems by Olivia Buntaine

Mar 1, 2023 | 2023 Spring - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, and Choice, 2, Poetry

The Not-Want To separate from someone Whom you love Is an act of patriotism If they are your...

Two poems by Jane Barnes

Mar 1, 2023 | 2023 Spring - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, and Choice, 2, Poetry

First Night / Cambridgeport, 1977 She and I lay on her bed watching “Persona” the couple fights...

Abortion

Mar 1, 2023 | 2023 Spring - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, and Choice, 2, Poetry

By Emma Love I love sex. Rough and dirty, Tender and slow, I love it all. I was taught I am free to make choices about my body As I saw fit. I was taught That any pregnancy not my own, Isn’t any of my damn business. Tell me life...

Venus of Now

Mar 1, 2023 | 2023 Spring - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, and Choice, 2, Poetry

By Stephani Twidwell I will never be Venus de Milo, a silent trophy a possession of men of manufactured beauty I am Venus of Malala, of Steinem, a voice rising above the forced muzzle of an outdated patriarchy I will never be...

Body Swap

Mar 1, 2023 | 2023 Spring - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, and Choice, 2, Poetry

Poem and artwork by Billie April Mold moved to a habitat unknown it began to split. I unravelled,...

Abortion Poem

Dec 9, 2022 | 2023 Winter - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, & Feminism, Poetry

By Syd Shaw “I never felt much about it either way, but the doctors told me after that I...

Letter to girlfriend’s mother(s)

Dec 9, 2022 | 2023 Winter - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, & Feminism, Poetry

By Anusree Raveendran This poem deals with the relationship of two girls and how they confront...

Corpus

Dec 9, 2022 | 2023 Winter - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, & Feminism, Poetry

By Sarah O’Connor what does this body want? this more-than-machine of earth and electricity I have...

Scales Of a Dragon

Dec 8, 2022 | 2023 Winter - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, & Feminism, Poetry

By Amelia Díaz Ettinger when I was four, I knew how to say no but not when to scream it in an...

Here, in South Africa

Dec 8, 2022 | 2023 Winter - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, & Feminism, Poetry

By Kirsten Deane Here, in South Africa I have seen a few women who are capable of growing hair on their chins. This only seems unusual when there is a man beside them. Here, in South Africa we are told that men will...

The S is Not Silent

Dec 5, 2022 | 2023 Winter - Bodily Autonomy, Privacy, & Feminism, Poetry

By Cassia Buonadonna is a 20-year-old student and activist passionate about the cross-over between...

O Children

Sep 1, 2022 | 2022 Fall - Parenting While Bi+, Poetry

By Jane Barnes O children I forgot to have you Didn’t want to be a bad parent Like they who always...

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Category: Poetry

Self Love

Two poems by Olivia Buntaine

Two poems by Jane Barnes

Abortion

Venus of Now

Body Swap

Abortion Poem

Letter to girlfriend’s mother(s)

Corpus

Scales Of a Dragon

Here, in South Africa

The S is Not Silent

O Children

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