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The truth was, Greta only felt “normal” for one week out of every month. The week before her period: rage, lust, and what felt like clarity. The week of: cramping, fatigue, self-pity. The week after: mind-numbing depression. That left one week of feeling “okay” and “like herself,” but sometimes she wondered if it was the only week in which she
... See moreJen Beagin • Big Swiss
the best stories have love to cling to - friendship, family, romance - a duo at the core keeping you in orbit
For most women between the ages of approximately ten years old to around fifty years old, our nature is cyclic. However, we are raised with the expectation of living and working and behaving like men. We are taught, unrealistically, to expect that the things that fulfil men and meet their needs will also make us happy and contented – and when we
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My narrative - seeing others through multiple lenses what makes me who I am - exhibiting works through different medium helps to translate my narrative and make it accessible. Creativity should be accessible to all as everyone has a narrative. Exploring narrative through art forms and combining mediums - mirroring the way we move through our modern
... See moreThe most authentic, fleshed out, truly female-centered narratives (e.g. Little Women and My Brilliant Friend) all include Time as a main character.
Women exist in cycles, phases, periods, seasons. A snapshot in time of a woman is not what she once was or what she will be. We are maidens, mothers, and matriarchs. We... See more
Kyrasubstack.comIf you had hormonal constancy, as men did, you might not be taking your cues from your body about when to rest. You would have to build that in: Sunday is the day we don’t work, God’s day. But if what defined the days was you, your biological clock and calendar, then every day might as well be Tuesday. Perhaps you wanted to work for two weeks
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instagram.com"What a story is “about” is to be found in the curiosity it creates in us, which is a form of caring." - George Saunders
“Tracking the survival and quality of these affectively dull yet persistent temporalities within what Elizabeth Povinelli describes as ‘the seams of capitalism’ has turned out to be the project of this book (2011). Staying, maintaining, repeating, delaying, enduring, waiting, recalling and remaining are forms of time’s suspension that tell us
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