Sister, Sister
Sister, Sister By Kanyinsola Adewolu July 2023 Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard I sometimes wonder what my life would be like if you weren’t in it. I like to imagine it some days. I liked to think my life would be peaceful, quiet, or any other adjective I could use […]
Beyond the Paradigm
Beyond the Paradigm By Tanya Singh July 2023 Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard This piece was written as an accompaniment to the photography series A Curation of Modern Beauty. As people we often question the things around us, the set system of beliefs, regiment and opinions that are instilled more […]
Recall
Recall A journey into my womanhood, in four parts. Part IV By Charmaine Adetola Shaw May 2023 Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard RECALL “Bring (a fact, event, or situation) back into one’s mind; remember” “ ‘You seem different’ ‘I am’, she sighs with a coy smile I have been […]
Renewing
Renewing A journey into my womanhood, in four parts. Part III By Charmaine Adetola Shaw April 2023 Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard RENEWING “To resume (an activity) after an interruption” “What a joy it is to be fulfilled To be overflowing with joy and purpose For the fog to be […]
Rebuilding
Rebuilding A journey into my womanhood, in four parts. Part II By Charmaine Adetola Shaw January 2023 Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard TRIGGER WARNING: MENTAL ILLNESS REBUILDING “To build something again that has been damaged or destroyed” “The scars I bare are tales of the journeys I have travelledThey do […]
The Cult of Celebrity During a Global Pandemic
The Cult of Celebrity During a Global Pandemic Is time running out on celebrity culture? By Emi Eleode December 2022 Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard This piece was written at the height of the global pandemic in 2020. I recently came across the song ‘The Cult of Personality’ by Living Colour […]
Words Out
Words Out Flash fiction by Reece Watson October 2022 The curtain was drawn. With it, some of us sighed, others puffed. All of us had begun to relax. After a few moments, we gathered in a line in order of appearance and braced. The first few to go out practiced a smile and let it […]
Rediscovering
Rediscovering A journey into my womanhood, in four parts. Part I By Charmaine Adetola Shaw October 2022 Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard Thumbnail illustration by Carole Maillard REDISCOVERING “To find something or someone again after losing or forgetting about it, or them, for a long time” “I am not yours to use as you please […]
Fields
Fields Poem by Reece Watson September 2022 Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong In the flower, where young girls blossomed, a man plucked a dandelion, from the virgin patch. The man would whisper to the dandelion. He would tell tales of love and loss, and how he bred beauty and ugliness, in […]
For Crying Out Loud
For Crying Out Loud By Na’imah Saffiya September 2022 Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong Thumbnail illustration by Tiffany Zhong I grew up in quite a chaotic household; the oldest daughter to second-generation Caribbean parents living with five sparky family members, crammed into one South London flat. It may be needless to say, as soon as […]
